Abstract
This study aimed to identify the mental health quality of life among patients with multiple sclerosis in Jordan. Thus, a descriptive quantitative design was used on a total of (N=100) Multiple Sclerosis patients that were randomly selected by using convenience sampling from the Health Insurance Center in the capital Amman, Jordan. Outcome measurement tools were the demographic data form and the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54) Scale. The demographic data form consisted of questions about: age in years, gender, stage of multiple scleroses, and physical activities. The Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54) consisted of two domains the physical health composite and the mental health composite. In this study the mental health composite were used by the participants. The results revealed that the QOL- Mental Health Composite among patients with multiple sclerosis was 33.9 + 33.6. Moreover, there was no significant difference in score for male and females p=.874. In addition, there was no significant difference in QOL mental health scores for the age groups p=.165. Finally, there was a significant difference in scores for participants and non-participants in physical activity p=.000. Accordingly, this research concluded that Multiple sclerosis patients’ have a low quality of life in terms of mental health. In addition, practicing physical activities have a positive effect on the quality of mental health among multiple sclerosis patients.
Highlights
Positive psychology is one of the recent psychological health concepts, which has received the attention of researches as it aims to achieve psychological health in individuals (Slade, 2010)
All the participants were categorized under the first stage of multiple sclerosis the relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) stage
The results of our study showed that there were no significant differences in the quality of life for patients with multiple sclerosis in terms of mental health related to age
Summary
Positive psychology is one of the recent psychological health concepts, which has received the attention of researches as it aims to achieve psychological health in individuals (Slade, 2010). Whereas the quality of life term is considered one of the most important topics in positive psychology fields because individuals face many psychological and social pressures in their life (Keyes et al, 2012). The need for the concept of quality became more urgent in both physical and psychological aspects, which led to the interest of specialists in the quality of the life of the individual (Alkhulaifi, 2000). The quality of life term is considered as a part of the medical terms used recently, whereas, it has been used regularly in the early eighties, it was used with oncology patients when doctors faced the problem of high cost of treating some diseases with the aim of increasing the life expectancy of these patients (Alhams, 2010). Psychotherapists must focus in their treatment interventions and programs on the behavioral outcomes associated with these components (Cook et al, 2017)
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