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Table 2 Use of healthcare services categorized with respect to presence or absence of depressive symptoms and with regard to disease severity; number of users, number of outpatient contacts and days of inpatient care during 30 months

From: Use of health services in people with multiple sclerosis with and without depressive symptoms: a two-year prospective study

 

EDSS mild(Number of users), mean/median/range

EDSS moderate(Number of users), mean/median/range

EDSS severe(Number of users), mean/median/range

Depressive symptoms

No depressive symptoms

p value

Depressive symptoms

No depressive symptoms

p value

Depressive symptoms

No depressive symptoms

p value

n = 39

n = 72

 

n = 16

n = 14

 

n = 16

n = 16

Hospital outpatient care, total

(39)

(72)

 

(16)

(14)

 

(16)

(16)

 

26/17/9-78

18.0/13/5-150

0.002

32.4/21/12-100

28.6/16/7-108

0.20

28.5/26/8-62

28.5/23/6-6

0.88

   Neurologist

(39)

(72)

 

(16)

(14)

 

(16)

(16)

 

10,6/9/5-35

8.5/8/5-16

0.04

11.7/11/4-23

10.9/11/6-16

0.33

10.8/10/8-19

12.3/12/6-22

0.75

   Nurse

(33)

(44)

 

(13)

(10)

 

(11)

(10)

 

3.2/2/0-14

1.7/1/0-10

0.002

2.7/3/0-7

2.2/2/0-9

0.22

1.8/2/0-7

1.4/1/0-7

0.47

   Welfare officer

(14)

(15)

 

(7)

(4)

 

(1)

(4)

 

3.8/0/0-33

0.7/0/0-13

0.03

5.8/0/40

2.4/0/0-12

0.43

0.1/0/0-1

0.8/0/0-6

0.14

   Physiotherapist

(8)

(10)

 

(10)

(3)

 

(4)

(6)

 

1.9/0/0-35

2.7/0/0-129

0.39

5.9/0/0-53

11.2/0/0-83

0.15

5.0/0/0-46

7.3/0/0-36

0.45

   Occupational therapist

(6)

(8)

 

(3)

(1)

 

(3)

(3)

 

0.4/0/0-5

0.4/0/0-9

0.55

0.8/0/0-11

0.1/0/0-2

0.40

0.2/0/0-2

1.0/0/0-11

0.91

   Dietician

(3)

(4)

 

(4)

(1)

 

(2)

(5)

 

0.1/0/0-2

0.1/0/0-4

0.70

0.3/0/0-2

0.1/0/0-1

0.19

0.2/0/0-2

0.3/0/0-1

0.27

   Speech/language therapist

(3)

0

 

(2)

(2)

 

(2)

(4)

 

0.0/0/0-8

 

0.02

1.4/0/0-18

0.1/0/0-1

1.0

0.8/0/0-11

0.6/0/0-6

0.42

   Psychologist

(3)

(9)

 

(1)

(1)

 

(4)

0

 

0.3/0/0-6

0.9/0/0-42

0.47

0.1/0/0-1

0.2/0/0-3

0.10

1.3/0/0-7

 

0.04

   Emergency Room

(13)

(22)

 

(6)

(4)

 

(5)

(6)

 

0.7/0/0-8

0.4/0/0-4

0.62

0.6/0/0-3

0.2/0/0-1

0.44

0.5/0/0-4

0.6/0/0-3

0.64

   Ophthalmology

(10)

(15)

 

(5)

(2)

 

(2)

(4)

 

0.6/0/0-6

0.6/0/0-19

0.56

0.6/0/0-6

0.3/0/0-4

0.32

0.1/0/0-1

0.3/0/0-2

0.36

   Urology

(3)

(5)

 

(1)

(2)

 

(6)

(5)

 

0.3/0/0-13

0.2/0/0-7

0.91

0.1/0/0-1

0.5/0/0-4

0.76

1.6/0/0-10

1.1/0/0-6

0.69

   Psychiatry

(8)

0

 

(3)

(1)

 

0

0

 

2.6/0/0-64

 

<0.001

1.9/0/0-27

0.1/0/0-1

0.34

   

   Othera

(25)

(31)

 

(12)

(7)

 

(11)

(9)

 

49.0/0/0-33

2.1/0/0-47

0.01

6.0/1/0-38

2.4/0/0-15

0.62

5.9/2/0-25

3.3/2/0-18

0.47

Primary care, total

(37)

(57)

 

(15)

(13)

 

(16)

(16)

 

14.4/4/0-104

8.5/3/0-80

0.05

45.2/15/0-191

46.7/16/0-245

0.85

116.6/94/4-482

87.4/26/4-733

0.02

   Physician

(33)

(51)

 

(14)

(12)

 

(9)

(16)

 

3.5/2/0-12

3.3/2/0-31

0.24

3.3/3/0-17

3.3/2/0-10

0.80

6.1/4/0-21

3.4/2/1-7

0.85

   Nurse

(18)

(39)

 

(12)

(8)

 

(16)

(15)

 

6.4/1/0-115

3.6/1/0-45

0.68

22.8/3/0-121

37.4/2/0-241

0.69

63.5/36/1-315

54.8/6/0-657

0.05

   Occupational therapist

(6)

(4)

 

(9)

(4)

 

(13)

(11)

 

0.4/0/0-7

0.2/0/0-7

0.08

3.0/2/0-14

1.5/0/0-9

0.20

10.2/7/0-61

5.1/3/0-19

0.27

   Physiotherapist

(7)

(5)

 

(6)

(3)

 

(11)

(9)

 

3.7/0/0-98

0.8/0/0-42

0.07

8.6/0/0-94

4.3/0/0-28

0.46

30.0/11/0-147

15.0/4/0-56

0.44

   Nurse aid

(3)

(7)

 

(5)

(1)

 

(10)

(5)

 

0.2/0/0-5

0.5/0/0-30

0.76

4.9/0/0-57

0.1/0/0-1

0.09

16.8/3/0-121

8.2/0/0-107

0.10

   Psychologist

0

0

 

(2)

0

 

(2)

(1)

 
   

1.8/0/0-19

 

0.19

0.2/0/0-3

0.6/0/0-11

0.63

   Dietician

0

0

 

0

0

 

(1) 0.1/0/0-2

0

0.35

   Welfare officer

(2)

0

 

0

(1)

 

0

0

 

0.1/0/0-3

 

0.06

 

3.0/0/0-42

0.32

   

Hospital inpatient careb,c

(11)

(9)

 

(5)

(1)

 

(7)

(6)

 

3.9/0/0-75

0.5/0/0-8

0.04

4.4/0/0-29

1.0/0/0-14

0.28

9.3/0/0-79

2.2/0/0-13

0.47

  1. aDermatology, endocrinology, gynecology, hematology, medicine, oncology, surgery.
  2. bGynecology, neurology, medicine, infection, orthopedics, psychiatry, surgery.
  3. cDays.