Table 4.
Results of chi-square and t tests evaluating the associations between demographic and health status groups.
| Participant groups | University education | MSa status | Caregiver status | Sex | Age, coefficient (P value)b | ||||||||||||||
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No | Yes | People with MS | People not living with MS | No | Yes |
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| MS statusc, n (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
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People with MS | 207 (47.37) | 230 (52.63) | —d | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
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People not living with MS | 388 (34.89) | 724 (65.11) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Caregiver statuse, n (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
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No | 181 (26.23) | 509 (73.77) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
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Yes | 207 (49.05) | 215 (50.95) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Sexf, n (%) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Female | 462 (38.99) | 723 (61.01) | 350 (29.54) | 835 (70.46) | 513 (61.44) | 322 (38.56) | — | — | ||||||||||
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Male | 69 (30.40) | 158 (69.60) | 69 (30.40) | 158 (69.60) | 107 (67.72) | 51 (32.28) | — | — | ||||||||||
| Age | |||||||||||||||||||
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t test | 6.05 (1328) | −1.80 (1328) | — | −7.15 (934) | — | 0.93 (1323) | — | |||||||||||
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P value | <.001g | .07 | — | <.001g | — | .35 | — | |||||||||||
| Disease durationh | |||||||||||||||||||
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z | 0.533 | — | — | — | — | −0.556 | 0.461 | |||||||||||
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P value | .59 | — | — | — | — | .58 | <.001g | |||||||||||
aMS: multiple sclerosis.
bEstimates from Pearson correlation.
cχ21=20.6; P<.001
dNot available.
eχ21=60.03; P<.001
fUniversity education: χ21=5.99; P=.01; multiple sclerosis status: χ21=0.07; P=.80; caregiver status: χ21=2.2; P=.14
gIndicate P values <.05.
hAmong people with multiple sclerosis.