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Table 2 Mean values and percentages of psychological and cognitive variables in pwMS

From: Impact of depression on the perception of fatigue and information processing speed in a cohort of multiple sclerosis patients

 

Mean

N (%)

Average rank

U*

p

FSS

3.30 ± 1.75

    

Gender

   

4436.5

0.73

M

 

72

101.07

  

W

 

127

98.12

  

Age intervals

   

4.957

0.157

18–35

 

67

92.01

  

≥ 36

 

132

104.06

  

SDMT

47.80 ± 13.18

    

Gender

   

6096.5

0.000**

M

 

72

121.17

  

W

 

125

86.23

  

Age intervals

   

2.689.5

0.000**

18–35

 

66

123.76

  

≥ 36

 

131

86.53

  

BDI

9.75 ± 7.89

    

Gender

   

3996.5

0.185

M

 

71

92.29

  

W

 

127

103.53

  

Age intervals

   

4.145.5

0.473

18–35

 

68

103.54

  

≥ 36

 

130

97.39

  

FSS

     

Absence

 

142 (71.4)

   

Presence

 

57 (28.6)

   

BDI

     

Absence

 

110 (55.6)

   

Presence

 

88 (44.4)

   
  1. Notes: *Mann-Whitney U; ** p < 0.01. Mean values and percentages of psychological and cognitive variables and comparison of Physical Fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale, FSS), Depression (Beck’s Depression Inventory, BDI), and Information Processing Speed (Symbol Digit Modalities Test, SDMT) between women and men and between low- and high-aged people in the MS group
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BMC Psychology

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