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. 2024 Jan 2;14:122. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-49299-4

Table 2.

Persistence metrics by self-declared MS status for all evaluable participants and for participants who stayed in the study for more than 1 week.

Persistence definition Parameter Participants persisting beyond first week
n = 1540 (mean)*
All participants
N = 2483 (mean)
Self-declared MS Self-declared non-MS Self-declared MS Self-declared non-MS
PRO and active tests
 At least one test of the fixed sequence performed per week Weeks/days with data recorded 10.29/36.50 4.28/7.67 5.59/18.98 2.30/3.93
 At least one 2MWT performed per week Weeks/days with data recorded 13.36/49.30 4.57/10.09§ 3.59/12.71 0.60/1.15
 At least one full fixed test sequence performed per week Weeks/days with data recorded 9.52/30.51|| 3.57/6.86# 3.70/11.22 1.13/1.88
Passive monitoring
 At least 1 day of life-space measurement data provided per week Weeks/days with data recorded 16.33/85.12** 11.56/53.60†† 9.84/50.65 6.29/28.53

2MWT Two-Minute Walk Test, MS multiple sclerosis, PRO patient-reported outcome.

*The mean weeks/days only includes participants with data for a given persistence definition.

n = 672.

n = 467.

n = 338.

§n = 97.

||n = 468.

#n = 200.

**n = 793.

††n = 588.