Volume 15, Issue 11 (February 2018)                   Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2018, 15(11): 863-873 | Back to browse issues page

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Atadokht A, Hashemi J, Habibi Y, Fallahi V, Rahimi F. THE ROLE OF ILLNESS PERCEPTION AND PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT IN PREDICTING PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2018; 15 (11) :863-873
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1- Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
2- MA in Psychology, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
3- MA in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
4- PhD student of psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran (corresponding Author)
5- MA in Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branche, Ardabil, Iran
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Background & Aims: Multiple Sclerosis as a chronic disease causes stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health problems for reasons such as sudden onset, lack of prognosis and definitive treatment. Therefore, the present study was carried out aimed at the role of illness perception and perceived social support in predicting psychological distress of MS patients. Materials & Methods: The method used in this research was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population included all of the MS patients who referred to the welfare center of Ardabil to obtain the medical services and formed the file in the first half of 2014. Of this population, 60 individuals were selected as the total available sampling. The multidimensional scale of perceived social support, questionnaire of illness perception and the measures of depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21) were used to collect data. Also, in order to analyze the data Pearson correlation test and multiple regression were used on the software SPSS -16 (p
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