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Correlation between regional myasthenic weakness and mental aspects of quality of life
Author(s) -
Rostedt A.,
Padua L.,
Stålberg E. V.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01149.x
Subject(s) - myasthenia gravis , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , weakness , correlation , ocular myasthenia , disease , mental health , physical therapy , pediatrics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , surgery , nursing , geometry , mathematics
Here we report how the different types of regional muscle involvement, i.e. bulbar, ocular or generalized, in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) influence the mental aspects of quality of life. Clinical examination according to Osserman was performed in 48 MG patients (45 women, three men; mean age 54, SD 12 years). Each patient was at the time for clinical evaluation asked to fill out the disease‐specific Myasthenia Gravis Questionnaire (MGQ) and the Short‐Form 36‐item questionnaire for health survey (SF‐36) as patient‐oriented tools. We related the regional domains (generalized domain, bulbar domain and ocular domain) of the MGQ and the clinical findings, respectively, with mental quality of life as assessed by SF‐36. Bulbar and generalized involvement results in impairment of mental aspects of quality of life, whereas ocular involvement does not.