Demographic and diagnostic characteristics
| Total sample n=149 | Mild EDSS 0–4.5 n=47 |
Moderate EDSS 5.0–6.5 n=51 | Severe EDSS 7.0–9.5 n=51 | |
| % Female | 68 | 60 | 67 | 76 |
| Age (y) (mean (SD) (range)) | 44.6 (10.8) | 41.4 (10.2) | 45.4 (10.7) | 47.1 (10.6) |
| (24–78) | (24–68) | (24–78) | (24–73) | |
| Disease pattern: | ||||
| Secondary progressive (%) | 50 | 2 | 71 | 76 |
| Primary progressive (%) | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 |
| Relapsing-remitting (%) | 33 | 66 | 21 | 12 |
| Benign (%) | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Years since first symptoms (mean (SD) (range)) | 14.6 (8.9) (0.6–43) | 12.3 ( 9.3) (2–41) | 15.7 ( 8.3) (0.6–40) | 16.0 (8.5) (1.4–43) |
| Years since diagnosis (mean (SD) (range)) | 10.2 (7.6) (0.1–38) | 7.5 (7.8) (0.1–30) | 10.8 (7.2) (0.2–38) | 12.1 (7.2) (1.2–33) |
| Place of assessment: | ||||
| Outpatient clinic (%) | 57 | 98 | 49 | 29 |
| Inpatient ward (%) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Rehabilitation unit (%) | 36 | 0 | 47 | 57 |