@Article{Król2017,
journal="Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii",
issn="1230-2813",
volume="26",
number="1",
year="2017",
title="Self-perception of illness among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) – preliminary report",
abstract=" Purpose:   To determine the  perception of  illness among immunomodulatory treated patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) against demographic and socioeconomic factors and clinical data.   Methods : The  following were used: Imagination and Perception of  Illness Scale by Sak, 2013, original structured interview on demographic, socioeconomic and clinical data, disability status determined with the  use of  Expanded Disabilty Status Scale (EDSS).   Results:   It was found that the  patients consider MS to be a  disease leading to physical sphere destruction. The  fewest number of  patients considered the  disease to be a  threat to others. Differences in perception of  illness were observed in terms of  sex of  the  respondents. Women tend to assign more destructive effect to the  disease than men. The  differences in perception were also found in relation to age, time from initiation of  treatment and the  level of  disability.   Conclusions : Perception of  illness is a  highly individualised experience; therefore, the  assessment of  perception should be closely monitored and incorporated into the  complex therapeutic treatment.",
author="Król, Joanna
and Koziarska, Dorota
and Rzepa, Teresa
and Szcześniak, Małgorzata
and Nowacki, Przemysław",
pages="24--35",
doi="10.5114/ppn.2017.68292",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2017.68292"
}