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. 2020 Jul 10;17:110. doi: 10.1186/s12978-020-00960-5

Table 1.

The characteristics of study sample (n = 117)

No. %
Education level
 Primary/Secondary 69 58.9
 Higher 48 41.1
Employment status
 House wife 80 68.4
 Employed 37 31.6
Disease duration (years)
 0–8 60 51.3
 ≥ 9 57 48.7
 Mean (SD) 1.84 (0.79)
Disease course
 RRMS 69 59.0
 PPMS and SPMS 48 41.0
Treatment for depression
 Yes 22 18.8
 No 95 81.2
Disability score (EDSS)
 0–4.5 71 60.7
 5–8 46 39.3
 Mean (SD) 2.99 (2.17)
Beck Depression score (BDI-II)
 < 19 91 77.8
 ≥19 26 22.2
 Mean (SD) 17.8 (11.1)
MSISQ-19 total score
 Mean (SD) 46.1 (17.5)