Development and validation of the disease - specific problems questionnaire for patients with multiple sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with multiple sclerosis face numerous problems during their lifetime. A self-report measurement of disease - specific problems is required to be developed for patients with multiple sclerosis based on different cultural factors. Accordingly, this can advance our understanding on the disease-specific problems for care planning as well as improving coping ways and quality of life. This study aimed to develop and validate the scale of disease-specific problems of Multiple Sclerosis.

Methods

This was an exploratory sequential mixed method study conducted in three phases. Correspondingly, in the first phase, the concept of disease-specific problems was defined using the content analysis approach in patients with MS. In the second phase, the item pool was gener

SUBMITTER: Dehghani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8555153 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature