Avaliação da qualidade de vida em indivíduos portadores de esclerose múltipla remitente-recorrente em um centro de referência no estado da Paraíba

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Beatriz Silva de Jesus
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/2837
• topic: Qualidade de vida; Esclerose Múltipla; Questionário SF-36; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). Being a CNS disabling pathology most common in young adults, affecting more than 2.3 million people worldwide, with a predominance in the age group between 20 and 40 years. Patients with MS have a compromisedquality of life (QOL). Thus, to assess the QOL of patients with recurrent remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), the Short Form Health Survey 36 (SF-36), the most used questionnaire to assess quality of life (QOL), was used, provided in an online format. The aim of this study was to analyze the quality of life of patients diagnosed with RRMS, the most common clinical form, in a Reference Center for Multiple Sclerosis in Paraíba (CREM / PB), by applying the SF-36 questionnaire in the month of April 2021. Thus, it is a cross-sectional, exploratory, and descriptive study. The statistical data were made by IBM SPSS statistics. A statistical analysis showed that patients with RRMS experience a decrease in QOL, with greater perception in females and that the use of Betainterferone 1a was associated with a better quality of life in six of the eight domains studied.