Open AccessSocial support in relation to fatigue symptoms among patients with multiple sclerosis
Author(s) -
Naiereh Aghaei,
Soheila Karbandi,
Mohammad Ali Heidari Gorji,
Maryam Bidgoli Golkhatmi,
Batul Alizadeh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.179610
Subject(s) - psychosocial , social support , descriptive statistics , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , perception , multiple sclerosis , physical therapy , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , statistics , physics , mathematics , nursing , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The psychological changes and physiological limitations during multiple sclerosis (MS) disease diminish the social relations. Consequently, losing social supports leads to more physical and psychological complications such as fatigue syndromes. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship of social support and fatigue syndromes in MS patients.