Contributions
Abstract: EP1583
Type: ePoster
Abstract Category: RIMS - Neuropsychology and fatigue management
Objective: To study the relationship between appraisal and societal participation in fatigued patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and whether this relation is mediated by coping styles.
Participants: 265 severely fatigued MS-patients.
Outcome measures: Appraisal, a latent construct, was composed from the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), the subscales Helplessness and Acceptance of the Illness Cognition Questionnaire (ICQ). Coping styles were measured with the Coping Inventory Stressful Situations (CISS21) and societal participation with the Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA).
Analysis: A multiple mediator model was developed and tested with structural equation modeling on cross-sectional data. We corrected for confounding of disease-related factors. Mediation was determined using a product-of-coefficients approach.
Results: A significant relation existed between appraisal and participation (β=0.21, 95%CI 0.04-0.39). The pathways via coping styles were not significant.
Conclusion: In patients with severe MS-related fatigue, appraisal and societal participation show a positive relationship that is not mediated by coping styles.
Disclosure:
Lizanne Eva van den Akker: nothing to disclose
Heleen Beckerman: nothing to disclose
Emma Hubertine Collette: nothing to disclose
Gijs Bleijenberg: nothing to disclose
Joost Dekker: nothing to disclose
Hans Knoop: nothing to disclose
Vincent de Groot: nothing to disclose
TREFAMS-ACE study group: nothing to disclose
Abstract: EP1583
Type: ePoster
Abstract Category: RIMS - Neuropsychology and fatigue management
Objective: To study the relationship between appraisal and societal participation in fatigued patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and whether this relation is mediated by coping styles.
Participants: 265 severely fatigued MS-patients.
Outcome measures: Appraisal, a latent construct, was composed from the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), the subscales Helplessness and Acceptance of the Illness Cognition Questionnaire (ICQ). Coping styles were measured with the Coping Inventory Stressful Situations (CISS21) and societal participation with the Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA).
Analysis: A multiple mediator model was developed and tested with structural equation modeling on cross-sectional data. We corrected for confounding of disease-related factors. Mediation was determined using a product-of-coefficients approach.
Results: A significant relation existed between appraisal and participation (β=0.21, 95%CI 0.04-0.39). The pathways via coping styles were not significant.
Conclusion: In patients with severe MS-related fatigue, appraisal and societal participation show a positive relationship that is not mediated by coping styles.
Disclosure:
Lizanne Eva van den Akker: nothing to disclose
Heleen Beckerman: nothing to disclose
Emma Hubertine Collette: nothing to disclose
Gijs Bleijenberg: nothing to disclose
Joost Dekker: nothing to disclose
Hans Knoop: nothing to disclose
Vincent de Groot: nothing to disclose
TREFAMS-ACE study group: nothing to disclose