Title

Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment, Illness Intrusiveness, and Quality of Life in Neurological Autoimmune Patients

Authors

Pamela Jane Gennari, Walden UniversityFollow

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Description

There is scant literature regarding the psychological effects of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment experience on quality of life (QOL) for neurological autoimmune disease patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, multifocal motor neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. IVIG treatment experience predicted QOL in 1 Neuro-QOL subscale; illness intrusiveness mediated 9 of the Neuro-QOL subscales using bias-corrected bootstrapping for statistical significance; and person control did not mediate the relationship between illness intrusiveness and QOL.

Publication Date

2016

City

National Harbor, MD

Keywords

Research Symposium

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences