Psychological parameters impact health-related quality of life in mental and physical domains in adults with muscular dystrophy

The impacts of potentially treatable psychological parameters on quality life are relatively unreported in adults with Facioscapulohumeral, Becker and Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. purpose this study was to compare life, parameters, physical function between dystrophy controls, examine relationships among these Twenty-one (n = 7 Becker, n 8 6 Limb-girdle) ten age-matched controls participated. Outcome measures were health-related depressive symptoms, trait anxiety, self-esteem, self-worth six-minute walk distance. Quality scores lower the groups than control (p < .05). Depressive symptoms had greatest association Mental Health domain (r= ?0.89, p .001). also most associations (7 10 domains), followed by anxiety (6 (5 self-esteem (4 domains) distance (3 domains). Psychological and, a lesser extent, impact This provides rationale include assessment treatment within healthcare.