A longitudinal study of quality of life among people living with a progressive neurological illness McCabe, Marita and O'Connor, Elodie 2013, A longitudinal study of quality of life among people living with a progressive neurological illness, Health, vol. 5, no. 6A2, pp. 17-23, doi: 10.4236/health.2013.56A2004. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mccabe-longitudinalstudy-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.52MB 143 Title A longitudinal study of quality of life among people living with a progressive neurological illness Author(s) McCabe, Marita O'Connor, Elodie Journal name Health Volume number 5 Issue number 6A2 Start page 17 End page 23 Total pages 7 Publisher Scientific Research Place of publication Irvine, CA Publication date 2013-06 ISSN 1949-4998 Keyword(s) quality of life neurological illness mood social support Summary This study investigated predictors of quality of life (QOL) of people with progressive neurological illnesses. Participants were 257 people with motor neurone disease (MND), Huntington’s disease (HD), multiple sclerosis (MS), or Parkinson’s. Participants completed questionnaires on two occasions, 12 months apart. There was an increase in severity of symptoms for people withMND, negative mood for people with HD and Parkinson’s, and social support satisfaction for people with MS. Regression analyses were conducted to determine predictors of QOL for each group. Predictor variables were length of illness, symptoms (physical symptoms, control over body, cognitive symptoms and psychological symptoms), mood, relationship satisfaction and social support. Predictors of QOL were severity of symptoms for people withMND, HD and MS; negative mood for people withMNDand Parkinson’s; and social support satisfaction for people with MS. These results demonstrate the importance of illness severity and mood in predicting QOL, but also indicate differences between illness groups. The limited role played by social support and relationship is a surprising finding from the current study. Language eng DOI 10.4236/health.2013.56A2004 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920413 Social Structure and Health HERDC Research category C3 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal Copyright notice ©2013, Scientific Research Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30063399 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:01:20 EST Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:08:09 EST Wed, 21 May 2014, 13:44:34 EST Thu, 22 May 2014, 11:12:12 EST Thu, 22 May 2014, 11:14:08 EST Wed, 04 Jun 2014, 11:38:34 EST Thu, 31 Jul 2014, 11:32:52 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:06:36 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:08:08 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 170 Abstract Views, 144 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 21 May 2014, 12:01:19 EST by Penny Andrews