Health-Related Quality of Life and Physical Activity in Older Adults With Multiple Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are living longer but not necessarily better lives, and this portends reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Physical activity (PA) may be a correlate of HRQOL for people with MS. We examined differences in HRQOL and PA between older adults with and without MS to determine whether PA is associated with HRQOL and whether it accounts for group differences in HRQOL.

Methods

Thirty-one older adults with MS and 30 age- and sex-matched controls without MS completed the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ). Data were analyzed using the Baron and Kenny approach for examining PA via the GLTEQ as a mediator of group differences in HRQOL.

Results

The MS group had

SUBMITTER: Motl RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9881419 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature