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Table 5 Baseline psychosocial characteristics of prevalent MS patients

From: Therapy optimization in multiple sclerosis: a prospective observational study of therapy compliance and outcomes

Characteristic

Mean

SD

Health-related quality of life component scores: a

  

 Physical component score

42.6

11.8

 Mental component score

46.9

11.2

Fatigue: b

  

 FSS score

38.1

15.8

Depression: c

  

 PHQ-9 score

6.6

5.7

Work productivity & activity impairment: d

  

 Absenteeism (%)

3.8

14.9

 Presenteeism (%)

14.4

20.4

 Overall productivity loss (%)

15.8

22.1

 Usual activity impairment (%)

35.0

30.8

  1. SD, Standard Deviation.
  2. aWare, JE et al. SF-12® Health Survey [14].
  3. bKrupp LB et al. The Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) [16].
  4. cKroenke K et al. The Patient Health Question, 9 items (PHQ-9) [17, 18].
  5. dReilly MC, et al. Work Productivity and Activity Impairment-General Health (WPAI-GH) [15]
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BMC Neurology

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