From: Social and economic burden of walking and mobility problems in multiple sclerosis
Resource (mean [SD] use in last 12 months) | Patient-self-reported presence and severity of WMPs | T25FW (seconds) | |||||||
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 | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | P-value no WMPs vs any WMPs | <10.99 | 11–20.99 | >21 | P-value across groups |
ER visits | 0.23 [0.61] | 0.24 [0.63] | 0.21 [0.68] | 0.45 [1.09] | 0.014 | 0.32 [0.53] | 0.15 [0.41] | 0.31 [0.59] | 0.1592 |
Physician visits | |||||||||
Responding neurologist | 3.23 [2.55] | 3.93 [4.51] | 3.76 [3.58] | 4.13 [6.39] | 0.003 | 5.07 [9.76] | 3.68 [3.86] | 3.60 [2.36] | 0.3694 |
Primary care provider | 1.71 [2.62] | 2.01 [3.97] | 1.86 [3.11] | 2.86 [4.23] | < 0.0001 | 1.37 [2.20] | 2.84 [4.33] | 3.13 [3.12] | 0.0044 |
Other neurologist | 0.59 [1.09] | 0.51 [1.11] | 0.81 [1.91] | 0.80 [1.38] | 0.0045 | 0.80 [1.14] | 0.61 [0.96] | 0.54 [0.94] | 0.3341 |
MS specialist | 0.30 [1.09] | 0.26 [0.75] | 0.36 [1.24] | 0.52 [1.59] | 0.0633 | 0.75 [1.18] | 0.47 [0.95] | 0.42 [1.00] | 0.1718 |
MS nurse | 0.36 [2.05] | 0.42 [1.99] | 0.45 [1.91] | 0.42 [1.83] | 0.8858 | 0.33 [0.74] | 0.47 [1.26] | 0.35 [1.12] | 0.7124 |
Internist | 0.06 [0.40] | 0.09 [0.52] | 0.08 [0.42] | 0.23 [1.11] | 0.0006 | 0.27 [0.98] | 0.11 [0.67] | 0.10 [0.50] | 0.3628 |
ER physician | 0.03 [0.36] | 0.29 [3.11] | 0.05 [0.58] | 0.05 [0.34] | 0.0116 | 0.01 [0.12] | 0.02 [0.13] | 0.00 [0.00] | 0.6577 |
Physiotherapist | 1.97 [10.45] | 4.74 [15.54] | 6.88 [18.35] | 9.89 25.52] | < 0.0001 | 3.63 [14.57] | 10.26 [31.77] | 6.04 [15.82] | 0.22 |
Ophthalmologist | 0.19 [0.58] | 0.21 [0.82] | 0.10 [0.42] | 0.15 [0.57] | 0.0579 | 0.23 [0.65] | 0.21 [0.65] | 0.10 [0.36] | 0.4269 |
Urologist | 0.12 [0.47] | 0.18 [0.85] | 0.30 [0.86] | 0.57 [1.37] | < 0.0001 | 0.12 [0.54] | 0.18 [0.43] | 0.50 [1.00] | 0.006 |
Gastroenterologist | 0.01 [0.13] | 0.03 [0.49] | 0.02 [0.15] | 0.03 [0.19] | 0.3492 | 0.01 [0.12] | 0.04 [0.19] | 0.08 [0.33] | 0.2716 |
Psychiatrist | 0.19 [1.65] | 0.28 [1.70] | 0.28 [1.27] | 0.69 [4.05] | 0.0595 | 0.35 [1.79] | 0.25 [0.63] | 0.42 [1.23] | 0.7918 |
Other physician | 0.04 [0.31] | 0.28 [3.19] | 0.10 [0.51] | 0.17 [0.70] | 0.0222 | 0.05 [0.28] | 0.04 [0.19] | 0.08 [0.44] | 0.7806 |
Occupational therapist | 0.01 [0.22] | 0.06 [0.51] | 0.20 [1.09] | 1.11 [2.47] | < 0.0001 | 0.09 [0.66] | 0.00 [0.00] | 0.77 [2.11] | 0.0104 |
Hospital visits due to MS in last 12 months | 0.93 [1.26] | 1.11 [1.55] | 1.17 [1.64] | 1.76 [2.72] | < 0.0001 | 1.04 [0.81] | 0.93 [1.28] | 0.70 [0.74] | 0.1561 |
Number of long-term non-DMDs | 0.54 [0.78] | 0.82 [0.92] | 1.23 [1.12] | 1.72 [1.18] | <0.0001 | 0.57 [0.76] | 1.21 [0.86] | 1.12 [1.02] | 0.0001 |