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JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 163-173Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1359105305048562
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cost of MS; economic pressures; multiple sclerosis; psychological well-being; quality of life
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This study investigated the impact of economic disadvantage among people with multiple sclerosis (MS) on their psychological well-being and quality of life. Participants were 113 people with MS (31 males, 82 females). Information was obtained on income, lost income. costs of MS. economic pressure, coping, psychological well-being and quality of life. Economic pressure, and not actual MS-related costs predicted psychological wellbeing. Costs, economic pressure and coping predicted quality of life. These results demonstrate that pressure due to changed economic circumstances, as well as coping with these pressures is important in the quality of life of people with MS.
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