Personality and its association with self-management in multiple sclerosis
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Abstract
Methods: People with MS were recruited via several paths within Germany (e.g. medical practices, social events and the German MS society). The final study sample consisted of 682 participants who answered a multidimensional questionnaire. This comprised the Big-Five-Inventory-10 for personality, the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) for self-management competencies, questions for participation in self-help groups, and socio-demographic and clinical variables.
Results: Multivariate regression analyses showed that personality could explain a greater amount of variance of self-management than socio-demographic and clinical variables. Neuroticism was the strongest predictor and correlated negatively with all heiQ-dimensions of self-management. In contrast, in logistic regression analysis none of the Big Five traits became significant in predicting the activity in self-help groups.
Conclusion: As expected, personality plays an important role regarding self-management. Ideally, a time-saving personality assessment should be considered in routine clinical practice to identify patients at risk; however, at a minimum, personality traits should be considered in consultations with their neurologists. They may need help to understand the benefits of effective self-management and should receive support to improve their self-management skills and to reduce their neuroticism to lower the risk of secondary complications.
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Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Aufsatznummer | 103752 |
ISSN | 2211-0348 |
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Status | Veröffentlicht - 05.2022 |
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PubMed | 35349886 |
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