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Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics

From: The effect of nurse practitioner (NP-led) care on health-related quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis – a randomized trial

Baseline Measurement

Intervention (NP-led care)

N = 118 (%)

Control (Usual care)

N = 108 (%)

Total

N = 228 (%)

Demographics

 Age, mean (SD)

46.89 (10.38)

47.80 (11.86)

47.47 (11.02)

 Female sex, n (%)

97 (80.83)

92 (85.19)

189 (82.89)

 Ethnicity, white n (%)

107 (89.17)

104 (96.3)

211 (92.54)

 Married/Common-law n (%)

89 (74.17)

76 (70.37)

165 (72.37)

 Education, community college or above n (%)

87 (72.5)

75 (69.44)

162 (71.05)

 Full-time employment n (%)

50 (41.67)

44 (40.74)

94 (41.23)

 Living at home (independently) n (%)

86 (71.67)

71 (65.74)

157 (68.86)

Clinical features of MS

 Type of MS, n (%)

  - relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS)

103 (85.83)

91 (84.26)

194 (85.09)

  - primary-progressive MS (PPMS)

6 (5.00)

6 (5.56)

12 (5.26)

  - Secondary-progressive MS (SPMS)

11 (9.17)

11 (10.19)

22 (9.65)

 Duration of MS, mean (SD)

11.69 (8.42)

12.71 (9.24)

12.26 (8.81)

 Disability scores, mean (SD)

  - Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)

2.52 (2.07)

2.55 (2.07)

2.54 (2.07)

  - Patient Determined Disease Steps (PDSS)

2.53 (2.01)

2.57 (2.05)

2.56 (2.03)

  - Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) score

54.42 (11.68)

53.53 (13.04)

54.02 (12.36)

  1. Values are n (%) or mean (SD)