Avaliação da qualidade de vida em indivíduos com esclerose múltipla em um centro de referência da Paraíba

• Autor(a) principal: Soares , Mathaus de Lucena Lira
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/1451
• topic: Qualidade de vida; Esclerose múltipla; WHOQOL-BREF; EDSS; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent chronic inflammatory disease in the central nervous system (CNS), affecting more than 2 million people worldwide and is currently incurable. Multiple sclerosis can cause important repercussions in the lives of patients, especially the impaired quality of life (QOL) of patients with this disease. Thus, for a greater measurement of the impact on quality of life in people with MS, the structured interview of the abbreviated version of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) was used to collect data. In addition, as a way of measuring dysfunctions in functional systems, the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a wellestablished clinical measure for over 30 years and is able to evaluate the evolution of the disease. Therefore, the present study seeked to analyze the quality of life in patients with Multiple Sclerosis at a Reference Center for Multiple Sclerosis in Paraíba (CREM / PB) through the application of WHOQOL-BREF and EDSS between February and March 2020. Therefore, it is a cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive study. The statistical data were analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics version 26.0. The Spearman correlation showed that there is a negative and reasonable correlation between EDSS and the physical domain of assessing quality of life (ρ = -0.392, p <0.05) and a negative and reasonable correlation between EDSS and field relations aspects of assessing quality of life (ρ = -0.303; p <0.05). There is a positive correlation between the environment domain and the educational level component (ρ = 0.541; p <0.05). Individuals with MS experience decreased perception of QOL in the physical and social relations domains, with greater perception among men to the detriment of women. There is a correlation between the level of disability and quality of life.