Table 3.
Having faith and associations with health status, life satisfaction, and adaptive coping strategies.
| Faith is a strong hold in difficult times | Conscious way of living (AKU) |
Positive attitudes (AKU) | Reappraisal: positive interpretation of illness (AKU) | Life satisfaction (BMLSS-10) | Positive mood (ASTS) | EDSS scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | 69.8 ± 18.6 | 70.5 ± 16.8 | 38.2 ± 23.2 | 68.6 ± 18.3 | 23.3 ± 7.7 | 3.5 ± 1.7 |
| Undecided | 72.3 ± 13.4 | 68.0 ± 17.0 | 50.1 ± 23.9 | 66.5 ± 15.0 | 24.3 ± 7.0 | 4.2 ± 1.8 |
| Yes | 77.3 ± 17.4 | 74.7 ± 14.4 | 60.9 ± 26.5 | 72.8 ± 16.1 | 26.5 ± 6.9 | 3.8 ± 1.8 |
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| All patients | 72.4 ± 17.4 | 71.0 ± 16.4 | 47.1 ± 26.0 | 69.3 ± 17.1 | 24.4 ± 7.4 | 3.8 ± 1.8 |
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| F value | 3.5 | 2.3 | 16.5 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
| P value | .031 | n.s. | <.0001 | n.s. | .040 | n.s. |
Results are means ± standard deviation. No: does not apply at all/does not truly apply; undecided: do not know (neither yes nor no); yes: applies quite a bit/applies very much.