What influence do wisdom competencies as well as subjective illness assumptions and illness benefits have on coping resources and strategies of persons affected with the chronic disease multiple sclerosis with regard to certain psychopathological symptoms (fear of progression, depression, and fatigue)?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00024474

Enrollment

120

Registered

2021-02-23

Start date

2019-09-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

G35.0 G35.1 G35.2 G35.3 G35.9

Interventions

Group 1: For inpatients or day patients with multiple sclerosis, the following questionnaires will be administered during the first week of the stay after a positive willingness to participate has bee

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Inpatient or day-care stay at the Neurological Rehabilitation Center Godeshöhe e.V., Bonn. (2) MS diagnosis confirmed according to McDonalds criteria (G35.0-3) by a pre-treated neurologist or clinic. (3) Patient is able to follow instructions and complete questionnaires independently (4) Unrestricted or sufficiently corrected visual and hearing abilities (5) German as native language or very good knowledge of German (6) Written willingness to participate

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Severe cognitive deficits that preclude study participation (T<30, PR<2 in 3 of 4 functional domains). (2) Neurological comorbidities or other serious/life-threatening (eg, oncological diseases). (3) Acute suicidal tendencies, psychiatric diagnoses, and known personality disorders.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Fear of Progression (operationalized via the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (PA-F); Waadt, Duran, Berg & Herschbach, 2011); Depressed mood (operationalized via General Depression Scale (ADS); Hautzinger et al., 2012); Fatigue (operationalized via Fatigue Scale for Motor Function and Cognition (FSMC); Penner et al., 2005).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Wisdom competencies (operationalized via: Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale, SAWS; Webster, 2003); Self-management skills (operationalized via: Resource and Self-Management Skills Questionnaire, FERUS; Jack, 2017); Benefit-Finding (operationalized via: Benefit-Finding Scale, BFS; Mohamed & Böhmer, 2004); Illness Persceptions (operationalised via: Illness Persception Questionnaire Revised, IPG-R; Moss-Morris, Weinmann, Petrie, Horne, Cameron & Buick, 2002).	—

Measure

Time frame

Wisdom competencies (operationalized via: Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale, SAWS; Webster, 2003); Self-management skills (operationalized via: Resource and Self-Management Skills Questionnaire, FERUS; Jack, 2017); Benefit-Finding (operationalized via: Benefit-Finding Scale, BFS; Mohamed & Böhmer, 2004); Illness Persceptions (operationalised via: Illness Persception Questionnaire Revised, IPG-R; Moss-Morris, Weinmann, Petrie, Horne, Cameron & Buick, 2002).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJörn Nielsen

Neurologisches Rehabilitationszentrum "Godeshöhe" e.V.

nielsen@godeshoehe.de+49 221-381 323

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026