Table 2.
Sample demographics (N = 183).
| Characteristic | Categories | Intervention Group (n = 93)
|
Comparison Group (n = 90)
|
Total (n = 183)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n(%)a | n(%)a | n(%)a | ||
| Gender | Male | 13 (14%) | 10 (11%) | 23 (13%) |
| Female | 80 (86%) | 80 (89%) | 160 (87%) | |
| Age | 20-35 years | 4 (4%) | 8 (9%) | 12 (7%) |
| 36-50 years | 39 (41%) | 34 (38%) | 73 (40%) | |
| 51-60 years | 50 (54%) | 47 (53%) | 97 (54%) | |
| Mean (SD) | 49.8 (7.5) | 49.4 (8.5) | 49.6 (8.0) | |
| Range | 29–60 | 26–60 | 26–60 | |
| Education | < High School | 4 (4%) | 4 (5%) | 8 (4%) |
| High School Grad | 17 (19%) | 23 (26%) | 40 (22%) | |
| Associate Degree | 11 (12%) | 15 (17%) | 26 (14%) | |
| Bachelor’s Degree | 44 (48%) | 33 (37%) | 77 (43%) | |
| Graduate Degree | 16 (17%) | 14 (16%) | 30 (17%) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic | 84 (90%) | 81 (90%) | 165 (90%) |
| Spanish/Hispanic | 9 (10%) | 9 (10%) | 18 (10%) | |
| White | 73 (79%) | 64 (71%) | 137 (75%) | |
| African American | 17 (18%) | 17 (19%) | 34 (19%) | |
| Multiple categories | – | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | |
| Other | 3 (3%) | 8 (9%) | 11 (6%) | |
| Marital Status | Married | 56 (60%) | 61 (65%) | 117 (64%) |
| Un-married | 37 (40%) | 29 (35%) | 66 (36%) | |
| Employment Status | Full-time | 25 (27%) | 28 (31%) | 53 (29%) |
| Part-time | 5 (5%) | 3 (3%) | 8 (4%) | |
| Unemployed-Disability | 32 (36%) | 39 (44%) | 71 (39%) | |
| Retired | 12 (13%) | 5 (6%) | 17 (9%) | |
| Other | 8 (8%) | 2 (2%) | 10 (6%) | |
| Years Since Diagnosis | Mean (SD) | 13.9 (8.05) | 12.1 (8.07) | 13.0 (8.08) |
| Range | 1–34 | 1–32 | 1–34 | |
| MS Type | Benign Sensory | 3 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 6 (3%) |
| Relapsing-Remitting | 64 (69%) | 61 (69%) | 125 (69%) | |
| Primary Progressive | 3 (3%) | 5 (6%) | 8 (4%) | |
| Secondary Progressive | 14 (90%) | 10 (11%) | 24 (13%) | |
| Progressive-Relapsing | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (1%) | |
| Unable to choose one/don’t know | 8 (9%) | 9 (10%) | 17 (9%) | |
| EDSS Total | Mean (SD) | 5.1 (1.63) | 5.3 (1.5) | 5.2 (1.56) |
| Range | 1.0–9.0 | 2.0–8.0 | 1.0–9.0 |
a
Percentage totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.