TABLE 1.

Pain severity reported by physicians for their patients and by multiple sclerosis (MS) patients^*

Pain severity from the physician perspective		Pain severity from the patients’ survey
Pain severity level (from HUI-2 pain attribute)	Proportion of patients (%)	Pain severity level (from HUI-3 pain attribute)	Reported by MS patients (%)
1 – Free of pain and discomfort	17	1 – I was free from pain and pain-associated discomfort	0
2 – Occasional pain; discomfort relieved by non-prescription drugs or self control activity without disruption of normal activities	24	2 – The pain discomfort associated with MS did not disrupt any social or work-related functions	13
3 – Frequent pain; discomfort relieved by oral medications with occasional disruptions of normal activities	30	3 – The pain discomfort associated with MS occasionally disrupted social or work-related functions	26
4 – Frequent pain; frequent disruptions of normal activities; discomfort required prescription narcotics for relief	17	4 – The pain discomfort associated with MS frequently disrupted social or work-related functions	39
5 – Severe pain; pain not relieved by drugs and constantly disrupted normal activities	10	5 – The pain discomfort associated with MS disrupted all social or work-related functions	22

^*Comparison between physician and patient perspective was for illustrative purposes only, because two different scales were used (HUI Health Utility Index [HUI]-2 versus HUI-3), as well as two different time frames (recall period for physicians was one month and for patients was six months)