Enhancing Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Patients through Personalized (Temperament-Based) Traditional Persian Medicine: An Investigation into the Efficacy of Lifestyle Education (Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Study)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) profoundly affects patients' well-being, causing physical and psychological challenges. While lifestyle factors are recognized as pivotal in MS management, research on traditional Persian (Iranian) medicine approaches remains scarce. This study aimed to assess the effic...
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) profoundly affects patients' well-being, causing physical and psychological challenges. While lifestyle factors are recognized as pivotal in MS management, research on traditional Persian (Iranian) medicine approaches remains scarce. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of temperament-based lifestyle education rooted in Persian medicine principles in ameliorating quality of life (QoL) among MS patients. Employing a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, we enrolled 30 female MS patients, randomly assigned to either an experimental group receiving tailored lifestyle interventions or a control group. QoL assessments were conducted pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at a one-month follow-up. The intervention spanned four weeks, focusing on individualized nutrition, exercise, sleep optimization, stress management, and socio-emotional well-being, aligned with each participant's temperament profile. The Covariance analysis exhibited significantly greater enhancements in post-intervention and follow-up QoL scores compared to controls, with effect sizes indicating substantial impact. Notably, these improvements were sustained at the one-month follow-up assessment. Our findings suggest that temperament-based lifestyle education grounded in Persian medicine holds promise as a beneficial and low-risk strategy for enhancing QoL in MS patients (51.93 to 72.86 increased). Further validation through larger randomized trials is warranted, yet this preliminary investigation underscores the potential of integrative approaches leveraging traditional medical paradigms.
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| spelling | doaj-art-157eb0d98fc74ef29e461d069320936b2025-08-20T02:16:04ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesTraditional and Integrative Medicine2476-51042476-51122025-03-0110110.18502/tim.v10i1.18229Enhancing Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Patients through Personalized (Temperament-Based) Traditional Persian Medicine: An Investigation into the Efficacy of Lifestyle Education (Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Study)Ali Akhondpour Manteghi0Amir Broumand1Farzad Goli2Mohammad Reza Noras3Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranEnergy Medicine University, California, USA AND Danesh-e Tandorosti Institute, Isfahan, IranPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Multiple sclerosis (MS) profoundly affects patients' well-being, causing physical and psychological challenges. While lifestyle factors are recognized as pivotal in MS management, research on traditional Persian (Iranian) medicine approaches remains scarce. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of temperament-based lifestyle education rooted in Persian medicine principles in ameliorating quality of life (QoL) among MS patients. Employing a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design, we enrolled 30 female MS patients, randomly assigned to either an experimental group receiving tailored lifestyle interventions or a control group. QoL assessments were conducted pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at a one-month follow-up. The intervention spanned four weeks, focusing on individualized nutrition, exercise, sleep optimization, stress management, and socio-emotional well-being, aligned with each participant's temperament profile. The Covariance analysis exhibited significantly greater enhancements in post-intervention and follow-up QoL scores compared to controls, with effect sizes indicating substantial impact. Notably, these improvements were sustained at the one-month follow-up assessment. Our findings suggest that temperament-based lifestyle education grounded in Persian medicine holds promise as a beneficial and low-risk strategy for enhancing QoL in MS patients (51.93 to 72.86 increased). Further validation through larger randomized trials is warranted, yet this preliminary investigation underscores the potential of integrative approaches leveraging traditional medical paradigms. https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/view/1521Healthy lifestylePersian medicineTemperamentMultiple Sclerosis |
| spellingShingle | Ali Akhondpour Manteghi Amir Broumand Farzad Goli Mohammad Reza Noras Enhancing Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Patients through Personalized (Temperament-Based) Traditional Persian Medicine: An Investigation into the Efficacy of Lifestyle Education (Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Study) Traditional and Integrative Medicine Healthy lifestyle Persian medicine Temperament Multiple Sclerosis |
| title | Enhancing Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Patients through Personalized (Temperament-Based) Traditional Persian Medicine: An Investigation into the Efficacy of Lifestyle Education (Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Study) |
| title_full | Enhancing Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Patients through Personalized (Temperament-Based) Traditional Persian Medicine: An Investigation into the Efficacy of Lifestyle Education (Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Study) |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Patients through Personalized (Temperament-Based) Traditional Persian Medicine: An Investigation into the Efficacy of Lifestyle Education (Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Study) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Patients through Personalized (Temperament-Based) Traditional Persian Medicine: An Investigation into the Efficacy of Lifestyle Education (Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Study) |
| title_short | Enhancing Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis Patients through Personalized (Temperament-Based) Traditional Persian Medicine: An Investigation into the Efficacy of Lifestyle Education (Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Study) |
| title_sort | enhancing quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients through personalized temperament based traditional persian medicine an investigation into the efficacy of lifestyle education non randomized pretest posttest study |
| topic | Healthy lifestyle Persian medicine Temperament Multiple Sclerosis |
| url | https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/view/1521 |
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