Structural modeling of quality of life of patients with MS based on promotional lifestyle and health literacy with the mediating role of psychological capital

identifying individual and social factors affecting MS patients’ life quality can play a significant role in planning, treating process and modifying their life style. Thus, this study aimed to suggest a structural model of MS patients’ life quality based on health promoting life style and health literacy with the intervention of psychological capital 

The study followed a co-relational methodology.The population of the study included all MSIS patients, about 1600 in number and members of Mazandaran Province (IRAN) MS Associations including Sari, Amol, Nowshahr & Chaloos, Tonekabon and Ramsar from among whom 305 patients were selected and studied via the “purposeful method” as the samples of the study. To collect the data of the study, MSIS-29 Patients’ Life Quality Questionnaire, Walker’s Promoting Life Health Questionnaire, Montazeri’s Health Literacy Questionnaire and Luthans’s Psychological Capital Questionnaire were used. The data of the study were analyzed using the structural equations modeling and via the AMOS and SPSS softwares.

findings indicated that health promoting life style and health literacy are directly and indirectly related to MS patients’ life quality with mediated by psychological capital. Further, it was indicated that 68% of the MS patients’ life quality could be determined by health promoting life style, health literacy and psychological capital (p<0.01).

According to the findings, a healthy and uplifting lifestyle combined with understanding and using health-related health information in interaction with positive psychological resources such as hope and self-efficacy can help a person with the disease adapt to difficult living conditions and improve their quality of life. Therefore, health-oriented education should be a priority in the treatment and research plans of MS patients.