Table 5.
Recent situations of intense happiness: percentage of participants mentioning each answer category by group and comparisons between groups.
| PwMS | Control 1 | χ2 | Caregivers | Control 2 | χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal life | 6.00 | 8.33 | 0 | 10.53 | ||
| Family | 74.00 | 73.33 | 0.006 | 82.05 | 78.95 | 0.14 |
| Intrinsic value | 10.81 | 22.73 | 1.99 | 12.50 | 15.56 | |
| Sharing | 70.27 | 68.18 | 0.04 | 56.25 | 46.67 | 0.69 |
| Personal contribution | 0 | 4.55 | 6.25 | 0 | ||
| Family well-being | 35.14 | 29.55 | 0.29 | 50.00 | 55.56 | 0.23 |
| Personal reward | 13.31 | 13.64 | 3.13 | 11.11 | ||
| Interpersonal relations | 22.00 | 36.67 | 2.79 | 20.51 | 22.81 | 0.07 |
| Health | 18.00 | 3.33 | 6.52 | 5.13 | 1.75 | |
| Work | 20.00 | 21.67 | 0.05 | 12.82 | 29.82 | 3.79 |
| Standard of living | 4.00 | 6.67 | 7.69 | 10.53 | ||
| Leisure | 34.00 | 31.67 | 0.08 | 38.46 | 33.33 | 0.27 |
| N participantsa | 50 | 60 | 39 | 57 |
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Each participant could provide more than one answer; χ2-values were not reported if one or more cells included less than 5 participants; answer categories cited by less than 5 participants across groups were excluded from analysis.