Speciality Clinical Neuropsychology
Library of the School of Health Sciences

2020-10-01

2020

Synadinakis Emmanouil

Ιωάννης Ζαλώνης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Κωνσταντίνος Πόταγας, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Νικόλαος Σμυρνής, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ

Η σχέση μεταξύ Νευροψυχολογικής επίδοσης, Ψυχικής Ανθεκτικότητας και Ποιότητας Ζωής σε ασθενείς με Πολλαπλή Σκλήρυνση

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The relationship between Neuropsychological performance, Psychological Resilience and Quality of Life in patients with Multiple Sclerosis

In the context of investigating the effect of cognitive decline on the quality of life of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), we were interested in studying how a protective psychological factor, resilience, can mitigate the negative effects of cognitive decline on patients' quality of life. In the present study, we highlighted the relationship between neuropsychological deficits, psychological resilience and quality of life in patients with MS, using a set of neuropsychological tests (BICAMS) and two questionnaires on resilience (CD-RISC) and quality of life in MS (MSQOL-54). The results of the study partially answer the questions asked. First, the question of whether resilience modifies the relationship between neuropsychological performance and quality of life in patients with MS, the findings showed that while resilience is a strong predictor and is statistically significantly correlated with quality of life, it has little effect on this relationship because other protective factors may play a greater role in reducing the impact of cognitive deficits on quality of life. Also, the results of our research showed that resilience is positively correlated with information processing speed but not visual and verbal memory. Resilience does not appear to be affected by the disease itself and is not correlated with demographics, in contrast to cognitive performance and quality of life which are correlated with age, years of education, and years of diagnosis. The results suggest that there may be areas in MS where resilience can improve, such as the physical and mental quality of life, but also areas where this is not possible. We can conclude that, as in previous studies, resilience seems to be an important protective factor for the well-being of patients with MS, although its protective effect against mental retardation is not as strong or clear as against emotional disorders.

Health Sciences

Multiple Sclerosis, Neuropsychological performance, Resilience

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