Table 3 Distribution of the covariates by profile.
Profile 1 | Profile 2 | Profile 3 | Profile N = 39 | p value | Significant post-hoc differences | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 82 | N = 38 | N = 50 | |||||
Gender, n (%) | Female | 57 (69.5%) | 31 (81.6%) | 35 (70.0%) | 24 (61.5%) | 0.286 | |
Male | 25 (30.5%) | 7 (18.4%) | 15 (30.0%) | 15 (38.5%) | |||
Age (in years), mean (SD) | 44.5 (8.8) | 46.9 (8.8) | 46.0 (10.0) | 46.8 (8.9) | 0.223 | ||
Level of education, n (%) | Primary school | 9 (11.0%) | 3 (7.9%) | 4 (8.0%) | 4 (10.3%) | 0.346 | |
High school | 30 (36.6%) | 23 (60.5%) | 25 (50.0%) | 19 (48.7%) | |||
University | 43 (52.4%) | 12 (31.6%) | 21 (42.0%) | 16 (41.0%) | |||
Disease duration in years, mean (SD) | 11.4 (8.6) | 14.1 (8.4) | 14.4 (8.1) | 14.3 (8.1) | 0.026 | 1vs.3, 0.037 | |
Disease course, n (%) | RR | 65 (79.3%) | 28 (73.7%) | 42 (84.0%) | 26 (66.6%) | 0.120 | |
SP | 4 (4.9%) | 7 (18.4%) | 4 (8.0%) | 6 (15.4%) | |||
PP | 13 (15.8%) | 3 (7.9%) | 4 (8.0%) | 7 (18.0%) | |||
EDSS, mean (SD) score | 2.3 (1.5) | 3.0 (1.8) | 3.5(1.8) | 3.9 (1.8) | 0.0001 | 1vs.3, <0.001; 1vs.4, <0.0001; 2vs.4, 0.05 | |
UWES, mean (SD) score | 37.0 (10.4) | 39.4 (11.7) | 27.5 (14.2) | 23.0 (11.9) | 0.0001 | 1vs.3, 0.0006; 2vs.3, <0.001; 1vs.4, <0.0001; 2vs.4, <0.0001 | |
Years of work | 20.5 (9.8) | 22.1 (9.7) | 18.9 (10.6) | 23.7 (10.5) | 0.125 | ||
Employment contract, n (%) | Fixed-term | 15 (18.3%) | 4 (10.5%) | 12(24.0%) | 9 (23.1%) | 0.390 | |
Open-ended | 67 (81.7%) | 34 (89.5%) | 38 (76.0%) | 30 (76.9%) | |||
Type of employment, n (%) | Full-time | 61 (74.4%) | 22 (57.9%) | 34 (68.0%) | 25 (64.1%) | 0.309 | |
Part-time | 21 (25.6%) | 16 (42.1%) | 16 (32.0%) | 14 (35.9%) | |||
Type of work, n (%) | Heavy | 19 (23.2%) | 8 (21.1%) | 11 (22.0%) | 16 (41.0%) | 0.120 | |
Light | 63 (76.8%) | 30 (79.0%) | 39 (78.0%) | 23 (59.0%) | |||
