Correlation Between Disability Status and Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Female Patients with Urinary Incontinence
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Doç. Dr. Aybüke Ersin İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve Alökten İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Fatma MUTLUAY İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Melih Tütüncü İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Uğur Uygunoğlu İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Sabahattin Saip İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa, Türkiye
Aksel Siva
İstanbul Üniversitesi - Cerrahpaşa, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (Ulusal alan endekslerinde (TR Dizin, ULAKBİM) yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı South. Clin. Ist. Euras.
Dergi ISSN 2587-0998
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler TR DİZİN
Makale Dili Türkçe Basım Tarihi 01-2021
Kabul Tarihi Yayınlanma Tarihi 01-01-2021
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 32 / 2 / 141–145 DOI 10.14744/scie.2021.51423
Makale Linki https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=scie&plng=eng&un=SCIE-51423
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon
Özet
Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive, inflammatory, chronic, and neurodegenerative disease. One of the most common symptoms of MS patients is urinary incontinence with high rates of up to 90%. The previous studies have shown that urinary incontinence reduces the quality of life of MS patients. However, it is not known whether there is a relationship between the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores, which determine the physical disability level of MS, and the quality of life scores caused by urinary problems. For this reason, our study focuses on the relationship between EDSS scores and King’s Health Questionnaire (KHQ) scores, which is one of the quality of life questionnaires specific to urinary incontinence.Methods: The study included 32 female patients aged 18–65 years, diagnosed with MS, and received outpatient treatment at the Neurology Clinic of Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine Hospital. There was no categorization among the patients’ EDSS scores. Quality of life associated with urinary incontinence was measured with the KHQ. Normal distribution was assessed by Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and non-parametric correlation was calculated by Spearman’s rho coefficients using SPSS version 22.Results: It was found a statistically significant negative correlation between urinary incontinence-related quality of life and disability status (r= 0.392, p< 0.05).Conclusion: In our study, we found that MS patients with high EDSS scores have low urinary continence-related quality of life scores.
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