Table 3.
Contribution (coefficients) of disease characteristics to behavioral changes.
| FrSBe self-ratings |
FrSBe family ratings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apathy | Disinhibition | Executive dysfunction | Total score | Apathy | Disinhibition | Executive dysfunction | Total score | |
| Age | 0.11 | −0.065 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.05 | −0.25 | −0.06 | −0.04 |
| Female vs. male | 6.97 | 7.84† | 5.81 | 7.78* | 5.77 | 3.65 | 5.11 | 4.8 |
| Education duration (years) | −0.14 | 0.82 | 0.32 | 0.48 | −0.8 | 0.08 | 0.155 | −0.16 |
| Disease duration (years) | −0.34 | −0.03 | −0.25 | −0.205 | 0.6 | 0.77† | 0.3 | 0.62* |
| Examination duration (minutes) | 0.47 | −4.96* | −0.39 | −2.0 | 1.04 | 1.84 | −0.26 | 0.35 |
| MS type | ||||||||
| CIS vs. RRMS | −7.79 | −0.465 | −5.095 | −5.71 | 5.97 | 11.51 | 1.695 | 6.15 |
| SPMS vs. RRMS | 3.03 | −0.94 | −2.68 | 1.355 | 9.46 | −0.465 | −4.9 | 4.78 |
| PPMS vs. RRMS | −7.25 | 9.775 | −7.32 | −3.07 | 24.15† | 30.88† | 2.85 | 24.36* |
| EDSS | 2.72 | 2.88† | 2.79 | 2.7 | 0.23 | 1.11 | 2.71 | 1.11 |
| Not treated vs. treated | 3.97 | 0.62 | 2.08 | 2.26 | −6.94 | −13.42† | −0.3 | −6.72 |
*p < 0.05.
†p < 0.01.
EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; CIS, clinically isolated syndrome; RRMS, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis; SPMS, secondary progressive multiple sclerosis; PPMS, primary progressive multiple sclerosis; FrSBe, Frontal Systems Behavior Scale.