Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the
prediction of psychological distress based on mindfulness,
personality traits, and health-related quality of life in patients
with multiple sclerosis.
Materials and Methods: The research method is descriptive
and correlational. The statistical population of kidney patients
with multiple sclerosis who referred to the MS Association of
Tehran were studying in 2020-2021, and 400 people were
selected by available sampling method (online method) and
based on Klein's model, and psychological distress
questionnaire. Kessler et al., Bauer et al.'s five-factor
mindfulness questionnaire, Zuckerman-Coleman Zuckerman
personality questionnaire, and short version World Health
Quality of Life Questionnaire (2004) responded. The collected
data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and
multivariate regression analysis. The results showed that there
is a negative and significant relationship between the
awareness of personality traits (socializing and activity) and
health-related quality of life with psychological distress
(P<0.01). There is a positive and significant relationship
between personality traits (anxiety-psycho-brutality,
sensationalism/impulsivity and aggression/hostility) with
psychological distress (P<0.01).
Findings: The results of multiple regression analysis also
revealed that 67.1% of the variance of psychological distress
is explained by mindfulness, personality traits and quality of
life related to health.
Conclusion: The findings of this research show that
mindfulness, personality traits and quality of life related to
health are important in predicting psychological distress in
patients with multiple sclerosis.