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

Table 5

Spiritual/religious self-categorization and associations with health status, life satisfaction and adaptive coping strategies.

	Conscious way of living (AKU)	Positive attitudes (AKU)	Reappraisal: positive interpretation of illness (AKU)	Life satisfaction (BMLSS-10)	Positive mood (ASTS)	EDSS scores
R+S+	76.4±13.3	72.3±13.3	71.6±18.5	66.9±18.6	24.8±6.4	3.4±1.8
R+S−	71.5±17.5	70.1±14.4	47.4±26.3	74.1±13.1	26.8±7.3	3.3±1.8
R−S+	78.7±20.0	80.3±15.2	60.8±23.0	70.1±16.4	23.9±7.7	3.6±1.7
R−S−	71.1±17.1	69.6±17.9	40.1±22.7	67.3±17.8	24.1±7.8	3.8±1.7
All patients	73.0±17.4	71.7±16.7	48.4±25.4	69.0±17.0	24.7±7.5	3.6±1.8
F value	1.8	3.4	14.2	1.5	1.2	0.8
P value	n.s.	.020	<.0001	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.

Results are means ± standard deviation.