Research Article

A Prospective Multicenter Study for Assessing MusiQoL Validity among Arabic-Speaking MS Patients Treated with Subcutaneous Interferon β-1a

Table 3

Overall and domain-specific SF-36 scores over time.

VariableInitial visit (N =439)6-month follow-up ()12-month follow-up () value

SF-36 total score0.215
General health0.8186
Physical functioning0.4063
Role limitations due to physical health0.379
Role limitations due to emotional problems0.4828
Energy/fatigue0.3158
Emotional well-being0.3539
Social functioning0.038
Pain0.2764

Values are ; values correspond to the change in overall and domain-specific MusiQoL scores across all 3 times points analysed using the nonparametric Friedman test.