Table 3.

Demographics, disease characteristics, level of education, degree of computer use, and degree of computer skills in the MSmonitor group and the control group.

Patient characteristics		MSmonitor (n=21)	Control (n=24)	P value
Female, n (%)		17 (81)	17 (71)	.43
Age (years), mean (SD)		45.4 (10.2)	49.3 (11.4)	.23
Disease duration (years), mean (SD)		8.7 (6.4)	12.2 (9.7)	.17
Disease course, n (%)				.40
	Relapsing remitting	16 (76)	13 (54)
	Secondary progressive	4 (19)	7 (29)
	Primary progressive	1 (4)	3 (12)
	Benign	0 (0)	1 (4)
Education, n (%)				.39
	Lower	6 (28)	10 (41)
	Middle	12 (57)	7 (29)
	Higher	3 (14)	7 (29)
Computer use, n (%)				.83
	Several times per day	5 (23)	5 (20)
	Daily	9 (42)	10 (41)
	Several times per week	3 (14)	5 (20)
	Once per week	0 (0)	1 (4)
	Rarely or never	4 (19)	3 (12)
Computer skills, n (%)				.71
	Rapidly familiar with new programs	7 (33)	7 (29)
	Familiar after some log-ins	8 (38)	11 (46)
	Difficulties with getting familiar	5 (24)	6 (25)
	Impossible to get familiar	1 (5)	0 (0)