Table 2.
Diagnostic differences in socio-demographic characteristics
| Variables | Relapsing remitting (% or SD) | Progressive types (% or DS) | X2or T | Df value | P value |
| Education: N = 145/25 | 2.9 | 2 | ns | ||
| Primary/high school | 67 (46.2) | 16 (64.0) | |||
| College/PG | 73 (50.3) | 8 (32.0) | |||
| Occup: N = 114/20 | 28.1 | 3 | 0.001 | ||
| Unemployed/student | 23 (20.2) | 9 (45.0) | |||
| Medium/high skill | 57 (50.0) | 1 (5.0) | |||
| Marital: N = 144/25 | 0.23 | 2 | ns | ||
| Single | 64 (44.4) | 10 (40.0) | |||
| Married | 66 (45.8) | 12 (48.0) | |||
| Gender: N = 60/109 | 8.9 | 1 | 0.003 | ||
| Men | 44 (73.3) | 16 (26.7) | |||
| Women | 100 (91.7) | 9 (8.3) | |||
| Age: N = 144/23 | 31.9 (8.8) | 35.9 (7.5) | 2.1 | 165 | 0.04 |
| Age onset illness | 27.3 (7.9) | 26.2 (6.3) | 0.6 | ns | |
| Duration illness (yrs) | 4.6 (4.2) | 9.8 (8.1) | 4.8 | 168 | 0.001 |
| Disability: N = 144/25 | 2.2 (1.1) | 5.9 (1.9) | 13.8 | 167 | 0.001 |
| Depression: N = 126/21 | 13.7 (10.6) | 16.7 (14.4) | 1.1 | ns* |
* Effect size = 0.27 (95% C.I. = -0.20 – 0.73)