Table 1 Demographic- and disease-related data at inclusion for the total sample and with respect to presence or absence of depressive symptoms and with regard to disease severity
Total | EDSS mild | EDSS moderate | EDSS severe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depressive symptoms | No depressive symptoms | Depressive symptoms | No depressive symptoms | Depressive symptoms | No depressive symptoms | ||
n = 173 | n = 39a | n = 72 | n = 16b | n = 14 | n = 16c | n = 16 | |
Women, n (%) | 116 (67) | 28 (72) | 51 (71) | 9 (56) | 7 (47) | 10 (62) | 11 (69) |
Mean age, years (sd) | 46 (12) | 42 (13) | 43 (11) | 47 (9) | 55 (10) | 56 (11) | 53 (12) |
Cohabiting, n (%) | 123 (71) | 31 (79) | 51 (71) | 11 (69) | 9 (64) | 11 (69) | 11 (69) |
Working full- or part-time, n (%)d | 114 (66) | 24 (65) | 59 (84) | 7 (47) | 7 (64) | 0 | 7 (46) |
Immunomodulatory treatment, n (%) | 146 (84) | 30 (77) | 57 (79) | 15 (94) | 14 (100) | 14 (88) | 16 (100) |
Mean years since diagnosis, (sd) | 13 (10) | 9 (7) | 12 (10) | 15 (10) | 15 (10) | 19 (9) | 20 (11) |
Disease severity, n (%) | |||||||
EDSS mild 1.0-3.5 | 111 (64) | 1.8 (1.0-3.5) | 1.8 (1.0-3.5) | ||||
EDSS moderate 4.0-5.5 | 30 (17) | 4.7 (4.0-5.5) | 4.6 (4.0-5.5) | ||||
EDSS severe 6.0-9.5 | 32 (18) | 7.3 (6.0-8.0) | 7.0 (6.0-8.0) | ||||
Disease course, n (%) | |||||||
Relapsing remitting | 106 (61) | 35 (90) | 62 (86) | 3 (19) | 4 (29) | 0 | 2 (13) |
Secondary progressive | 58 (34) | 1 (2) | 7 (10) | 12 (75) | 9 (64) | 16 (100) | 13 (81) |
Primary progressive | 9 (5) | 3 (8) | 3 (4) | 1 (6) | 1 (7) | 0 | 1 (6) |