Investigating The Relationship Between Self-Care And Performance Improvement And Reduction Of Complications Of Multiple Sclerosis

Background: People with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) are known to use a wide range of medical and non-medical treatments. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and is descriptiveanalytical in terms of method and uses a questionnaire . The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-care and performance improvement and reduction of MS complications. Method : The number of samples was calculated using Cochran s formula, 384 people. The validity of the questionnaire questions was confirmed by professors and experts, its reliability was calculated by Cronbach s alpha test, 0.81. SPSS software was used to analyze the data obtained from the questionnaire. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test showed that the data were abnormal. Finally, the non-parametric Spearman test was used to test the research hypotheses. Results : The results of Spearman test showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between self-care and performance improvement and reduction of MS complications with 95% confidence level. Conclusion: The final result of the study showed that self-care practice will improve patients and reduce the complications of MS.