Costa David Castro, Sá Maria José, Calheiros José M
School of Social Work, Porto, Portugal.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2012 Feb;70(2):108-13. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2012000200007.
To determine the predictive value of social support on health related quality of life (HRQoL) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
The sample is composed by 150 MS consecutive patients. We used the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey to assess social support and the Health Status Questionnaire to assess HRQoL. For inferential analysis, we used the Multiple Linear Regression with stepwise selection of variables.
The age, basic education, psychological support and disability explains 41.6% of the variance in physical function, 29.4% in physical performance and 30.6% in emotional performance. Age and psychological support explains 23.1% of the variance in physical function and 29.4% in vitality.
This study demonstrated that social support is a predictor with a significant effect on HRQoL in MS.
确定社会支持对多发性硬化症(MS)患者健康相关生活质量(HRQoL)的预测价值。
样本由150例连续的MS患者组成。我们使用医学结果研究社会支持调查来评估社会支持,并使用健康状况问卷来评估HRQoL。对于推论分析,我们使用逐步变量选择的多元线性回归。
年龄、基础教育、心理支持和残疾解释了身体功能变异的41.6%、身体表现变异的29.4%和情绪表现变异的30.6%。年龄和心理支持解释了身体功能变异的23.1%和活力变异的29.4%。
本研究表明,社会支持是对MS患者HRQoL有显著影响的预测因素。