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Understanding the Effect of Multiple Sclerosis on General and Dimensions of Mental Health
by Weixi Kang
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UK DRI Care Research and Technology Centre, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, 926, Sir Michael Uren Hub, 86 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(24), 7483; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247483
Received: 11 October 2022 / Revised: 21 November 2022 / Accepted: 12 December 2022 / Published: 16 December 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Understanding Multiple Sclerosis)
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Abstract
Objective: The objective of the current study is to investigate how general and dimensions of mental health are affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: Factor analysis, generalized linear models, and one-sample t-tests were used to analyze data from 78 people with MS with a mean age of 52.19 (S.D. = 12.94) years old and 25.64% males and 38,516 people without MS with a mean age of 49.10 (S.D. = 18.24) years old and 44.27% males from Understanding Society. Results: The current study found that there are three underlying factors of the GHQ-12 labeled as GHQ-12A (social dysfunction and anhedonia; 6 items), GHQ-12B (depression and anxiety; 4 items), and GHQ-12C (loss of confidence; 2 items), and the general mental health, GHQ-12A (social dysfunction and anhedonia), and GHQ-12C (loss of confidence) are associated with MS. Conclusions: Effective mental health management in MS patients is important given mental health in people with MS is linked to the onset of MS and exacerbating disease progression/relapses.