. 2018 Feb 28;13(2):e0193407. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193407

Table 3. Relationships between demographic, clinical and psychological variables and current LTP information.

	Current LTP information preference (Dichotomised: Higher/Lower)
	Test statistic & df	Effect size^§	p
Sociodemographic variables
Age		r = -0.058	0.002^*
Gender	χ² (1) = 10.584	V = 0.062	0.001^*
Clinical Variables
MS type	χ² (3) = 21.86	V = 0.051	0.001^*
Time since symptom onset		r = -0.080	<0.001^*
Time since diagnosis		r = -0.087	0.001^*
Subjective health status (EQ5DVAS)		r = -0.051	0.011^*
Mobility (EQ5D mobility)	χ² (1) = 0.206	V = 0.012	0.650
MS Impact (MSIS)		r = 0.016	0.590
Psychological variables
Anxiety (HADS)		r = 0.067	0.020^*
Depression (HADS)		r = 0.043	0.140
Monitoring style (MMBS)		r = 0.156	<0.001^*
COPE active		r = 0.038	0.050
COPE planning		r = 0.121	<0.001^*
COPE acceptance^a	χ² (1) = 0.114	V = 0.007	0.736
COPE denial^a	χ² (1) = 0.190	V = 0.008	0.663
COPE instrumental support		r = 0.062	0.001^*
COPE emotional support		r = -0.002	0.899
COPE humour		r = 0.025	0.188
COPE substance use^a	χ² (1) = 3.834	V = 0.038	0.050
COPE behavioural disengagement^a	χ² (1) = 0.722	V = 0.016	0.395
COPE distraction		r = 0.040	0.038^*
COPE positive reframing		r = 0.026	0.175
COPE self-blame^a	χ² (1) = 12.172	V = 0.068	<0.001^*
COPE religion^a	χ² (1) = 0.685	V = 0.016	0.408
COPE venting^a	χ² (1) = 5.750	V = 0.046	0.016^*
Perceived severity of MS VAS^b	χ² (1) = 0.274	V = 0.010	0.601
Perceived severity of wheelchair VAS^b	χ² (1) = 0.105	V = 0.006	0.746

^§ Effect sizes: r = correlation coefficient, V = Cramer’s V.

* p<0.05.

^a Variable was non-normally distributed and therefore recoded into a dichotomy representing high/low use of each strategy (cut-off used was score of 4 or higher).

^b Variable was non-normally distributed and therefore recoded into a dichotomy representing low-medium perceived severity and higher perceived severity (cut-off used was 0.60 or higher).