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March 28, 2016Nöro Psikiyatri Arşivi

The Effect of Type D Personality on Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

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Why the study?

Does Type D personality worsen quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis?

Population

74 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis for at least 1 year, mean age 35.3 years, 47 females…

Comparison

Type D personality (assessed by DS14 scale) vs Non-Type D personality

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

SDSeden DemirciAkdeniz UniversityKDKadir DemirciSuleyman Demirel UniversitySDSerpil DemirciSüleyman Demirel University

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Implication

Type D personality may flag poorer mental QoL in MS; leaves open causal impact and screening utility pending prospective trials.

Structured PICO

Does Type D personality worsen quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis?

P
Population
74 patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) for at least 1 year, mean age 35.3 years, 47 females and 27 males.
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Intervention
Type D personality (assessed by DS14 scale)
C
Comparator
Non-Type D personality
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Outcome
Quality of life (assessed by 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey [SF-36], specifically the mental component)patient reported

Type D personality is independently associated with a worse mental component of quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Limitations

  • Cross-sectional design
  • Small sample size
  • Single-center
  • Included only relapsing-remitting MS patients
  • Lack of a healthy control group
  • No neuropsychological tests except MMSE

Cite This Study

Demirci et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71edf98031ec7bb1dd2a79https://doi.org/10.5152/npa.2016.12764
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