Table 5.
Previous and current frequencies of euphoria sclerotica, eutonia sclerotica, and spes sclerotica among MS participants and healthy controls.
| Frequency | MS | HC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euphoria sclerotica (positive mood) | Eutonia sclerotica (physical well-being/unawareness of physical deficit) | Spes sclerotica (optimism) | Euphoria sclerotica (positive mood) | Eutonia sclerotica (physical well-being/unawareness of physical deficit) | Spes sclerotica (optimism) |
|
| Classical measure | ||||||
| Previous findings | 63% [7] (N = 100) | 84% [7] (N = 100) | 84% [7] (N = 100) | — | — | — |
| 53.6% [8] (N = 28) | 50% [8] (N = 28) | 50% [8] (N = 28) | — | — | — | |
| Current findings | 63% (N = 100) | 48% (N = 100) | 70% (N = 100) | 86% (N = 100) | 90% (N = 100) | 94% (N = 100) |
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| Contemporary measure | ||||||
| Previous findings | 4.7% [9] (N = 86) | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13% [10] (N = 44) | — | — | 0% (N = 25) | — | — | |
| 14.6% [11] (N = 75) | 0% (N = 25) | |||||
| Current findings | 11% (N = 100) | — | — | 4% (N = 100) | — | — |
Note. The findings of this study are presented in bold font.