Coping with stress during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic by Turkish people with Multiple Sclerosis: The relationship between perceived stress and quality of life

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Criterion Validity and Reliability of SF-12 Health Survey Version 2 (SF-12v2) in a Student Population during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…As hypothesized, we found a moderate linear correlation between the PSS scale and MCS12 but no correlation between PSS and PCS12 [ 26 , 27 ].…”

“…PSS would have had strong association with MCS12 and less strong with PCS12, as studied in previous studies [ 26 , 27 ]…”

“…The secondary objective is to detect different behaviors of the tool in different populations' groups in order to confirm the hypothesis that physical and mental health have been influenced by gender, university of origin (North, Central, and South Italy), body mass index, and number of hours spent sitting or exercising during the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the authors hypothesized the following: PSS would have had strong association with MCS12 and less strong with PCS12, as studied in previous studies [ 26 , 27 ] PCS12 and MCS12 scores would have had statistically different scores between people from northern/central/southern university, due to different rates of contagion and different restriction measures in these areas PCS12 scores would have had highest for persons with normal BMI but lower for underweight and overweight as evaluated by Wee et al [ 28 ] …”

Mental Health Status of People with Multiple Sclerosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…PwMS have dealt with this feeling since their diagnosis of MS, which is an unpredictable, uncertain, and uncontrollable disease, and thus can easier deal with the discomfort that comes with it [16,46,47]. Finally, based on their previous experience coping with a chronic condition and attacks, PwMS may have evolved more effective ways to manage stress during the acute COVID-19 outbreak [16]. All these assumptions certainly require more in-depth research in order to arrive at final conclusions.…”

“…Studies assessing the relationship between the pandemic and the mental state of PwMS have reported varied results. While some have associated the COVID-19 pandemic with a higher level of negative mental health indicators (such as depression or anxiety) [3,[9][10][11][12][13], the results of some studies do not confirm this relationship [2,[14][15][16][17]. This discrepancy in results may be due to the use of different methodologies in studies: some studies were qualitative and were based on an interview, and some did not include a control group or included healthy individuals as controls.…”