“…The data collection instrument (DCI), based on the nature of the phenomena intended for study and its psychometric properties included: a socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire (which seeks characterize the socio-demographic and clinical aspects of the MS patients); the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life Scale (MSQoL-54) (Vickrey, Hays, Harooni, Myers & Ellison, 1995), Portuguese version by Pedro and Pais-Ribeiro (2008); the Barthel Index (Mayoney FI & Barthel DW, 1965), Portuguese version by Araújo, Pais-Ribeiro, Oliveira and Pinto (2007); the Vulnerability to Stress Scale (23QVS) (Vaz Serra, 2000) and the Social Support Scale (SSS) (Matos & Ferreira, 2000).…”