Personality matters: Exploring the associations of personality traits with mood and somatic symptoms in multiple sclerosis.

Background: Research suggest that personality traits influence the mood and somatic symptoms in various different clinical populations. Neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness have been identified as potential predictors of mood and somatic symptoms. However, the literature on personality traits and symptom outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS) is limited, highlighting the necessity for more in-depth research.

Dos and don'ts for conducting mediation analysis: A commentary with practical tips to avoid common problems.

Mediation analyses allow for exploration of causal mechanisms that explain how a predictor is related to an outcome. Tests of mediation are fundamental to addressing some of the most consequential questions in rehabilitation science. In recent decades, the development of easy-to-use analytical tools has made conducting statistical tests of mediation more accessible to researchers.

Comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy, modafinil, and their combination for treating fatigue in multiple sclerosis (COMBO-MS): a randomised, statistician-blinded, parallel-arm trial.

Background: Fatigue is one of the most disabling symptoms reported by people with multiple sclerosis. Although behavioural and pharmacological interventions might be partly beneficial, their combined effects have not been evaluated for multiple sclerosis fatigue, or examined with sufficient consideration of characteristics that might affect treatment response. In this comparative effectiveness research trial, we compared the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), modafinil, and their combination for treating multiple sclerosis fatigue.

Optimizing Detection and Prediction of Cognitive Function in Multiple Sclerosis With Ambulatory Cognitive Tests: Protocol for the Longitudinal Observational CogDetect-MS Study.

Background: Cognitive dysfunction is a common problem in multiple sclerosis (MS). Progress toward understanding and treating cognitive dysfunction is thwarted by the limitations of traditional cognitive tests, which demonstrate poor sensitivity and ecological validity. Ambulatory methods of assessing cognitive function in the lived environment may improve the detection of subtle changes in cognitive function and the identification of predictors of cognitive changes and downstream effects of cognitive change on other functional domains.

Nationwide Update on Prevalence of Falls, Injurious Falls, Concerns About Falling, and Fall Prevention in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis.

Objective: The aim of the study is to estimate the current nationwide prevalence of falls, injurious falls, concerns about falling, and information on fall prevention among people with multiple sclerosis.

Design: This is a cross-sectional national web-based survey that included 965 adult people with multiple sclerosis. Participants self-reported falls and injurious falls experienced in the past 6 months.

Inaugural editorial: Rehabilitation Psychology.

For over 50 years, has helped highlight important issues experienced by the disability community. We are extremely excited to continue that legacy in our role as the journal's first dual editors-in-chief, and we look forward to working with our associate editors, Kathleen Bogart and Daniel Klyce, our editorial fellows, and our large editorial board and ad hoc reviewer pool. In our tenure as the journal's editors, we will focus heavily on (a) providing exceptional service, (b) emphasizing diversity and disability identity, (c) broadening the scope of the field, (d) promoting high-quality research standards, and (e) looking ahead.

Exploration of how valued living relates to resilience among people with spinal cord injury.

Purpose/objective: We lack critical information regarding promoting resilience in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Living according to one's values may increase resilience. The aims of this study were to: (a) determine whether the degree to which individuals with SCI are living according to their values is associated with resilience; (b) identify values endorsed as most important; and (c) examine whether the importance of these values differs significantly by high vs.

Examination of Risk Factors Associated With Falls and Injurious Falls in People With Multiple Sclerosis: An Updated Nationwide Study.

Objective: To provide an update on risk factors associated with falls and injurious falls among people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) in the United States.

Design: Nationwide cross-sectional web-based survey.

Setting: Community setting.

Psychometric Properties of the Spinal Cord Injury-Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Resilience Short Form in a Sample With Spinal Cord Injury.

Objective: To explore the psychometric properties (eg, data distribution characteristics, convergent or discriminant validity, internal consistency reliability) of the Spinal Cord Injury-Quality of Life measurement system (SCI-QOL) Resilience 8-item short form (SF) in comparison to the criterion standard resilience measure, Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in a sample of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Descriptive statistics were calculated to examine variable data distribution characteristics. Correlation analyses were conducted for convergent and discriminant validity.

Effects of a Resilience-Building Energy Management Program on Fatigue and Other Symptoms in Systemic Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Supported self-management interventions for individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are needed. We examined the effects of a 12-week resilience-building energy management program (called RENEW) for fatigue and other patient-reported outcomes.

Methods: Participants, who had physician-diagnosed SSc, moderate to severe fatigue, and were ≥18 years old, were randomly assigned to RENEW or waitlist control in a 2:1 ratio.

Widespread Pain With Nociplastic Features is an Independent Predictor of Low Physical Activity in People with Multiple Sclerosis.

Exploring the relationship between underlying pain mechanisms and physical activity could inform interventions to optimize physical activity in persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). This cross-sectional nationwide survey examined whether pain phenotype is a significant predictor of self-reported physical activity in PwMS. The study included 938 persons with a self-reported diagnosis of MS (93% reported neurologist-diagnosed MS) who completed surveys of demographic, clinical information, pain intensity, indicators of underlying pain mechanisms (Fibromyalgia Survey Criteria and painDETECT), and physical activity (Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire).

Predictors of performance and perceived fatigability in people with multiple sclerosis.

