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Tagipor N, Zeinali A. The Role of Interpersonal Problems and Illness Perception in Predicting Sleep Quality with Mediating Distress Tolerance in Multiple Sclerosis Patients. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2022; 25 (4) :12-20
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1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khoy, Iran ,cognition20@yahoo.com
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khoy, Iran ,
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Introduction: Sleep quality is one of the effective variables in other psychological characteristics, especially in multiple sclerosis patients. As a result, the present study was conducted with the aim of determine the role of interpersonal problems and illness perception in predicting sleep quality with mediating distress tolerance in multiple sclerosis patients.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional correlational study. The research population was all patients who were members of the Multiple Sclerosis Association of Urmia township in the first quarter of 2021 year. The sample size was estimated 315 people who were selected by available sampling method. The research data were collected by Barkham et all short version of interpersonal problems inventory (1996), Broadbent et all brief illness perception questionnaire (2006), Buysse et all Pittsburgh sleep quality index (1989) and Simons & Gaher distress tolerance scale (2005) and were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficients and path analysis methods in SPSS-19 and PLS-3 software. This research with the IR.IAU.URMIA.REC.1400.022 ethics code is approved by the ethics committee in biomedical research of Islamic Azad University of Urmia branch.
Results: The results showed that the increase of interpersonal problems and negative perception of illness led to decrease the distress tolerance and loss of sleep quality and an increase of distress tolerance improved sleep quality. In addition, the decrease of interpersonal problems and negative perception of illness with mediating distress tolerance led to improved sleep quality (P<0.01).
Conclusions: According to the results, to improve the sleep quality of multiple sclerosis patients can be increased the rate of their interpersonal problems and illness perception and decreased their distress tolerance.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional correlational study. The research population was all patients who were members of the Multiple Sclerosis Association of Urmia township in the first quarter of 2021 year. The sample size was estimated 315 people who were selected by available sampling method. The research data were collected by Barkham et all short version of interpersonal problems inventory (1996), Broadbent et all brief illness perception questionnaire (2006), Buysse et all Pittsburgh sleep quality index (1989) and Simons & Gaher distress tolerance scale (2005) and were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficients and path analysis methods in SPSS-19 and PLS-3 software. This research with the IR.IAU.URMIA.REC.1400.022 ethics code is approved by the ethics committee in biomedical research of Islamic Azad University of Urmia branch.
Results: The results showed that the increase of interpersonal problems and negative perception of illness led to decrease the distress tolerance and loss of sleep quality and an increase of distress tolerance improved sleep quality. In addition, the decrease of interpersonal problems and negative perception of illness with mediating distress tolerance led to improved sleep quality (P<0.01).
Conclusions: According to the results, to improve the sleep quality of multiple sclerosis patients can be increased the rate of their interpersonal problems and illness perception and decreased their distress tolerance.
Keywords: Interpersonal Problems, Illness Perception, Sleep Quality, Multiple Sclerosis, Distress Tolerance
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