The relationships between depression and life activities and well-being of multiple sclerosis patients

• Authors: Rytis Leonavičius , Virginija Adomaitienė , Darius Leskauskas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most disabling neurodegenerative disorders. Depression is the most frequent psychiatric disorder accompanying MS. Although much attention is given to correlations between depression and MS clinical factors, analysis of correlations between depression and life activities (social, household, professional activities and family life) and the well-being of MS patients’ is insufficient. However, improvement of these functions could positively influence the outcomes of MS treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate relationships between depression, life activities of MS patients, and their proposals how to improve the well-being. Materials and methods. The study lasted three years with 270 adult MS patients involved in it. ICD-10 criteria were used to diagnose depression. Original questionnaire was used to measure life activities and the well-being of the patients. Results. Prevalence of depression was 20.7% with no difference regarding the gender. Almost 84% of depressed respondents indicated, that MS disturbs their family life, 71.4% recommended to assign more attention to MS in general and 64.3% - to include more medications into reimbursement list. Conclusions. MS patients diagnosed with depression significantly more often than non-depressed indicate that MS disturbs their family life; recommend to assign more attention to MS in general and to include more medications into reimbursement list.

Keywords

EN

Multiple sclerosis; Depression; Life activities; Well-being; Proposals

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 652-661

Dates

published

1 - 10 - 2011

online

9 - 8 - 2011

Contributors

author

Rytis Leonavičius

• Department of Psychiatry of Medical Academy of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-50009, Kaunas, Republic of Lithuania

author

Virginija Adomaitienė

• Department of Psychiatry of Medical Academy of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-50009, Kaunas, Republic of Lithuania

author

Darius Leskauskas

• Department of Psychiatry of Medical Academy of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-50009, Kaunas, Republic of Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0059-4