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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2022

Pain, quality of life, and religiosity in people with multiple sclerosis.

Maddalena Sparaco, Giuseppina Miele, Gianmarco Abbadessa, Domenico Ippolito, Francesca Trojsi, Luigi Lavorgna, Simona Bonavita

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maddalena Sparaco *Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Giuseppina Miele *Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Gianmarco AbbadessaDepartment of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Domenico IppolitoDepartment of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Francesca TrojsiDepartment of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Luigi LavorgnaDepartment of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy. luigi.lavorgna@policliniconapoli.it.
Simona BonavitaDepartment of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, the relationship between pain and religiosity and to determine whether distinct dimensions of religiosity were associated with quality of life.

methodsMS patients during clinical follow-up filled out the visual analogue scale for pain (VAS), the Mc Gill questionnaire (McGQ), the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and the religious attitude scale (RAS), and expanded disability status scale (EDSS) was assessed.

resultsNinety-two MS patients were enrolled, only two declined. There was a negative correlation between religious practice and faith and some domains of the SF-36 and a positive correlation between sensory, affective, and evaluative aspects of pain (at McGQ) and religious practices, and between evaluative aspects of pain (at McGQ) and faith. EDSS was significantly higher in practitioner believers compared to not practitioners.

conclusionsMore disabled MS patients, with worse quality of life, also due to physical pain, find a source of comfort in faith and religious practices. Pain is not relieved by prayer; therefore, we may guess that in MS the poor beneficial effect of religiosity and practice on pain perception may be linked to a structural/functional damage of neural circuits involved in reducing pain during prayer.

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Multiple SclerosisQuality of LifeHumansPainReligionSpiritualitySurveys and QuestionnairesMultiple sclerosisPainQuality of lifeReligiositySpirituality

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