Table 3.
MS Teleneurology populations pre and post-COVID by Center.
| CC before, N = 212 | CC after, N = 720 | p-Value | UCSF before, N = 346 | UCSF after, N = 407 | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Age | 46.0 (11.8) | 49.7 (13.0) | <0.001a | 48.1 (12.9) | 48.5 (13.3) | 0.721a |
| Patient Sex | 0.581b | 0.240b | ||||
| Female | 161 (75.9%) | 531 (73.8%) | 259 (74.9%) | 288 (70.8%) | ||
| Male | 51 (24.1%) | 189 (26.2%) | 87 (25.1%) | 119 (29.2%) | ||
| Race | <0.001c | 0.007b | ||||
| White | 193 (96.5%) | 588 (84.4%) | 263 (80.7%) | 274 (70.8%) | ||
| Black | 6 (3.00%) | 101 (14.5%) | 17 (5.2%) | 37 (9.6%) | ||
| Other | 1 (0.50%) | 8 (1.15%) | 46 (14.1%) | 76 (19.6%) | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.472c | 0.325b | ||||
| Not Hispanic | 198 (99.5%) | 690 (98.6%) | 304 (87.9%) | 351(86.2%) | ||
| Hispanic | 1 (0.50%) | 10 (1.43%) | 27 (7.8%) | 43 (10.6%) | ||
| Disease Course | 0.267c | 0.871b | ||||
| RRMS | 153 (72.5%) | 540 (75.1%) | 33 (9.9%) | 39 (11.0%) | ||
| SPMS | 31 (14.7%) | 117 (16.3%) | 263 (78.7%) | 278 (78.3%) | ||
| PPMS | 27 (12.8%) | 61 (8.48%) | 38 (11.4%) | 38 (10.7%) | ||
| RIS | 0 (0.00%) | 1 (0.14%) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disability Level | 0.596c | 0.173b | ||||
| Non-ambulatory | 2 (6.90%) | 28 (6.59%) | 23 (9.5%) | 22 (7.7%) | ||
| Gait impairment requires aide | 3 (10.3%) | 92 (21.6%) | 42 (17.4%) | 31 (10.8%) | ||
| Gait Impairment with no aide | 2 (6.90%) | 41 (9.65%) | 20 (8.3%) | 31 (10.8%) | ||
| Mild disability with no gait impairment | 9 (31.0%) | 117 (27.5%) | 96 (39.8%) | 129 (45.1%) | ||
| No disability | 13 (44.8%) | 147 (34.6%) | 60 (24.9%) | 73 (25.5%) | ||
| Clinician Type: | <0.001c | 0.791c | ||||
| Physician | 85 (40.5%) | 178 (25.2%) | 337 (97.4%) | 394 (96.8%) | ||
| APP | 125 (59.5%) | 522 (73.8%) | 9 (2.6%) | 13 (3.2%) | ||
| Oher | 0 (0.00%) | 7 (0.99%) | ||||
| Reason for Visit: | <0.001c | <0.001c | ||||
| Routine | 154 (72.6%) | 650 (90.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (3.4%) | ||
| New | 48 (22.6%) | 30 (4.17%) | 343 (99.1%) | 392 (96.3%) | ||
| Urgent | 8 (3.77%) | 13 (1.81%) | 3 (0.87%) | 1 (0.25%) | ||
| Other | 2 (0.94%) | 27 (3.75%) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drive distance | 186 [82.3;334] | 31.9 [15.6;77.5] | <0.001d | 72.2 [22.6;182] | 39.1 [15.8;109] | <0.001d |
| Income* | 56,652 [48875;70514] | 53,831 [44426;69628] | 0.049d | na | na |
na: not available; CC: Cleveland Clinic; CIS: clinically isolated syndrome; MS: multiple sclerosis; ON: optic neuritis; PPMS: primary progressive MS, RRMS: relapsing remitting, SPMS: secondary progressive MS; RIS: radiologically isolated syndrome.P-value: a = t-test; b = chi-square test; c = Fisher exact test; d = Wilcoxon rank sum test.*input with median income by zip code.