Nutritional Lifestyle Modification Program for Multiple Sclerosis patients | ||
| Benha Journal of Applied Sciences | ||
| Volume 10, Issue 5, May 2025, Pages 73-82 PDF (387.67 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research Papers | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bjas.2025.371427.1654 | ||
| Authors | ||
| safa nofel* 1; Ebtisam M. Abd-ElAal2; Doaa M.Elsayed2; Wafaa A.Mohammed2 | ||
| 1faculty of nursing benha university | ||
| 2Community Health Nursing Dept., Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nutrition plays a role in alleviating symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), such as chronic, autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system. Aim: was to assess the impact of a nutritional lifestyle modification program on patients with MS. Design and setting: A quasi experimental research conducted at Benha University Hospital at Cardiac Outpatient Clinic and MS Out-patient Clinic affiliated to Health Insurance Hospital. Sample: A convenience sample included 173 patients attended to previously mentioned settings. Tools: Two tools were used: I) A structured Interviewing questionnaire to assess demographic characteristics of the studied patients, medical history and their knowledge. II) Nutritional lifestyle practices. Results: 76.3% and 71.7% of the studied patients had good total knowledge level about MS during post program and follow up phase respectively compared with 6.4% in pre-program phase. In addition; 82.1% and 81.5% of the studied patients had healthy total nutritional practices after implementation of the program and at follow-up phase respectively compared with 12.7% pre-program phase Conclusion: Nutritional lifestyle modification program succeeded in improving knowledge and nutritional lifestyle practices of the studied patients with MS. Recommendations: Dissemination of nutritional lifestyle booklet for other MS patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nutrition; lifestyle modification; multiple sclerosis | ||
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