Comparison of psychological symptoms of patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy people
- Author:
Farshid Shamsaei
;
Fatemeh Cheraghi
;
Mohsen Salavati
;
Ali Akbar Rezaie
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Neurology Asia
2015;20(3):269-274
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Psychological and psychiatric disorders have a high frequency in multiple sclerosis (MS). However,
their relationship with MS is complex and the extent to which they might be reactive to countless
psychosocial factors, or symptoms resultant of the pathological process itself remains unclear. The
aim of this study was to compare psychological symptoms in a group of MS patients and compared to
healthy controls. The study subjects were MS patients admitted to the Farshchian hospital in Hamadan,
Iran. The diagnosis was based on McDonald (2011) criteria. There were 120 patient), aged 34.5 ± 10.8 (mean
± SD) years. It was a cross sectional study. The psychological symptoms were assessed using Symptom
Checklist-90 (SCL-90). It was found that the MS patients exhibited significantly more psychological
symptoms than the healthy controls. The SCL-90 scores of MS patients were significantly higher for
somatization, obsession-compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, hostility, depression and anxiety. The high
rate of psychological symptoms in adult MS supports the need for routine psychological screening.
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