Post-polio syndrome: impact of hope on quality of life
| Autor: | Uri Feintuch, Isaiah D. Wexler, Isabella Schwartz, Shimon Shiri, Zeev Meiner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Employment Male Coping (psychology) Multivariate analysis education Quality of life Post-polio syndrome Sickness Impact Profile Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans health care economics and organizations Aged Rehabilitation Case-control study Type A and Type B personality theory Type A Personality Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health humanities Affect Mental Health Case-Control Studies Cohort Quality of Life Female Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome Psychology Clinical psychology Forecasting |
| Zdroj: | Disability and rehabilitation. 34(10) |
| ISSN: | 1464-5165 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To determine the effect of future-oriented coping strategies on the quality of life (QOL) of individuals with post-polio syndrome (PPS). Methods: A correlative study, in which a cohort of 61 patients was surveyed and a group of 40 healthy, age-matched individuals served as controls. Patients were surveyed as to their QOL, levels of hope and utilization of proactive coping, employment status and degree of functionality. Results: PPS patients had lower total, physical and mental QOL indices compared to controls. Future-oriented coping strategies associated with hope were positively associated with physical and mental QOL in the PPS group, but not in the controls. In a multivariate analysis, hope and employment status predicted higher QOL among those with PPS. Conclusions: Future-oriented coping strategies, particularly hope are distinctively associated with improved QOL benefits in PPS patients. Fostering future-oriented coping related to hope may improve the self-perceived mental and physical stat... |
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