Psychological properties of Multiple Sclerosis Resiliency Scale (MSRS) questionnaire in Iranian patients with multiple sclerosis

Background: Trait which protects you against mental disorders and helps the individual to adopt with life events is defined as resilience. The aim of this study was to determine psychometric properties of Multiple Sclerosis Resiliency Scale (MSRS) questionnaire in Iranian patients with multiple sclerosis.Methods: One hundred and fifty-two patients were enrolled in this cross sectional study. We asked all cases to fill Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Fatigue severity scale (FSS) and general resilience questionnaires.Twenty cases filed the questionnaire two weeks later to assess reliability. The intra-class correlation Coefficient, Cronbach’s alpha, correlation coefficients were used.Results: Eighty six percent were female. Mean age and mean duration of the disease were 33.4±7.5 and 7±5.2 years, respectively. The mean depression, anxiety, FSS and total resilience scores were 7.9±4.7, 7.7±4.2, 36.5±15.1 and 61.9±15.7. Mean MSRS total score was 57.5±8.3. There was significant positive correlation between general resilience score and MSRS score and also significant negative correlation between depression, FSS and anxiety scores. The ICC of all questions were ≥0.8. Internal consistency reliability of all five subscales were acceptable (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient ≥0.70)Conclusion: Persian version of Multiple sclerosis resilience scale (MSRS) is a valid and reliable instrument to assess resilience in Iranian MS patients.

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MS , resilience , Iran