Body image in multiple sclerosis patients: a descriptive review

Perceived social support, mental health, and marital satisfaction in multiple sclerosis patients

“…The prevalence of MS, that is more common in early adulthood—which qualifications such as studying at higher education, getting married, starting a family, having a child, gaining professional knowledge/skills, working in any job, being active in social life, taking responsibility, maintaining interpersonal relationship, being resilient physically and psychologically are expected—causes the biopsychosocial symptom burden and comorbidities experienced by patients and informal caregivers to be devastating. Physical problems that increase over time cause deterioration of patients' body and self‐esteem, sexual dysfunction, change of life plans, deterioration of working life and unemployment, decrease in quality of life, poor psychosocial adjustment to disease, difficulties in performing daily life activities and social activities 8–11,12–19,20 . As the negative consequences of the disease increase, the rate of mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, self‐harm, or suicidal risk/ideation increases 15,19,21–25 …”

“…Depression and anxiety adversely affect the health status of MS patients by increasing symptom burden, adversely affecting adherence to the treatment regimen or directly creating a pathophysiological effect on the immune system 26 . Any mental problem causes poor quality of life, functional limitation, pain problems, cognitive dysfunction, problems in working life, increased risk of self‐harm/suicidal ideation in MS patients 10,11,24,26–32 …”

“…Providing care for a MS patient causes the social and financial difficulties of the caregiver, as well as the deterioration in personal care activities, ability to cope with problems, mental/physical health, work life, and quality of life. It also increases the care burden and the use of healthcare resources, affects the role and relationships of the patient in family dynamics negatively, reduces marital satisfaction 8,10,11,13, 21, 34–38,46–52 …”

Prediction of Multiple sclerosis disease using machine learning classifiers: a comparative study

“…The onset of the disease happens in young adults with the most susceptibility is related to people who are in their 20s and 30s [ 2 , 3 ]. Approximately 2.5 million people are affected by MS worldwide annually [ 4 ]. The prevalence of MS varies geographically between 5.3 and 74.28 per 100,000 in Iran [ 2 ].…”

A Brief Assessment of Body Image Perception: Norm Values and Factorial Structure of the Short Version of the FKB-20

“…The construct of body image has its roots in clinical settings and has been applied in studies related to neurological disorders, eating or weight disorders and body dysmorphophobia (Slade, 1994;Di Cara et al, 2019;McLean and Paxton, 2019). Accordingly, it has been shown that body image is associated with psychosocial functioning (Cash and Fleming, 2002;Fatt et al, 2020).…”