Table 3.

The results obtained from hierarchical linear regression analysis to assess association between the MSISQ and independent variables (n = 226)

	Factor	Regression coefficient (β)	R2	Adjusted R2	P
Step 1			0.14	0.13
	Age	0.097			0.13
	Education	−0.139			0.06
	Employment status	−0.254			0.001
Step 2			0.28	0.27
	Age	0.000			0.99
	Education	−0.156			0.02
	Employment status	−0.194			0.004
	Disability score (EDSS)	0.204			0.003
	Disease course	0.158			0.01
	Disease duration (years)	0.163			0.01
Step 3			0.40	0.39
	Age	0.002			0.97
	Education	−0.153			0.01
	Employment status	−0.124			0.05
	Disability score (EDSS)	0.088			0.17
	Disease course	0.211			0.001
	Disease duration (years)	0.147			0.97
	Beck Depression score (BDI-II)	0.362			0.01