Search for: [Abstract = "el of disease acceptance. The mean AIS score in the study group was 18.33 points. Among the clinical variables, only weight loss as the first symptom of the disease \(p = 0.025\), use of a wheelchair \(p = 0.007\) and impairment of manual activities as a symptom hindering daily functioning \(p = 0.039\) showed a statistically significant effect on the acceptance of the disease. The remaining clinical variables, i.e. the time of illness, diet, functioning of the respiratory system, comorbidities and other first symptoms and symptoms currently hindering everyday functioning, did not have a significant impact on the acceptance of the disease in the study group. Personal resources, i.e. the level of self\-efficacy \(p = 0.017\) and the level of dispositional optimism \(p = 0.043\) as well as the severity of anxiety \(p = 0.013\) and depression \(p = 0.000\), the degree of functional efficiency \(p = 0.036\) and the range of independence of the respondents \(p = 0.000\) had a significant impact on the acceptance of the disease in this group of patients. Social support and sociodemographic factors, with the exception of social and living conditions \(p = 0.038\), did not affect the acceptance of the disease among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. CONCLUSIONS. The studied patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have great difficulties in accepting their own disease. The low level of diseas"]

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