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Table 3 Number (%) of patients reporting worse, no change, or improved outcomes based on treatment setting

From: The multiple sclerosis relapse experience: patient-reported outcomes from the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) Registry

Setting

Symptom improvement

Effect of treatment on recovery

 

n

Worse

No change

Improved

p-value

n

Worse

No change

Improved

p-value

Home/nonclinical site

1762

614 (35)

418 (24)

730 (41)

0.3427

1755

255 (15)

569 (32)

931 (53)

<0.0001

Physician’s office

1252

452 (36)

306 (24)

494 (39)

0.4855

1238

196 (16)

494 (40)

548 (44)

0.0173

Hospital outpatient

754

258 (34)

139 (18)

357 (47)

<0.0001

745

108 (15)

192 (26)

445 (60)

<0.0001

Hospital inpatient

422

178 (42)

62 (15)

182 (43)

<0.0001

417

102 (24)

85 (20)

230 (55)

<0.0001

Emergency room

303

134 (44)

50 (17)

119 (39)

0.0002

292

84 (29)

58 (20)

150 (51)

<0.0001

Urgent care center

70

34 (49)

10 (14)

26 (37)

0.0264

62

18 (29)

17 (27)

27 (44)

0.0078

  1. p-values are for effect of location on outcome from Pearson’s chi-square test; specifically, the p-value for each row compares that row to the distribution in all subjects not in that row.