Real-Life Outcome in Multiple Sclerosis in the Czech Republic

Table 1

Demographics and resource consumption (N = 426).

	2008	2015
Mean age	40	47
Age at first symptoms	28	28
Age at diagnosis	32	32
Disease duration (years)	8	15
Education
(i) High school/vocational	61%	61%
(ii) University	33%	33%
Employment	57%	53%
(i) full time	53%	0%
DMT treatment	31%	52%
(i) EDSS 0-3.5	27%	60%
(ii) EDSS 4-6.5	13%	51%
(iii) EDSS 7-9	3%	20%
Resource use
(i) Hospitalization	10%	2%
(ii) Consultations	100%	57%
(iii) Tests	82%	35%

COMS: DMT: disease modifying treatment; EDSS: expanded disability status scale.