(b).

Bivariate analyses
Variable	r	P value
Gender	.170	0.131
Age (mean, SD)	.084	0.461
Duration of MS	.048	0.672
Marital status	.129	0.254
Education	.025	0.823
EDSS Score in the past 6 months	.034	0.765
MS treatment status	.053	0.638
Prescribed antianxiety medications	.203	0.070
PHQ-9 scores	.678	0.0001
GAD-7	.855	0.0001
Depression (score 10 or more in PHQ-9)	.560	0.0001