Faith as a Resource in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Is Associated with a Positive Interpretation of Illness and Experience of Gratitude/Awe

Table 3

Having faith and associations with health status, life satisfaction, and adaptive coping strategies.

Faith is a strong hold in difficult times	Conscious way of living; (AKU)	Positive attitudes (AKU)	Reappraisal: positive interpretation of illness (AKU)	Life satisfaction (BMLSS-10)	Positive mood (ASTS)	EDSS scores
No	69.8±18.6	70.5±16.8	38.2±23.2	68.6±18.3	23.3±7.7	3.5±1.7
Undecided	72.3±13.4	68.0±17.0	50.1±23.9	66.5±15.0	24.3±7.0	4.2±1.8
Yes	77.3±17.4	74.7±14.4	60.9±26.5	72.8±16.1	26.5±6.9	3.8±1.8
All patients	72.4±17.4	71.0±16.4	47.1±26.0	69.3±17.1	24.4±7.4	3.8±1.8
F value	3.5	2.3	16.5	1.9	3.3	1.6
P value	.031	n.s.	<.0001	n.s.	.040	n.s.

Results are means ± standard deviation. No: does not apply at all/does not truly apply; undecided: do not know (neither yes nor no); yes: applies quite a bit/applies very much.