Abstract
Background
Proxy respondents, partners of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, can provide valuable
information on the MS patients' disease. In an earlier publication we found relatively
good agreement on patient reported outcomes (PROs) measuring physical impact and functioning,
but we found large differences on (neuro)psychological scales.
Objective
We aim to identify patient and proxy related variables explaining differences between
patients' and proxies' ratings on five PROs.
Methods
We report on data from 175 MS patients and proxy respondents. Regression analyses
were performed, using as dependent variable the mean differences on five scales: Physical
and Psychological scale of the Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29), the Multiple
Sclerosis Walking Scale (MSWS), Guy's Neurological Disability Scale (GNDS) and the
Multiple Sclerosis Neuropsychological Screening Questionnaire (MSNQ). The independent
variables were patient, proxy and disease related variables.
Results
Caregiver strain was significantly related to differences between patient and proxy
scores for all five PROs. A higher level of patient anxiety on the HADS was linked
to larger differences on all PROs except the GNDS. In addition, cognitive functioning,
proxy depression, walking ability, proxy gender and MS related disability were contributing
to the discrepancies.
Conclusion
We found several patient and proxy factors that may contribute to discrepancies between
patient and proxy scores on MS PROs. The most important factor is caregiver burden.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 09, 2013
Accepted:
August 11,
2013
Received in revised form:
July 23,
2013
Received:
February 5,
2013
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