Psychosocial Nursing Intervention for Improving Quality of Life of patient with Multiple Sclerosis

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS)—a chronic, unpredictable, and often debilitating neuroimmunologic disease with no known cause or cure—is one of the most life-altering diagnoses a person can receive. Because the effects of multiple sclerosis are so variable, each person’s experience of MS is unique, presenting its own set of symptoms and challenges. Individuals who have MS are faced with uncertainty about the future, unpleasant and unpredictable symptoms, treatment regimens and drug side effects. The disease produces a range of unpleasant and debilitating symptoms, which can have a profound impact including disrupting activities of daily living, employment, income, relationships, social and leisure activities, and life goals, which are known to influence quality of life. MS patients have markedly lower quality of life than the general population, and also lower than patients with epilepsy, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and bowel diseases. Thus, Adjusting to the illness is therefore particularly challenging. Given the evidence that psychoeducation (psychosocial nursing intervention) is a structured intervention focused on achieving improvement in mental health and psychosocial aspects of chronic health conditions.

Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of psychosocial nursing intervention on quality of life of patient with multiple sclerosis.