INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY, HOPE AND SELF-EFFICACY IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Abstract

Due to the unpredictable nature of multiple sclerosis and causing confusion and
anxiety in patients, it is necessary to measure the effect of the disease on their ability to tolerate uncertainty,
hope and self-efficacy to adapt to the disease.
Methods and Materials: In this descriptive-correlational study of 200 patients referred to Alborz Multiple
Sclerosis Association from April to June 1398 by available sampling method, uncertainty intolerance
questionnaire (IUS) of Freeston et al. (1994), Herth Hope questionnaire (1991) and multiple sclerosis selfefficacy scale by Rigby et al. (2003) was evaluated.
Results: Most of the participants in the study were between 25 and 30 years old and women. The mean and
standard deviation scores of uncertainty intolerance, hope and self-efficacy were 98.17 4.62, 13.48
1.61 and 37.68 6.19, respectively. The more intolerance of uncertainty in the individual, the lower the
hope (r = -0.32) and self-efficacy (r = -0.37). Also, with increasing hope in the individual, self-efficacy also
increases (r = 0.41).
Conclusion: Nurses can work to increase hope and self-efficacy as well as increase the tolerance of
uncertainty in patients with MS.