NCT06500039

Positive Psychological Interventions for Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

The Effect of Positive Psychological Interventions on Quality of Life and Well-Being in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of positive psychological interventions on the quality of life and well-being levels of patients with multiple sclerosis.Two groups will be selected as intervention and control groups. An intervention method consisting of three good things in life and gratitude activities, each lasting two weeks, was determined for the intervention group. An activity was planned for control group participants to write their daily routines.

Detailed description

People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) face numerous physical and mental symptoms as well as emotional and social challenges. The fact that the disease usually occurs in young adulthood, when individuals are most productive, causes disability, its unpredictable and variable nature, and the lack of a known treatment make it difficult to live with MS and accept the disease. The physical, cognitive, behavioral and social changes that occur with the disease affect daily life activities, well-being. and greatly affects the quality of life. There are various interventions developed to improve the adaptation processes of individuals diagnosed with a chronic disease such as MS, to prevent and reduce psychiatric symptoms, and to increase quality of life and well-being. One of the intervention approaches is positive psychological interventions from the field of positive psychology. Positive psychological interventions are a psychosocial intervention method based on the systematic completion of certain activities aimed at increasing positive emotions, thoughts and behaviors. Since the interventions focus on strengthening positive mental states rather than reducing psychological symptoms, they also have an advantage over traditional interventions in that they can be applied to both sick and non-patients. However, it appears that positive psychological intervention studies have just begun to be implemented in patients with MS. In our country, no study has been found using positive psychological intervention in MS patients. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of positive psychological interventions on the quality of life and well-being levels of patients with multiple sclerosis.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Positive Psychological Intervention Program	An intervention method consisting of three good things in life and gratitude activities was determined for the intervention group. It will take four weeks. Three good deeds will be held for two weeks, and gratitude activities will be held for the last two weeks. Participants will record the interventions on a prepared booklet.
OTHER	Writing Daily Routines	An activity was planned for the control group participants to write their daily routines. They will write down their sleep, nutrition, hygiene and shopping routines, which will be different each week for four weeks. Control group participants will also be given a booklet to write on.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-15
• Primary completion: 2024-08-30
• Completion: 2025-01-01
• First posted: 2024-07-15
• Last updated: 2024-08-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)