Quality of life in adults with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In recent years, quality of life (QoL) in multiple sclerosis (MS) has been gaining considerable importance in clinical research and practice. Against this backdrop, this systematic review aimed to provide a broad overview of clinical, sociodemographic and psychosocial risk and protective factors for QoL in adults with MS and analyse psychological interventions for improving QoL.

Method

The literature search was conducted in the Scopus, Web of Science and ProQuest electronic databases. Document type was limited to articles written in English, published from January 1, 2014, to January 31, 2019. Information from the selected articles was extracted using a coding sheet and then qualitatively synthesised.

Results

The search identified 4886 records. After duplica

SUBMITTER: Gil-Gonzalez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7705559 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature