Multiple sclerosis and mental health related quality of life: The role of defense mechanisms, defense styles and family environment.

Background: Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating chronic neurologic disease that can lead to disability and thus to deterioration of quality of life. Psychological parameters such as ego defense mechanisms, defense styles and family environment are important factors in the adaptation process, and as such they can play important roles in QoL. This study aims to assess the psychological factors as well as the clinical and demographic characteristics related to mental health quality of life (MHQoL).

[The role of clinical, demographic and psychological characteristics of people with multiple sclerosis in their physical health related quality of life].

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system, with a variety of symptoms and uncertain course. It affects multiple facets of everyday life and since it results to some degree of disability, MS may cause deterioration of quality of life, both in mental and physical health. In this study, we investigated the role of demographic, clinical and, mostly, personal and psychological factors related to physical health quality of life (PHQOL).