Neurological Disease and Marriage

Abstract

Marriage affects people's happiness and lifetime. Researches support the idea that married people are more healthier and happier and they have longevity than other people (single, divorced and widowed). In the world, incidence of neurological diseases increase day by day. They affects patients, their families and societies. However, marital status, marital relationship, and spouses situation affect patient's acceptance to and cope with illness. In neurological diseases such as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer Disease (AD), Parkinson's Disease (PD) and stroke patients, married patients are more healthier and have long life span than other patients. Then, in married patients, diseases such as MS and epilepsy can be risk factor to divorce or negatively affects their spouses or marital relationship. In the study, we aimed to examine the relation between neurological diseases and marital status, divorce, spouses' situation and marital relationship.

Keywords

• Neurological diseases
• marriage
• health
• life

Nörolojik Hastalık ve Evlilik

Abstract

Evlilik, insanların mutluluğunu ve yaşam süresini etkiler. Araştırmalar, evli insanların daha sağlıklı, daha mutlu ve diğer insanlardan (bekar, boşanmış ve dul) daha uzun ömürlü oldukları fikrini desteklemektedir. Dünyada nörolojik hastalıkların insidansı gün geçtikçe artmaktadır. Bu hastalıklar, hastaları, ailelerini ve toplumlarını etkiler. Bununla birlikte, medeni hal, evlilik ilişkisi ve eş durumu hastanın hastalığa kabulünü ve hastalıkla baş etmesini etkiler. Amyotrofik lateral skleroz (ALS), Multipl Skleroz (MS), Alzheimer Hastalığı (AD), Parkinson Hastalığı (PD) ve inme hastaları gibi nörolojik hastalıklarda, evli hastalar diğer hastalardan daha sağlıklı ve uzun ömürlüdür. Ayrıca, evli hastalarda, MS ve epilepsi gibi hastalıklar boşanma için bir risk faktörü olabilir veya eşlerini veya evlilik ilişkilerini olumsuz etkiler. Çalışmamızda nörolojik hastalıklar ile medeni durum, boşanma, eşlerin durumu ve evlilik ilişkisi arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemeyi amaçladık.

Keywords

• Nörolojik hastalıklar
• evlilik
• sağlık
• hayat

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