Concept analysis of coping with multiple sclerosis.
Ali Dehghani, Abdolkhalegh Keshavarzi, Mohsen Faseleh Jahromi and 2 others
PMID 31406820WHAT IT FOUND
Coping with multiple sclerosis was described as acceptance, emotional balance, and self-regulation.
Social support, disease awareness, attitude toward MS, and spiritual beliefs were identified as supports for coping.
Key findings
01Coping with MS was defined as a dynamic, multidimensional concept with main attributes of acceptance of the disease, maintaining emotional balance, and self-regulation.
02The analysis identified social support, awareness toward the disease, attitude toward the disease, and religious-spiritual beliefs as antecedents of coping.
03Consequences reported for coping included health promotion, adherence to treatment regimen, independence in personal life and social relationships, and improvement of family relationships.
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What it does not show
The concept analysis was done only using a literature review, not direct assessment of patients or families. Not all resources were accessible through databases. Only English and Farsi texts were included. The paper did not test a coping intervention, so it cannot show whether helping patients cope improves outcomes.
Declared interests
Funded by the Research Department at Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Iran. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the listed attributes and consequences as evidence that coping interventions work. The paper analysed published articles and did not test an intervention in patients.