Table 1.
Sample characteristics: Sociodemographic, illness‐related variables, and outcome variables (use of rehabilitation and intention to use rehabilitation; N = 590)
| Sociodemographic variables | |
|---|---|
| Age (M, SD) | 45.6 (10.3) |
| Sex N (%) | |
| Female | 427 (72.4) |
| Male | 152 (25.8) |
| Living with a partner N (%) | |
| Yes | 411 (69.7) |
| No | 171 (29.0) |
| Level of education N (%) | |
| Elementary school | 55 (9.3) |
| Secondary school | 176 (29.8) |
| Polytechnic secondary school | 22 (3.7) |
| Technical college qualification | 102 (17.3) |
| University qualification | 224 (38.0) |
| Other or no certificate | 10 (1.7) |
| Illness‐related variables | |
|---|---|
| Diagnostic subgroup | |
| Relapsing‐remitting MS | 305 (51.7) |
| Primary progressive MS | 69 (11.7) |
| Secondary progressive MS | 122 (20.7) |
| Other | 51 (8.6) |
| Time since the last exacerbation | |
| <2 months | 73 (12.4) |
| 3–6 months | 88 (14.9) |
| 7–12 months | 83 (14.1) |
| >12 months | 310 (52.5) |
| Time since the first MS symptoms (M, SD) | 15.7 (9.8) |
| Time since MS diagnosis (M, SD) | 11.0 (8.5) |
| Outcome variables | |
|---|---|
| Use of rehabilitation | |
| Yes | 381 (64.6) |
| No | 209 (35.4) |
| Intention to use rehabilitation | |
| Yes | 402 (68.1) |
| No | 174 (29.5) |
M = mean score; SD = standard deviation. Totals that do not add up to N = 590 are the result of missing values.