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Table 4 Performance of anxiety and depression sub-scale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) among persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) versus Healthy subjects attending a tertiary hospital in Oman

From: Magnitude and concurrence of anxiety and depression among attendees with multiple sclerosis at a tertiary care Hospital in Oman

Characteristics

PwMS (N = 57)

Healthy subjects (N = 53)

P value

 

N (%) or mean (SD)

N (%) or mean (SD)

 

HADS (Anxiety)

   

Mean (SD)

8.3 (4.8)

4.9 (4.7)

0.04

Group- n (%)

   

≥11

22 (38.6)

9 (17.0)

0.07

≥8

31 (54.4)

15 (28.3)

0.04

HADS (Depression)

   

Mean (SD)

6.5 (5.1)

4.1 (4.4)

0.05

Group- n (%)

   

≥11

12 (21.1)

7 (13.2)

0.08

≥8

22 (38.6)

12 (22.6)

0.06