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Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Oct 23;96(3):478–483. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.10.001

Table 2.

Comparison of MOS-S scores of individuals with MS and SCI to the general population

MS SCI General Population *
N=461 N=239 N=1011
MOS-S: Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean
Sleep problems index II 36.24 (19.09)
p < 0.0001
t = 11.75		 34.74 (19.51)
p < 0.0001
t = 7.09		 25.79
Sleep disturbance
(initiation and
maintenance)		 33.10 (25.21)
p < 0.0001
t = 7.36		 35.06 (24.90)
p < 0.0001
t = 6.57		 24.47
Snoring 28.43 (31.08)
p = 0.95
t = 0.069		 31.62 (33.12)
p = 0.13
t = 1.52		 28.33
Respiratory/
shortness of breath		 13.71 (21.09)
p < 0.0001
t = 0.39		 13.81 (24.15)
p < 0.0001
t = 0.35		 9.45
Sleep quantity
(hours/night)		 6.99 (1.56)
p = 0.006
t = 2.77		 6.7918 (1.79)
p = 0.99
t = 0.02		 6.79
Sleep adequacy 48.70 (27.48)
p < 0.0001
t = −9.20		 54.06 (26.33)
p < 0.0001
t = −3.77		 60.47
Daytime somnolence 37.34 (23.65)
p < 0.0001
t = 14.02		 31.40 (21.81)
p < 0.0001
t = 6.75		 21.89
*

from Hays et al.7