The Influence of Self-Perception on Manipulative Dexterity in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis

Table 3

Variance predictors in quality of life tools ().

(a)

Predictive variables	Variance
	Physical function		Limitation role physical		Pain		Physical health distress		Global QoL		ABILHAND
		Sig		Sig		Sig		Sig		Sig		Sig
PPT (: .60; Durbin-Watson: 1.878)	0.787	0.050	0.816	0.033	-2.05	0.000	0.888	0.086	-1.458	0.016	2.313	0.020

(b)

Predictive variables	Variance
	MSQoL-54 physical health		Health perception		Pain		Emotional wellbeing		ABILHAND
		Sig		Sig		Sig		Sig		Sig
NHPT dominant (: .45; Durbin-Watson: 1.828)	-1.5	0.048	10.05	0.009	9.46	0.011	-3.34	0.052	-15.11	0.009

(c)

Predictive variables	Variance
	MSQoL-54 physical health		Health perception		Pain		ABILHAND
		Sig		Sig		Sig		Sig
NHPT nondominant (: .33; Durbin-Watson: 1.569)	-2.0	0.036	12.53	0.009	7.98	0.058	-14.33	0.040

(d)

Predictive variables	Variance
	Health perception		Limitation role physical		ABILHAND
		Sig		Sig		Sig
BBT nondominant (: .40; Durbin-Watson: 2.491)	-3.1	0.002	1.059	0.050	4.12	0.020

(e)

Predictive variables	Variance
	Physical health distress		Mental health distress
		Sig		Sig
BBT dominant (: .19; Durbin-Watson: 1.618)	-8.2	0.000	7.48	0.027

BBT: Box and Block Test; MSQoL-54: Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life 54; NHPT: Nine Hole Peg Test; PPT: Purdue Pegboard Test; QoL: quality of life.