caa a22 4500 445807385 CHVBK 20180317145200.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00415-010-5894-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00415-010-5894-8 Religiosity and its relation to quality of life in primary caregivers of patients with multiple sclerosis: a case study in Greece [Elektronische Daten] [Andreas Argyriou, Gregoris Iconomou, Amalia Ifanti, Panagiotis Karanasios, Konstantinos Assimakopoulos, Alexandra Makridou, Foteini Giannakopoulou, Nicolaos Makris] The first objective of the current observational study was to assess the degree of religiosity in Greek Christian Orthodox primary caregivers of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The second objective was to evaluate the interrelations between religiosity and quality of life (QOL) and to identify the determinants of QOL, an endpoint of considerable importance in clinical research and practice. Twenty-two male and 13 female primary caregivers (mean age 47.3±12.4years) of an equal number of patients with MS, who consented to participate, completed the Systems of the Greek version of the Belief Inventory (SBI-15R) and the Greek validated version of EuroQOL (EQ-5D). The analysis revealed high scores on religiosity, especially among females. Caregivers scored in the religious beliefs and practices subscale of SBI-15R with a mean score of 22.8±7.8 (range 0-30) and with 7.1±4.8 (range 0-14) in the social support subscale. However, both of the SBI-15R domains were almost unrelated to the degree of overall QOL. There was only a reliable (but with little clinical value) association between the pain/discomfort domain of the EQ-5D with the SBI-15R beliefs and practices subscale (r=−0.38, p=0.03). Although high levels of religiosity among Greek Christian Orthodox primary caregivers of MS patients were evident, this study did not demonstrate any beneficial effect of religious beliefs and practices on their QOL. Further prospective studies with a population with the same and/or diverse religious and cultural backgrounds are needed to better elucidate the complex association between religiosity and QOL in primary caregivers of MS patients. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Caregivers nationallicence Religiosity nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Greece nationallicence Multiple sclerosis nationallicence Argyriou Andreas Department of Neurology, "Saint Andrew's” State General Hospital of Patras, 26335, Patras, Greece aut Iconomou Gregoris Department of Medicine-Division of Oncology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion-Patras, Greece aut Ifanti Amalia Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Rion, Greece aut Karanasios Panagiotis Department of Neurology, "Saint Andrew's” State General Hospital of Patras, 26335, Patras, Greece aut Assimakopoulos Konstantinos Department of Medicine-Division of Oncology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion-Patras, Greece aut Makridou Alexandra Department of Neurology, "Saint Andrew's” State General Hospital of Patras, 26335, Patras, Greece aut Giannakopoulou Foteini Department of Medicine-Division of Oncology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion-Patras, Greece aut Makris Nicolaos Department of Neurology, "Saint Andrew's” State General Hospital of Patras, 26335, Patras, Greece aut Journal of Neurology Springer-Verlag 258/6(2011-06-01), 1114-1119 0340-5354 258:6<1114 2011 258 415 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5894-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5894-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Argyriou Andreas Department of Neurology, "Saint Andrew's” State General Hospital of Patras, 26335, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Iconomou Gregoris Department of Medicine-Division of Oncology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion-Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ifanti Amalia Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Rion, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karanasios Panagiotis Department of Neurology, "Saint Andrew's” State General Hospital of Patras, 26335, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Assimakopoulos Konstantinos Department of Medicine-Division of Oncology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion-Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Makridou Alexandra Department of Neurology, "Saint Andrew's” State General Hospital of Patras, 26335, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Giannakopoulou Foteini Department of Medicine-Division of Oncology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion-Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Makris Nicolaos Department of Neurology, "Saint Andrew's” State General Hospital of Patras, 26335, Patras, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Neurology Springer-Verlag 258/6(2011-06-01), 1114-1119 0340-5354 258:6<1114 2011 258 415 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer