Table 3.
Construct validity of FAMS subscale scores and total score.
| Characteristics of the respondents | Mobility | Symptoms | Emotional well-being | General contentment | Thinking/ fatique |
Family/social well-being | FAMS total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre: | |||||||
| (i) Haslev (n = 108) | 13.3 (5.2) | 21.7 (4.8)* | 20.0 (6.2) | 17.9 (5.8) | 20.9 (7.9)* | 21.4 (5.2)* | 114.8 (26.3)* |
| (ii) Ry (n = 82) | 11.7 (5.0) | 19.9 (5.6)* | 18.6 (6.7) | 17.6 (6.2) | 17.9 (8.9)* | 19.7 (6.1)* | 105.3 (29.4)* |
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| Gender: | |||||||
| (i) Men (n = 77) | 11.9 (4.5) | 21.3 (4.8) | 19.8 (5.6) | 17.8 (5.5) | 19.0 (8.7) | 21.4 (4.9) | 111.2 (26.3) |
| (ii) Women (n = 113) | 13.1 (5.6) | 20.7 (5.5) | 19.1 (6.9) | 17.7 (6.2) | 20.0 (8.3) | 20.1 (6.0) | 110.4 (29.2) |
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| Age group: | |||||||
| (i) Under 40 years (n = 18) | 14.9 (4.7)* | 22.8 (3.6) | 21.5 (5.3) | 19.5 (4.7) | 21.1 (8.0) | 19.5 (6.7) | 120.0 (24.7) |
| (ii) 40–49 years (n = 58) | 13.4 (5.9)* | 20.4 (5.6) | 18.9 (7.0) | 17.3 (6.7) | 18.5 (8.3) | 19.6 (6.1) | 108.0 (30.0) |
| (iii) 50–59 years (n = 56) | 11.5 (4.9)* | 30.4 (4.7) | 18.7 (6.7) | 16.9 (5.7) | 19.0 (8.6) | 50.7 (5.1) | 107.1 (27.2) |
| (iv) Over 60 years (n = 58) | 12.3 (4.6)* | 21.5 (5.6) | 20.0 (5.8) | 18.5 (5.6) | 20.5 (8.6) | 22.0 (5.1) | 113.9 (27.3) |
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| Disease duration: | |||||||
| (i) 2 years or less (n = 22) | 12.5 (4.9) | 20.3 (5.6) | 18.8 (6.8) | 16.5 (5.1) | 18.0 (10.1)* | 21.2 (5.1) | 107.2 (30.0) |
| (ii) 3–5 years (n = 29) | 13.5 (5.7) | 21.1 (4.6) | 19.1 (5.4) | 16.6 (5.1) | 18.3 (6.7)* | 18.9 (5.2) | 107.4 (24.4) |
| (iii) 6–9 years (n = 41) | 13.1 (5.5) | 21.3 (5.7) | 20.4 (6.1) | 19.0 (5.6) | 22.9 (7.6)* | 20.4 (6.1) | 116.0 (27.1) |
| (iv) 10–19 years (n = 60) | 12.4 (5.2) | 20.3 (5.3) | 19.5 (6.4) | 17.6 (6.4) | 18.0 (9.2)* | 20.6 (5.7) | 108.2 (28.9) |
| (v) 20 years or more (n = 35) | 12.3 (4.6) | 22.2 (4.3) | 18.9 (7.6) | 18.5 (6.4) | 20.4 (7.8)* | 22.3 (5.5) | 114.5 (29.5) |
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| Type of MS: | |||||||
| (i) Relapsing remitting (n = 56) | 14.9 (5.6)* | 21.2 (5.4) | 20.7 (6.5) | 18.3 (5.8) | 20.2 (9.6) | 19.6 (6.1) | 114.7 (30.4) |
| (ii) Secondary progressive (n = 98) | 11.5 (4.8)* | 20.6 (5.0) | 18.8 (6.5) | 17.4 (6.4) | 19.1 (8.1) | 21.3 (5.5) | 108.5 (27.4) |
| (iii) Primary progressive (n = 34) | 12.4 (3.9)* | 21.8 (5.1) | 19.2 (6.2) | 18.1 (5.0) | 20.3 (7.8) | 20.7 (5.2) | 111.4 (25.9) |
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| Ambulation status: | |||||||
| (i) Walking independently (EDSS < 5.5) (n = 72) | 15.1 (5.2)* | 20.7 (5.1) | 20.0 (5.9) | 18.2 (5.4) | 19.3 (8.7) | 19.6 (5.4) | 112.8 (25.9) |
| (ii) Walking with aid (EDSS 6.0–6.5) (n = 95) | 11.8 (4.5)* | 21.0 (5.3) | 19.5 (6.4) | 17.9 (5.8) | 20.0 (8.4) | 21.9 (5.3) | 111.6 (28.4) |
| (iii) Wheelchair user (EDSS > 7.0) (n = 22) | 8.6 (4.1)* | 21.2 (5.4) | 17.3 (8.1) | 15.9 (8.0) | 19.0 (8.4) | 18.7 (6.8) | 100.6 (32.5) |
*Indicates statistically significant difference (P < 0.05).