Table 5.

External validity: Correlation between MSQOL-54 questionnaire and clinical and demographic factors

Component	Age		Duration of disease		Number of relapse
	r	p	r	p	r	p
Physical function	−0.12	0.45	−0.37	0.02	−0.08	0.59
Health Perception	−0.05	0.74	0.001	0.95	−0.11	0.48
Energy	0.16	0.31	−0.07	0.65	−0.09	0.56
Role limitation-physical	0.12	0.44	−0.12	0.43	−0.05	0.77
Pain	−0.15	0.34	−0.09	0.57	0.003	0.98
Sexual function	−0.68	0.003	−0.23	0.37	0.23	0.37
Social function	−0.005	0.97	−0.14	0.38	−0.09	0.56
Health distress	0.06	0.69	−0.06	0.69	−0.05	0.77
Overall QOL	−0.02	0.88	−0.08	0.59	−0.11	0.49
Emotional well-being	0.11	0.43	−0.04	0.81	−0.05	0.73
Role limitation-emotional	0.09	0.55	−0.22	0.16	−0.01	0.93
Cognitive function	0.05	0.73	−0.03	0.84	−0.12	0.45
Change in health	−0.17	0.26	0.14	0.37	−0.36	0.02
Satisfaction with sexual function	−0.37	0.14	−0.04	0.88	0.16	0.53
PH composite score	0.07	0.65	−0.21	0.18	−0.01	0.93
MH composite score	−0.04	0.78	−0.20	0.19	−0.04	0.77

MSQOL-54 Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54, QOL quality of life, PH Physical Health, MH Mental Health