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ArticleJournal of behavioral medicine2016

The role of appraisal and coping style in relation with societal participation in fatigued patients with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional multiple mediator analysis.

Lizanne Eva van den Akker, Heleen Beckerman, Emma Hubertine Collette, Gijs Bleijenberg, Joost Dekker, Hans Knoop, Vincent de Groot, TREFAMS-ACE study group

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Lizanne Eva van den AkkerDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.vandenakker@vumc.nl.
Heleen BeckermanDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Emma Hubertine ColletteDepartment of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gijs BleijenbergExpert Centre for Chronic Fatigue, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Joost DekkerDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Hans KnoopExpert Centre for Chronic Fatigue, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Vincent de GrootDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

To determine the relationship between appraisal and societal participation in fatigued patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and whether this relation is mediated by coping styles. 265 severely-fatigued MS patients. Appraisal, a latent construct, was created from the General Self-Efficacy Scale and the helplessness and acceptance subscales of the Illness Cognition Questionnaire. Coping styles were assessed using the Coping Inventory Stressful Situations (CISS21) and societal participation was assessed using the Impact on Participation and Autonomy. A multiple mediator model was developed and tested by structural equation modeling on cross-sectional data. We corrected for confounding by disease-related factors. Mediation was determined using a product-of-coefficients approach. A significant relationship existed between appraisal and participation (β = 0.21, 95 % CI 0.04-0.39). The pathways via coping styles were not significant. In patients with severe MS-related fatigue, appraisal and societal participation show a positive relationship that is not mediated by coping styles.

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Self EfficacyAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAnxietyCross-Sectional StudiesFatigueFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultiple SclerosisQuality of LifeRegression AnalysisSocial ParticipationAppraisalCopingMultiple mediator modelMultiple sclerosisParticipation

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PMCPMC5012251

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