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INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between quality of life and physical disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: Sixty MS patients (38 women, 22 men) were included into the study. Their demographic characteristics, duration of illness and MS types were noted. Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) was used to asses the physical disability, Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MSQOL-54) was used to assess the quality of life. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients and mean duration of the illness were 42,15±9,75 years and 9,29±4,85 years, respectively. 34 patients (56,67 %) was classified as relapsing remittent form, 14 patients (23,33 %) as secondary progressive form, and 12 patients (20 %) as primary progressive form and relapsing progressive form of MS. We didn’t detect any significant relationship between MS type and means of physical and mental health composite scores (p=0,061 and p=0,764). Mean physical health composite score of the patients with 5 and below EDSS score were found significantly higher than those whose EDSS scores were above 5 (p=0,001). There were no relationship between EDSS score and mean mental health composite score (p=0,244). Mean physical health composite score of the patients with 10 years and above disease duration were found to be statistically significant higher than those with above 10 years disease duration (p=0,04). There were no relationship between disease duration and mean mental health composite score. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: It was found that both physical disability score assessed with EDSS and long disease duration affects physical health division of quality of life negatively.

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