Examining the roles of self-compassion and resilience on health-related quality of life for individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

Nery-Hurwit, Mara; Yun, Joonkoo; Ebbeck, Vicki

doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2017.10.010

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“…According to the results of correlation analyses, it was determined that total and physical HRQoL were negatively linked to disability status, depression, and anxiety; whereas they were positively associated with self-esteem and self-compassion. This finding matched those of previous studies (20,21,31,48,49). Psychological HRQoL was negatively associated with mental health indices but not with disability status, while it was positively linked to self-esteem and self-compassion.…”

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Health-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis: Links to mental health, self-esteem, and selfcompassion

Gedik¹

2020

Dusunen Adam

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Objective: To examine the association of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with mental health, self-esteem, and selfcompassion in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Method: For this descriptive and cross-sectional study, a total of 89 volunteer Turkish MS patients completed the patient information form, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Self-Compassion Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and MS International Quality of Life Questionnaire. Depressed patients were compared with nondepressed patients regarding HRQoL, self-esteem, and self-compassion. Bivariate correlations between HRQoL, self-esteem, self-compassion, and mental health indices were calculated followed by hierarchical regression analyses. Results: Depressed MS patients had significantly lower HRQoL, self-esteem, and self-compassion compared to their nondepressed counterparts. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that physical HRQoL was significantly predicted by disability status and self-compassion, explaining 48% of the total variance. Anxiety and self-esteem explained 52% of the total variance of psychological HRQoL. Social HRQoL was significantly predicted by depression and self-esteem, which explained 21% of the total variance. Conclusion: The effects of MS and disability may not be avoidable, but self-related traits including self-esteem and selfcompassion can be modified through psychosocial interventions to improve HRQoL. The findings of the current study provided insights into which psychosocial factors to address in improving different domains of HRQoL in MS patients. Cultivating selfcompassion may increase HRQoL in the physical domain, while working with self-esteem and self-worth may improve the psychosocial domain.

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“…On the other hand, studies that assess self-compassion in MS patients are scarce. In one study, it was found that self-compassion had a positive correlation with HRQoL among MS patients (49).…”

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Health-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis: Links to mental health, self-esteem, and selfcompassion

Gedik¹

2020

Dusunen Adam

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“…Compassion encompasses the acknowledgement that all humans go through difficult experiences and entails tending to those difficult experiences with kindness and wise, caring action (Gilbert, 2014;Neff, 2011;Strauss et al, 2016). Compassion for ourselves, or self-compassion, is associated with lower distress (Costa & Pinto-Gouveia, 2013;Friis, Johnson, Cutfield, & Consedine, 2015;Pinto-Gouveia, Duarte, Matos, & Fr aguas, 2014) and higher health-related quality of life (Brion, Leary, & Drabkin, 2014;Dewsaran-van der Ven et al, 2018;Nery-Hurwit, Yun, & Ebbeck, 2018;Pinto-Gouveia et al, 2014), adaptive coping (Sirois, Molnar, & Hirsch, 2015), emotion-regulation (Trompetter, de Kleine, & Bohlmeijer, 2017), reduced feelings of shame (Sedighimornani, Rimes, & Verplanken, 2019) health-promoting behaviours (Dunne, Sheffield, & Chilcot, 2018;Homan & Sirois, 2017), seeking social support (Brion et al, 2014) and treatment adherence (Sirois & Hirsch, 2019) in various long-term physical condition and healthy populations. Research on giving and receiving compassion to and from others is relatively scarce in the context of long-term physical conditions, while there is some research on fears that may come up when attempting to cultivate compassion (e.g.…”

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Compassion-based interventions for people with long-term physical conditions: a mixed methods systematic review

Austin

Drossaert

Schroevers

et al. 2020

Psychology & Health

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Objective: Compassion-based interventions show promise in enhancing well-being and reducing distress, but little is known about their applications for people with long-term physical conditions. This study explores compassion-based interventions for this population: what are their differing elements (content, structure, tailoring, use of technology), feasibility and acceptability, effects and experienced benefits? Design: A mixed-methods systematic review was conducted. Four bibliographic databases were searched without study design restrictions. Meta-synthesis was used to integrate quantitative results of effects and qualitative results of experienced benefits. Results: Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria. Most studies targeted people with cancer or persistent pain. Interventions were either comprehensive with 6-12 face-to-face sessions, or brief based on a single compassion exercise. Feasibility and accessibility were highly rated by participants. Amongst a plethora of outcomes, reductions in depression and anxiety were the most common findings. Our qualitative synthesis yielded experienced benefits of (1) acceptance of the condition; (2) improved emotion regulation skills; (3) reduced feelings of isolation. There was minimal overlap between quantitative and qualitative outcomes. Conclusion: While the field is still in its infancy, this review highlights the potential benefits of compassion-based interventions for people with long-term physical conditions and discusses recommendations for further intervention research and development.

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“…Eight articles were further excluded, for reasons shown in the Appendix section ( Figure 1). Finally, 19 articles (n=2,713 patients, of which 73.3% were females) met our eligibility criteria and were included in this systematic review [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. The baseline characteristics of the included studies are comprehensively described in Table 1.…”

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“…One study showed that as self-compassion levels increased, shame decreased, while the other study showed no correlation between self-compassion and shame. Four studies looked at the correlation between self-compassion and quality of life [19,21,28,30]. Two studies showed that increased self-compassion improved quality of life, while two studies showed that higher levels of self-compassion correlate with any improvement [19,21,28,30].…”

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The Effect of Self-Compassion on Psychosocial and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Medical Conditions: A Systematic Review

Misurya

Dutta

2020

Cureus

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Studies about the role of self-compassion have focused primarily on psychological well-being, but there is solid evidence to suggest that self-compassion may have larger and more prominent implications in the medical world. Therefore, this systemic review aimed to investigate the effects of self-compassion on psychosocial and clinical outcomes in medically ill patients. A comprehensive search of several databases from their inception to August 10, 2020, was conducted, which included Ovid MEDLINE(R) and Epub Ahead of Print, Ovid Embase, Ovid Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). Eligible studies needed to include psychosocial or clinical outcomes of self-compassion in medically ill patients. Nineteen articles (n=2,713 patients; 73.3% females) met our eligibility criteria and were included in this systematic review. There was a negative correlation between self-compassion and psychosocial outcomes such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Moreover, based on self-compassion intervention, there was an improvement in clinical outcomes related to diabetes such as hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and blood glucose levels. This systematic review highlights the effect of self-compassion on psychosocial and clinical outcomes. Further studies are needed to evaluate long-term outcomes of a self-compassion-based-intervention to highlight its importance in the role of disease management.

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Examining the roles of self-compassion and resilience on health-related quality of life for individuals with Multiple Sclerosis

Cited by 46 publications

References 28 publications

Health-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis: Links to mental health, self-esteem, and selfcompassion

Health-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis: Links to mental health, self-esteem, and selfcompassion

Compassion-based interventions for people with long-term physical conditions: a mixed methods systematic review

The Effect of Self-Compassion on Psychosocial and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Medical Conditions: A Systematic Review

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