Literature review relationship between multiple sclerosis and quality of life

Abstract

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating, in! ammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system of unknown etiology and autoimmune pathogenesis. It is estimated that this disease affects 2.1 million people worldwide. Objective: To perform a descriptive analysis of multiple sclerosis and how this affects the quality of life, both of whom presented, and its support network and / or primary caregiver. Methodology: A systematic review of descriptive, in which the documentary research was carried out through different databases was performed. research and review articles that were in the years 2000-2015, published in Castilian language were included. Results and discussion: Analyzing the various sources, great similarities in the results of those investigations were found, and understanding that MS is a disease that affects the quality of life of people in the same way, regardless of the place where this is developed, taking into account the opportunities to improve the quality of life of people after treatment, will depend largely on the level of health development in the region in which this phenomenon. Conclusions: The quality of life of people who have MS is affected drastically, as this disease can be complemented disabling in advanced stages, which affects not only the person who presents but also its network support or caregivers.