Association of social support with quality of life in patients with polyneuropathy.
J Peripher Nerv Syst
; 18(1): 37-43, 2013 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of social support on quality of life (QoL) in patients with polyneuropathy. One hundred and fifty-four patients with polyneuropathy were enrolled from a neuromuscular clinic. The QoL Instrument and the Medical Outcome Study-Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS) were used to assess QoL and social support, respectively. Disease severity and clinical factors were also assessed. Neuropathy patients had a lower QoL compared to a previously published normative sample (p < 0.0001) and an MOS-SSS comparable to other patients with chronic disease. Social support correlated weakly with the self esteem and emotional well being mental health dimensions (rs0.20-0.38) but not the physical health QoL (PH-QoL) domains. Physical and mental QoL also correlated significantly with presence of pain (rs -0.39 and -0.42, respectively) and number of autonomic symptoms (rs -0.39 and -0.30, respectively). Social support independently predicts MH-QoL when controlling for age, gender, pain, and the Toronto Clinical Neuropathy Score (TCNS; p < 0.0001). TCNS and gender are independently related to PH-QoL (p < 0.05). This study demonstrates that improved social support serves as an independent predictor of MH-QoL when controlling for age, gender, pain, and severity of neuropathy. Future studies examining the effects of improving social support on QoL in patients with polyneuropathy are recommended.
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Polineuropatias
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Qualidade de Vida
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Apoio Social
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En
Ano de publicação:
2013
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