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Associations between psychological factors and health-related quality of life and global quality of life in patients with ALS: a systematic review

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Title
Associations between psychological factors and health-related quality of life and global quality of life in patients with ALS: a systematic review
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12955-016-0507-6
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Annerieke C. van Groenestijn, Esther T. Kruitwagen-van Reenen, Johanna M. A. Visser-Meily, Leonard H. van den Berg, Carin D. Schröder

Abstract

To systematically identify and appraise evidence on associations between psychological factors (moods, beliefs, personality) and Health-related QoL (HRQoL) and/or global QoL in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). A systematic review was conducted in several online databases (PsycINFO, EMBASE, PubMed and CINAHL) up to October 2015. Articles were included if they reported associations between psychological factors (moods, beliefs and personality) and HRQoL and/or global QoL in an ALS population. The search was limited to empirical studies, published in English, which provided quantitative data. The methodological quality of the included articles was assessed. In total, 22 studies were included. Mood was investigated in 14 studies, beliefs in 11 studies and personality in one study. Fifteen different psychological factors were extracted and assessed using 24 different measures. Twelve different QoL measures were used in the selected studies, subdivided into seven different HRQoL measures and five different global QoL measures. Higher levels of anxiety and depression appeared to be related to a poorer HRQoL, whereas a higher level of religiosity seemed to be associated with better global QoL. No conclusive associations were found for confusion-bewilderment (mood), spirituality, mindfulness, coping styles, hopelessness, perception of burden, cognitive appraisal (beliefs), neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness (personality), due to insufficient or inconsistent evidence. Religiosity and spirituality appeared to become more positively associated over time. Our results suggest that higher levels of anxiety and depression are related to a poorer HRQoL, whereas higher levels of religiosity appeared to be related to better global QoL. Associations might change during the disease course. This review supports the importance of psychological factors with regard to ALS care. Further research is needed to supplement the available evidence and to investigate how psychological factors can be modified to improve QoL. PROSPERO 2015:CRD42015027303.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Uruguay 1 <1%
Unknown 222 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 32 14%
Student > Master 30 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 24 11%
Researcher 19 8%
Other 32 14%
Unknown 58 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 53 24%
Psychology 36 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 23 10%
Neuroscience 13 6%
Social Sciences 10 4%
Other 25 11%
Unknown 64 29%
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