| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the most important diseases due to its adverse clinical, social and economic consequences for affected people. This study tried to assess the quality of life of the patients suffering from Multiple Sclerosis in East Azerbaijan. Methods: This cross-sectional study used the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54) questionnaire for interviewing 300 randomly selected MS patients in East Azarbaijan province, Iran. The independent T-test, ANOVA and Tukey post hoc test were used to examine the relationship between demographic variables and quality of life, and all analyses were performed using SPSS19. Results: The quality of life score among the MS patients is 48.22 (±22.48). The "life satisfaction" is the best and "physical role limitation" is the worst quality of life aspect. There were significant relationships between marital status, education level, employment status, age of symptoms onset and years of illness with quality of life (P< 0.05). Conclusion: The quality of life of the MS patients in East Azarbaijan province is lower than other parts of Iran and much lower than OECD countries. |
| نویسندگان مقاله |
| Farid Gharibi
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
| Ali Imani
Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
| Mehdi Haghi
Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Health and Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
| Ali Khezri
Clinical Research Development Unit of Tabriz Valiasr Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
| Nasrin Joudyian
School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
| Masoumeh Ebrahimi Tavani
Academic Research Staff, Quality Improvement, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Center of Health Network Management, Deputy of Public Health, Ministry of Health & Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
| Koustuv Dalal
School of Health Sciences, University of Skovde, Sweden and Higher School of Public Health, Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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