Table 2.
Health status of the MS patients. EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale.
| Variables | Patient Group | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relapsing–Remitting MS (N = 15) | Secondary Progressive MS (N = 11) | ||||
| Count | Mean (±SD) | Count | Mean (±SD) | ||
| EDSS | 5 (19%) | 1 (4%) | 0.061 | ||
| 1–1.5 (No disability) (n = 6) | 1 (4%) | 2 | |||
| 2–2.5 (Disability is minimal) (n = 3) | 6 (23%) | 0 | |||
| 3–3.5 (Disability is mild to moderate) (n = 6) | 1 (4%) | 4 (4%) | |||
| 4–4.5 (Disability is moderate) (n = 5) | 2 (8%) | 1 (4%) | |||
| 5–5.5 (Increasing limitation in ability to walk) (n = 3) | 0 | 2 (8%) | |||
| 6–6.5 (Walking assistance is needed) (n = 2) | 0 | 1 (4%) | |||
| 7–7.5 (Confined to wheelchair) (n = 1) | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8–8.5 (Confined to bed or chair) (n = 0) | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9–9.5 (Completely dependent) (n = 0) | 0 | 0 | |||
| Duration of MS, years (9.5 ± 5.12) | 9 (±4.5) | 10.18 (±6) | 0.646 | ||
| Quality of Life_T0 (0.66 ± 0.18) | 0.69 (±0.15) Median = 0.68 | 0.61 (±0.2) Median = 0.60 | 0.330 | ||
| Quality of Life_T1 (0.71 ± 0.16) | 0.74 (±0.13) Median = 0.76 | 0.66 (±0.2) Median = 0.68 | 0.305 | ||
| Cognitive Autonomy | 39.53 (±10.44) Median = 41 | 36.18 (±8.7) Median = 35 | 0.721 | ||
| Behavior Autonomy | 51.4 (±14.77) Median = 51 | 45.1 (±13.7) Median = 37 | 0.217 | ||
| Emotional Autonomy | 45.9 (±7.7) Median = 44 | 45 (±5.5) Median = 46 | 0.281 | ||
| Value Autonomy | 43.53 (±10.27) | 45.18 (±8.8) | 0.683 | ||
| Autonomy | 44 (±12.23) Median = 44 | 40.54 (±9.3) Median = 39 | 0.357 | ||