Characteristics of proxies and patients
| Patients | Proxies | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDSS, Expanded Disability Status Scale; GNDS, Guy’s Neurological Disability Scale; MS, multiple sclerosis. | ||||
| Female (n) | 42 | 20 | ||
| Age (years) (mean (SD)) | 48 (8.9) | 49 (9.0) | ||
| Time since MS onset (years) (mean (SD)) | 13 (7.2) | – | ||
| Type of MS (n) | ||||
| Relapsing–remitting | 28 | – | ||
| Secondary progressive | 21 | – | ||
| Primary progressive | 11 | – | ||
| Other | 2 | – | ||
| EDSS | ||||
| 0.0–3.5 | 17 | – | ||
| 4.0–6.5 | 32 | – | ||
| ⩾6.5 | 10 | – | ||
| Missing | 3 | |||
| GNDS | ||||
| <15 | 26 | – | ||
| ⩾15 | 32 | – | ||
| Missing | 4 | |||