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Study aim:
Determining the effectiveness of educational intervention through pictograms on fatigue and sleep quality in patients with multiple sclerosis
Design:
This is a quasi-experimental study, with a sample size of 40 people in each group, based on the formula and findings of a similar study, with a 10% dropout rate. Convenience sampling will be used and the subjects will be assigned to two experimental and control groups using the card method.
Settings and conduct:
MS Association of Shahrekord, intervention continues for 2 months
Blinding of participants and statistical analyst
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria:
Inclusion criteria:
1-Confirmation of the disease by a neurologist
2-Age range between 20 and 50 years
3-No history of underlying diseases such as orthopedic, cardiovascular diseases, epilepsy, anemia
4- No history of mental disorder such as uncontrolled depression according to the diagnosis and confirmation of the doctor
5-No history of drug addiction and smoking
6-EDSS score between zero and 5
7-Awareness of the type of disease and willingness to participate in the study
8-Ability to read and write in Persian
Exclusion criteria:
1-Unwillingness to continue participating in the study
2-The extent of the individual's disability, confirmed by the attending physician and determined by the EDSS score, indicates that the patient is unable to continue participating in the study.
3- Occurrence of an acute attack of the disease during the study
Intervention groups:
For the experimental group, educational intervention-educational pictograms will be used, for the control group, only routine care will be provided and the researcher will not have a role in implementing this care.
Main outcome variables:
The outcome variables are fatigue severity and sleep quality.