[Effect of self-care on quality of life of multiple sclerosis patients]

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Long term diseases and their psycho-cognitive physiologic defects or signs affect life quality of the patients in different life stages and threaten their health resulting in their disabilities. Multiple sclerosis [MS] as a long-term life threatening disease can make acute disabilities affecting patients' life trend. Unknown manner of disease, poor prognosis and treatment on one hand and hard prevention on the other hand have all limited the treatment to a supportive one although patients can have almost a normal length of life with appropriate self-care. Self care can well diminish the disease extension and complications; provides the patient with a better life quality and his family with a better coping ability against new conditions. So this study was carried out with the above title