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A case-control study of psychosocial factors and their relationship to impairment and functionality in multiple sclerosis

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ID4229459
AuthorsLaia Briones-Buixassa (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya), Laia Briones‐buixassa (0000-0001-6020-9672, corresponding author), Raimon Milà (0000-0002-3857-9666, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya), Francesc X Arrufat, Francesc Arrufat (0000-0002-2788-9204, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya), Josep Ma Aragonès (Consorci Hospitalari de Vic, Spain), Enric Bufill (Consorci Hospitalari de Vic, Spain), Olivier Luminet (0000-0002-1519-2178, UCLouvain), Rona Moss-Morris (King's College London), Rona Moss‐morri (0000-0002-2927-3446)
Year2019
Volume24
Issue8
Pages1023-1032
Publication date2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105317692142
PMID28810405
OpenAlexW2587374273
LanguageEN
References cited28

The stress effect on multiple sclerosis remains unclear. Moderating psychosocial factors may be involved. This study compares some of them in people with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls, and their association with disease parameters. Coping style, social support, anxiety, alexithymia and early-life stress were measured, along with impairment and functionality. People with multiple sclerosis scored significantly higher on anxiety, alexithymia, and avoidance and instinctive coping but lower in social support. No differences were found in early-life stress. Impairment was related to avoidance, and functionality to avoidance and anxiety. Psychotherapeutic approaches focused on these psychosocial factors may improve functionality, impairment and quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis

Alexithymia · Anxiety · Avoidance coping · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Multiple sclerosis · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Quality of life (healthcare · Social support · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies · Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders · Psychology · Clinical Psychology

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