.: Дата публікації 2009-11-17 :: Переглядів: 10 :: 
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Health related quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis
L.I. SOKOLOVA, G.V. GUDZENKO
Purpose: the aims of this study were to describe the quality of life (QoL) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS),
depending on clinical peculiarities and to investigate the relationship between impairment and QoL applying Item
Short – Form Health Survey (SF-36).
Methods and subjects. Fifty patients with MS were matched with the twenty control patients to the age and
sex. Patients with MS were categorized into several groups according to the expanded disability severity scale
(EDSS), years since diagnosis, clinical course and sex. The patients were interviewed using the 36 – Item Short – Form Health Survey (SF-36).
Results. The dependence between neurological deficiency degree and QoL was revealed in examined patients. The aspects of QoL, that were mostly affected, were physical functions. MS did not seem to have an impact
on psychological components of QoL. The QoL of control patients was higher then that of patients with MS.
Conclusions. the progression of MS is accompanied by a decrease in QoL. There was a strong association
between health related QoL on the SF-36 and impairment in patients with MS. SF-36 proved to be valuable complement to the well established EDSS in describing the diverse symptoms of MS. Measuring health related QoL provides valuable knowledge about consequences of MS.
Ключові слова: multiple sclerosis, life quality, SF-36 test.
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