Table 5.

Association of demographic, MS disease, COVID-19 risk factor, and distress variables with risk perception.

	Perceived risk of contracting COVID-19				Perceived risk of dying from COVID-19
	Β	t	R2∆	F(R2∆)	Β	t	R2∆	F(R2∆)
Overall model	F(10,461) = 9.862***				F(10,458) = 4.683***
Step 1			0.090	23.117***			0.000	0.004
Age	−0.29	−6.564***			−0.04	−0.084
Gender	0.05	1.154			0.00	0.007
Step 2			0.009	2.286			0.016	3.729*
MS disease course	−0.04	−0.591			0.07	1.225
Patient-Determined Disease Steps	−0.11	−2.115*			0.15	2.729**
Step 3			0.052	9.445***			0.017	2.672*
DMT risk	0.03	0.557			0.02	0.341
COVID-19 risk factors	0.10	2.315*			0.13	2.789**
COVID-19 symptoms	0.21	4.684***			0.01	0.262
Step 4			0.026	4.811**			0.060	10.116***
Depression	−0.05	−0.770			−0.12	−1.591
Anxiety	0.21	3.533***			0.25	3.983***
Affect and Well-being	0.04	0.639			−0.12	−2.012*

Note. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.