Table 1.
Demographics, utility, MS-specific QOL, IPA scores and economic costs in entire survey sample and 3 groups separated by EDSS values
| |
Survey sample |
EDSS |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-3.5 | 4.0-5.5 | ≥6.0 | ||
|
No |
41 |
17 |
17 |
7 |
|
Age (year) |
42.8 (9.5)* |
37.9 (9.7) § |
45.5 (5.4) § |
48.3 (12.2) |
|
Sex-ratio M/W |
7/34 |
3/14 |
2/15 |
2/5 |
|
Education level (year) |
12.0 (3.3) |
12.1 (3.4) |
12.3 (3.4) |
10.9 (3.1) |
|
Disease duration (year) |
11.7 (7.4)* |
8.5 (5.3) § |
11.1 (4.8) ¶ |
20.9 (10) § ¶ |
|
EDSS |
4.0 (1.6)* |
2.5 (0.8) § |
4.7 (0.6) § |
6.2 (0.4) § |
|
No of currently employed patients |
24 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
|
Full time employment (%) |
39% |
53% |
15% |
0% |
|
EQ5D-VAS score |
0.52 (0.28)* |
0.65 (0.31) § |
0.44 (0.23) § |
0.42 (0.24) |
|
MSQOL-P |
51.1 (19.1) |
59.5 (21.4) |
44.1 (17.0) |
47.9 (10.1) |
|
MSQOL-M |
55.1 (24) |
60.2 (23.2) |
51.8 (23.8) |
45.0 (14.3) |
|
IPA |
|
|
|
|
|
Autonomy indoors |
0.91 (0.82)* |
0.54 (0.57) § |
1.17 (0.83) § |
1.34 (1.14) |
|
Family role |
1.7 (0.8)* |
1.21 (0.67) § |
2.14 (0.68) § |
1.91 (0.75) |
|
Autonomy outdoors |
1.89 (1.08)* |
1.19 (0.88) § ¶ |
2.49 (0.89) § |
2.36 (0.96) ¶ |
|
Social life |
1.1 (0.65)* |
0.87 (0.69) § |
1.14 (0.54) |
1.71 (0.5) § |
|
Work and education |
2.54 (1.32)* |
1.74 (1.18) § |
3.22 (1.0) § |
3.12 (1.28) |
|
Costs (€): |
|
|
|
|
|
Total cost |
68448 (33374)* |
52505 (26570) § |
70337 (31975) |
102581 (26963) § |
|
Direct medical cost |
34210 (3818)* |
33062 (3793) § |
34571 (3972) |
36123 (2893) § |
|
Direct non medical cost |
10521 (8297)* |
5525 (4651) § ¶ |
11885 (7289) ¶ |
19290 (9686) § |
|
Informal care |
2902 (2689)* |
1594 (1637) § |
3271 (2285) |
5181 (3981) § |
| Indirect cost | 23725 (25871) | 13918 (20907) § | 23879 (27042) | 47167 (20799) § |
Mean (Standard deviation).
*Significant difference between groups (one-factor ANOVA on ranks), p ≤ 0.05.
§, ¶ Significant difference between two groups (Bonferroni post-hoc test), p ≤ 0.05.