Muhammad Naveed Babur, Farrukh Shahzad, Drwaqar Ahmed Awan.
Impact of Guillain Barre syndrome on psychosocial functionings of patients in Islamabad.
Pak J Neurological Sci Jan ;9(2):7-11.

Background: GuillainBarre Syndrome (GBS) is a rare autoimmune disease of unknown causes that affects peripheral nervous system. Objectives: To review the impacts of the GuillainBarre Syndrome on the psychosocial functioning of the patients and to assess the relationship between GuillainBarre Syndrome and the psychosocial functioning Methodology: Comparative cross sectional survey was conducted on 100 participants (50 GBS patients from Shifa International Hospitals and 50 normal participants from Islamabad in 6 months time from February to July 2013. Data collected through Structured Questionnaire in hospital settings for GBS patients and normal persons from Islamabad through Psychosocial functioning scale and social functioning scale and analyzedby using SPSS version 17. Results: Results were (n= 40)% GBS patients developed poor to extremely poor self-Esteem and only (n= 12)% normal persons have poor self-esteem, (n= 82)% patients developed moderate to severe depression and only (n= 20)% normal persons have severe depression, (n= 76)% patients develop very severe anxiety and only (n= 20)% normal participants have severe anxiety, only (n= 10)% patients develop poor to very poor decision making confidence while normal participants retain their normal decision making confidence level, (n= 54)% patients develop moderate to severe hostility level and only (n= 12)% normal participants have severe hostility, (n= 92)% patients have moderate to very high risk taking ability and (n= 90)% normal people have moderate to very high risk taking ability, (n= 42)% patients have develop bad to very bad social conformity and only (n= 24)% people have bad social conformity. Conclusion: It is revealed that Guillain Barre Syndrome has very bad impact on psychosocial functioning of patients. Normal persons also have psychosocial problems but as compared to normal persons, patients with GuillainBarre Syndrome face more psychosocial problems in their life.

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