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Table 2 Baseline characteristics and PRO scores

From: Establishing clinically meaningful within-individual improvement thresholds for eight patient-reported outcome measures in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Variable

Total (N = 434)

Age, years, mean (SD)

50.2 (10.5)

Female gender, n (%)

336 (77.4)

Race, n (%)

 

 White

375 (86.4)

 Black

36 (8.3)

 Hispanic

20 (4.6)

 Othera

3 (0.7)

Prior MS therapy, n (%)

353 (81.3)

Time since first diagnosis of MSb, years, mean (SD)

11.2 (9.9)

Time since last MS relapsec, months, mean (SD)

31.1 (50.5)

Number of MS relapses in the last year, mean (SD)

1.5 (2.1)

 0, n (%)

165 (38.0)

 1, n (%)

122 (28.1)

 2, n (%)

64 (14.7)

 ≥ 3, n (%)

83 (19.1)

  

Mean (SD)

Median (min, max)

Multi-item PRO scores

MSIS-29 v2

Physical impact (n = 429)

36.6 (25.4)

33.3 (0, 100)

Psychological impact (n = 429)

41.0 (24.8)

40.7 (0, 100)

FSMC

Physical fatigue (n = 429)

31.8 (11.1)

34.0 (10, 50)

Cognitive fatigue (n = 429)

29.3 (11.2)

30.0 (10, 50)

Total score (n = 429)

61.1 (21.6)

64.0 (20, 100)

MSPS

Total (n = 429)

12.5 (7.0)

12.0 (0, 31)

MSNQ

Total (n = 429)

24.1 (13.2)

23.0 (0, 60)

TSQM v1.4

Side effects (n = 353)

78.9 (28.6)

100.0 (0, 100)

Effectiveness (n = 353)

61.8 (20.0)

67.0 (0, 100)

Convenience (n = 353)

83.4 (21.6)

94.0 (0, 100)

Global satisfaction (n = 353)

60.0 (24.5)

57.0 (0, 100)

HADS

Anxiety (n = 429)

8.1 (4.4)

8.0 (0, 19)

Depression (n = 429)

5.6 (4.0)

5.0 (0, 20)

Single-item PRO scores

PDDS

(n = 429)

2.2 (2.0)

2.0 (0, 7)

HRPQ-MS v2

Lost work absenteeism household (n = 429)

2.3 (3.8)

0.0 (0, 25)

Lost work absenteeism workplace (n = 218)

1.5 (5.4)

0.0 (0, 40)

Lost work presenteeism household (n = 429)

2.1 (4.1)

1.0 (0, 60)

Lost work presenteeism workplace (n = 218)

3.1 (5.0)

0.0 (0, 32)

Lost work total household (n = 429)

4.4 (6.5)

2.0 (0, 60)

Lost work total workplace (n = 218)

4.6 (7.9)

0.0 (0, 40)

Percent lost work absenteeism household (n = 429)

22.0 (29.4)

0.0 (0, 100)

Percent lost work absenteeism workplace (n = 218)

4.8 (16.5)

0.0 (0, 100)

Percent lost work presenteeism household (n = 429)

18.9 (22.7)

13.0 (0, 100)

Percent lost work presenteeism workplace (n = 218)

9.3 (14.7)

0.0 (0, 80)

Percent lost work total household (n = 429)

41.0 (38.3)

33.0 (0, 100)

Percent lost work total workplace (n = 218)

14.0 (23.1)

0.0 (0, 100)

Work presenteeism household (n = 429)

8.6 (8.5)

6.0 (0, 60)

Work presenteeism workplace (n = 218)

32.8 (13.8)

40.0 (0, 60)

  1. aIncludes Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indian, and other race. bn = 433 (1 missing patient). cn = 422 (12 missing patients). Any missing data were included in the calculation of percentages
  2. FSMC Fatigue Scale for Motor and Cognitive Functions; HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HRPQ-MS v2 Health-Related Productivity Questionnaire in Multiple Sclerosis version 2; MS Multiple sclerosis; MSIS-29 v2 Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale 29 items version 2; MSNQ Multiple Sclerosis Neuropsychological Screening Questionnaire; MSPS Multiple Sclerosis Performance Scale; PDDS Patient-Determined Disease Steps; PRO Patient-reported outcome; SD Standard deviation; TSQM v1.4 Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire with Medication version 1.4