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Associating perceptions with acceptance

Publish date:: January 5, 2016

Among patients with remitting relapsing multiple sclerosis (RRMS), avoiding contemplation of negative past and concentrating on hedonistic future constitute significant predictors of illness acceptance, according to a study of patients with RRMS. Researchers found:

• Patients with RRMS focus on fatalistic and hedonistic present more than healthy individuals.

• Patients with RRMS reflect on their negative past experiences.

• Acceptance of illness correlated positively with subjective assessment of physical and psychological condition as well as self-reliance, and correlated negatively with objective disability score and a factor considering disease duration.

Citation: Krόl J, Szcześniak M, Koziarska D, Rzepa T. Time perception and illness acceptance among remitting-relapsing multiple sclerosis patients under treatment. Psychiatr Pol. 2015;49(5):911-920. doi: 10.12740/PP/38740.

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