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ArticleDisability and health journal2016

Selected health behaviors moderate the progression of functional limitations in persons with multiple sclerosis: Eleven years of annual follow-up.

Alexa K Stuifbergen, Shelley Blozis, Heather Becker, Tracie Harrison, Vicki Kullberg

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Article in Disability and health journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexa K StuifbergenSchool of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, USA. Electronic address: astuifbergen@mail.utexas.edu.
Shelley BlozisThe University of California, Davis, USA.
Heather BeckerSchool of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Tracie HarrisonSchool of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Vicki KullbergSchool of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
The University of Texas at Austin · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Chronic IllnessR01NR003195 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI STUIFBERGEN, ALEXA · 1999 to 2009
$2.3M
NINR NIH HHS R01 NR003195
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic neurological disease typically diagnosed in young adulthood, presents with a wide variety of symptoms, impairments and functional limitations. Given the chronic, unpredictable and long-term nature of this disease, preserving function is essential.

objectiveThe purpose of this study was to identify psychosocial and behavioral factors that might influence the trajectory of functional limitation through eleven years of longitudinal follow-up of a sample of persons with MS.

methodsParticipants (N = 606) completed measures of health behaviors, related constructs and functional limitations annually over eleven years. Longitudinal measures of functional limitations were analyzed using random-effects regression that allows for study of individual differences in the trajectories of a measure. Using the best fitting quadratic growth model, we tested the within and between-person effects of Nutrition, Interpersonal Relationships, Exercise, Stress Management, Health Responsibilities, Spiritual Growth, Self-rated Health and Barriers, controlling for Age, Year since Diagnosis and Year of Dropout, on Functional Limitations in the 11th year.

resultsAfter adjusting for covariates, higher mean scores for Exercise and Self-rated Health were related to lower levels of Functional Limitations in Year 11. Higher mean scores for Stress Management, Health Responsibilities and Barriers were related to higher levels of Functional Limitations in Year 11. Higher mean Exercise scores and lower mean Health Responsibilities scores were related to slower rates of progression of functional limitations in Year 11.

conclusionFindings suggest that the highly variable trajectory of functional limitations in MS may be extended and shaped through health behavior strategies.

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Activities of Daily LivingHealth BehaviorHealth StatusMultiple SclerosisPersons with DisabilitiesAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDiagnostic Self EvaluationDietDisability EvaluationDisease ProgressionExerciseFemaleFollow-Up StudiesFunctional limitationsHealth behaviorsMultiple sclerosis

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PMID26905974
PMCPMC4903890
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