The Relationship between Psychosocial Factors and Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis

Table 2

Univariate logistic analysis examining relationship between variables and MOCA scores.

Variable	Odds ratio	Lower CI,; upper CI	value
Age group	1.05	1.01, 1.11	0.021
Sex (female versus male)	0.73	0.34, 1.58	0.425
Disease duration	1.02	0.95, 1.10	0.570
PHQ9	1.05	0.98, 1.11	0.370
GAD7	1.03	0.98, 1.08	0.283
PHQ15	1.02	0.96, 1.09	0.554
VAS	0.99	0.98, 1.01	0.229
Presence of other diseases	0.93	0.49, 1.79	0.811
Family history	0.31	0.15, 0.64	0.001
Previous mental illness	0.91	0.21, 3.92	0.898
Patient perception of MS; etiology (attributing to; magic or “evil eye”; versus organic cause)	1.21	0.52, 2.48	0.611
Marital status (single or not)	0.823	0.52, 1.31	0.412
Education (bachelor or higher; versus lower than bachelor; degree)	1.55	0.61, 3.81	0.422
Education (elementary or; lower versus bachelor degree)	6.38	1.40, 29.1	<0.001
Employment status; (unemployed versus employed)	1.81	0.86, 2.11	0.052

indicates significant variables where .