A Prospective Multicenter Study for Assessing MusiQoL Validity among Arabic-Speaking MS Patients Treated with Subcutaneous Interferon β-1a
Table 4
Relationship between change in EDSS score and change in overall and domain-specific MusiQoL scores over time.
EDSS score
Estimate
Standard error
95% lower confidence limit
95% upper confidence limit
value
MusiQoL total score
-1.4415
0.4027
-2.2308
-0.6521
0.0003
Activity of daily living
-3.528
0.5913
-4.687
-2.3691
<0.0001
Physical well-being
-0.8058
0.6675
-2.1141
0.5025
0.2273
Symptoms
-1.3574
0.5268
-2.3898
-0.3249
0.01
Relationship with friends
-0.5383
0.7188
-1.947
0.8705
0.4539
Relationship with family
-0.938
0.6882
-2.2868
0.4108
0.1729
Sentimental & sexual life
-1.1681
0.747
-2.6323
0.296
0.1179
Coping
-2.0795
0.6945
-3.4406
-0.7183
0.0028
Rejection
-2.4697
0.685
-3.8123
-1.1271
0.0003
Relationship with health care system
-1.4415
0.4027
-2.2308
-0.6521
0.0003
The relationship between EDSS and MUSIQOL was analysed using generalized estimating equation (GEE) regression; values correspond to the significance of the trend over time of both variables.