Background And Objective: Fatigability is a distinct construct from fatigue that has been reported to contribute to activity limitations in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Identifying predictors of performance and perceived fatigability may guide the development of interventions to mitigate fatigability. This study investigated predictors of performance and perceived fatigability among PwMS.

Self-reported fatigue impact is associated with frequency of falls and injurious falls in people with multiple sclerosis.

Background: Fatigue is the most common symptom associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). Fatigue as a risk factor for injurious falls and frequency of falls is understudied. Falling recurrently is associated with injurious falls which may lead to reduced functional independence and poor quality of life of people with MS.

Temporal associations between use of psychoactive substances and somatic symptoms in the daily lives of people with fibromyalgia.

Objective: Consumption of psychoactive substances-alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, opioids, and cannabis-is common among people with fibromyalgia. Associations between the use of substances and somatic symptoms could reflect efforts to cope with symptoms, aggravation or alleviation of symptoms after the use of substances, or a combination of these. To date, no study has provided insight into temporal associations between the consumption of psychoactive substances and fluctuations in somatic symptoms.

Sleep-disordered breathing and neurocognitive function in multiple sclerosis: Differential associations across cognitive domains.

Background: Sleep disorders are common in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) and could contribute to cognitive dysfunction. However, effects of pathological sleep on cognitive domains are insufficiently characterized.

Objective: To evaluate associations between cognitive performance and polysomnographic (PSG)-based sleep disturbances in PwMS.

Emotional Dynamics in Fibromyalgia: Pain, Fatigue, and Stress Moderate Momentary Associations Between Positive and Negative Emotions.

Affective disruptions, particularly deficits in positive affect, are characteristic of fibromyalgia (FM). The Dynamic Model of Affect provides some explanations of affective disruptions in FM, suggesting that the inverse association between positive and negative emotions is stronger when individuals with FM are under greater stress than usual. However, our understanding of the types of stressors and negative emotions that contribute to these affective dynamics is limited.

Self-efficacy trajectories of individuals newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Purpose/objective: The first year following a new multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis may be a critical time for individuals as they learn to manage their disease. Effective self-management of MS likely requires healthy self-efficacy levels, yet little is known about self-efficacy in the postdiagnosis period. This study aims to improve our understanding of self-efficacy in individuals newly diagnosed with MS by examining self-efficacy trajectories and identifying patient characteristics associated with trajectories in the first postdiagnosis year.

Feasibility, reliability, and validity of ambulatory cognitive tests in fibromyalgia and matched controls.

Objective: This observational study examined the feasibility, reliability, and validity of repeated ambulatory cognitive tests in fibromyalgia (FM).

Method: Adults with FM ( = 50) and matched controls ( = 50) completed lab-based neuropsychological tests (NIH Toolbox) followed by eight days of smartphone-based ambulatory testing of processing speed (symbol search) and working memory (dot memory) five times daily. Feasibility was assessed based on response rates.

Mind the Mood: Momentary Depression and Anxiety Moderate the Correspondence Between Subjective and Objective Cognitive Functioning in Fibromyalgia.

Objective: Subjective cognitive dysfunction (SCD) affects 55-75% of individuals with fibromyalgia (FM), but those reporting cognitive difficulties often lack corresponding objective deficits. Symptoms of depression and anxiety are prevalent in FM and may account for part of this discrepancy. This study was undertaken to investigate whether momentary (within-day, across 7 days) changes in mood moderate the relationship between within-the-moment SCD and mental processing speed performance.

Coping as a Moderator of Associations Between Symptoms and Functional and Affective Outcomes in the Daily Lives of Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.

Background: Pain and fatigue are highly prevalent in multiple sclerosis (MS) and are associated with adverse physical, social, and psychological outcomes. There is a critical need to identify modifiable factors that can reduce the impact of these symptoms on daily life.

Purpose: This study examined the moderating role of dispositional coping in the relationships between daily fluctuations (i.

Motor Cognitive Dual-Task Testing to Predict Future Falls in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review.

Background: Mobility and cognitive impairments are often associated with increased fall risk among people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). However, evidence on the concurrent assessment of gait or balance and cognitive tasks (dual-task) to predict falls appears to be inconsistent.

Objective: To summarize the ability of gait or balance dual-task testing to predict future falls among PwMS.

Active or passive pain coping: Which predicts daily physical and psychosocial functioning in people with chronic pain and spinal cord injury?

Purpose/objective: Despite medical and psychotherapeutic treatments, chronic pain is one of the most challenging and disabling conditions for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). A growing body of research has demonstrated that pain coping strategies are effective for the adjustment of pain. However, we still lack an understanding of how passive pain coping and active pain coping relate to daily physical and psychosocial functioning for people with chronic pain and SCI.

Development of a hybrid sleep and physical activity improvement intervention for adults with osteoarthritis-related pain and sleep disturbance: a focus group study with potential users.

Objective: Suboptimal sleep and physical activity are common among people living with osteoarthritis (OA) and simultaneous improvements in both may have a beneficial impact on pain. This study aimed to gather perspectives of people living with OA on important aspects to incorporate in a hybrid sleep and physical activity improvement intervention for OA pain management.

Design: Qualitative study using two rounds of two focus groups.