Depression, lower urinary tract symptoms and quality of life in women with multiple sclerosis: A descriptive and correlational study

• Autor(a) principal: Catarino, Bruna Maciel
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Finkelsztejn, Alessandro, Aranchipe, Magda da Silva, Lopes Ramos, José Geraldo, Rodrigues, Luciano Palmeiro, Paiva, Luciana Laureano
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Clinical and Biomedical Research
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/92288
• topic: Multiple sclerosis; urinary incontinence; quality of life; depression; Multiple Sclerosis; Urinary Incontinence; Quality of Life; Depression.

Background: Among the most ordinary clinical manifestations of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are depression and the presence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS). Both can compromise a person’s quality of life. Objective: The objective of this research was to identify the major urinary symptoms and correlate them with quality of life and with depressive symptoms in women with MS. Methodology: This was an observatory, descriptive and correlational study, with non-probabilistic sampling by convenience. This research included women over 18 years old who displayed LUT symptoms and who had been diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting MS. Assessment consisted of an anamnesis card, the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 (IIQ-7-BR), the Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6-BR), the Beck Depression Inventory-2 (BDI-II) and the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire - Portuguese version (MSQOL-54). Results: 41 women participated in the study, with average age of 50.1 (± 9.45) and average of 4.11 in the EDSS. The most common urinary symptom was urinary urgency (78%). There was no correlation between the severity of the urinary symptom and quality of life. Moderate and significant negative correlation (r = -0.561 p<0.001) was found between depression and the physical component of quality of life and strong negative correlation (r = -0.729 p<0.001) was found between depression and the mental component. Conclusions: The most prevalent urinary symptom was urinary urgency. A strong correlation was found between symptoms of depression and quality of life and there was no correlation between urinary symptoms and quality of life.Keywords: Multiple sclerosis; urinary incontinence; quality of life; depression