Table 5a: Correlation analysis (1).

Variable	Age	gender	Distance	Primary sch.	High school	Graduate	Married	Income 2	Income 3	avonex	Rebif	Betaf/ext	Copaxone	Years dis	Relapses	> severe	= severe	< severe	+ 5 years	Years ther
Age	1
Gender	-0.234*	1
Distance	0.006	-0.020	1
Primary school	0.446*	-0.522*	0.043	1
High school	-0.290	0.358*	0.097	-0.595*	1
Graduate	-0.145	0.149	-0.158	-0.389*	-0.509*	1
Married	0.154	0.067	-0.428*	0.248*	-0.098	-0.149	1
Income 2	-0.234*	-0.067	0.044	-0.244	0.358*	-0.149	-0.467*	1
Income 3	0.045	-0.067	-0.466*	0.035	-0.163	0.149	0.333*	-0.600*	1
Avonex	0.174	-0.244*	-0.010	0.418*	-0.323*	-0.078	-0.035	0.035	-0.244*	1
Rebif	-0.214*	0.200*	-0.283*	-0.244*	0.358*	-0.149	0.067	0.200*	-0.067	-0.522*	1
Betaf/ext	-0.083	-0.041	0.474*	-0.324*	0.222*	0.092	-0.289*	-0.041	-0.041	-0.324*	-0.372*	1
Copaxone	0.168	0.098	-0.132	0.153	-0.333*	0.218*	0.293*	-0.293*	0.488*	-0.255*	-0.293*	-0.182	1
Years dis	0.189*	-0.039	0.053	-0.105	-0.245*	0.393*	-0.030	-0.210*	0.236*	0.074	-0.519*	0.572*	-0.019	1
Relapses	0.033	-0.265*	0.004	-0.067	0.194*	-0.151	0.207*	0.322*	-0.164	-0.160	0.276*	-0.164	0.015	-0.110	1
> Severe	0.387*	-0.041	-0.178	0.022	-0.101	0.092	0.041	-0.041	0.289*	0.022	-0.372*	0.179	0.303*	0.529*	-0.034	1
= Severe	-0.192*	-0.423*	0.080	-0.051	-0.016	0.073	-0.098	0.098	0.098	-0.051	0.098	-0.101	0.048	-0.144	0.304*	-0.424*	1
< Severe	0.239*	0.289*	-0.162	0.022	-0.101	0.092	0.372*	-0.041	-0.372*	0.022	0.289*	-0.231*	-0.182	-0.194*	-0.155	-0.231*	-0.424*	1
+ 5 years	0.033	0.149	0.299*	-0.389*	0.073	0.033*	-0.149	-0.149	-0.149	-0.078	-0.447*	0.832*	-0.218*	0.662*	-0.199*	0.092	-0.218*	0.092	1
Years of therapy	0.109	-0.133	0.169	-0.137	-0.055	0.210*	-0.143	-0.094	0.143	-0.054	-0.0331*	0.726*	-0.296*	0.894*	-0.008	0.481*	-0.210*	-0.205*	0.651*	1
Disadvantages	0.554*	-0.200*	0.110	0.244*	-0.100	-0.149	-0.067	-0.200*	0.067	0.244*	0.067	-0.289*	-0.098	-0.167	0.226*	-0.289*	0.163	0.041	-0.149	-0.183*
Side effects	0.045	-0.333*	0.141	0.174	0.228*	-0.447*	-0.200*	0.200*	-0.333*	0.174	0.200*	0.124	-0.683*	-0.056	0.029	-0.537*	0.228*	0.124	0.149	0.084
Other drug	0.212*	-0.358*	0.133	0.323*	0.270*	-0.655*	0.358*	0.163	-0.098	0.323*	0.163	-0.222*	-0.429*	-0.190*	0.212*	0.101	0.016	-0.101	-0.364*	0.017
Non compl	0.234*	-0.149	-0.245*	0.233*	-0.509*	0.333*	-0.149	-0.149	0.149	0.545*	-0.149	-0.277*	-0.218*	0.355*	-0.121	0.092	-0.218*	0.092	0.000	0.254*
How many	-0.055	-0.243	-0.205*	0.064	-0.416*	0.408*	-0.243*	-0.243*	0.365*	0.191*	0.122	-0.226*	-0.178	0.180	-0.120	-0.075	0.059	0.076	-0.136	0.171
Pyramid	0.481*	-0.315*	-0.128	0.305*	-0.285*	0.000	0.404*	0.045	-0.225*	-0.070	0.225*	-0.251*	0.066	0.032	0.489*	0.084	-0.022	0.530*	-0.100	-0.037
Sensit	0.446*	-0.368*	0.032	0.345*	-0.179	-0.164	0.368*	-0.073	0.024	-0.269*	0.319*	-0.289*	0.251*	-0.118	0.473*	0.076	0.299*	0.198*	-0.384*	-0.147
Cerebel	0.284*	-0.199*	0.049	0.104	-0.211*	0.131	0.199*	-0.199*	0.175	-0.287*	0.175	0.051	0.086	0.174	0.373*	-0.181	-0.028	0.283*	0.131	0.178
Brainstem	0.267*	-0.260*	-0.192*	0.284*	0.058	-0.370*	0.0544*	-0.071	0.118	-0.507*	0.402	-0.103	0.242*	-0.206*	0.325*	0.015	0.150	0.249*	-0.265*	-0.163
Visual	0.200*	-0.303*	-0.027	0.107	0.159	-0.298*	0.399*	0.182	-0.399*	-0.095	0.278*	0.052	-0.337*	-0.132	0.335*	0.052	-0.124	0.533*	0.027	0.054
Sphinct	0.256*	-0.730	0.006	0.259*	-0.223	-0.022	0.029	-0.029	0.049	-0.147	0.127	0.127	-0.128	0.244*	0.450*	0.223*	0.309*	-0.163	-0.022	0.328*
Other	-0.007	-0.029*	-0.241*	-0.252*	0.101	0.154	-0.041	-0.289*	0.482	0.252*	0.041	0.367*	-0.131	0.421*	-0.104	0.367*	-0.007	-0.179	0.277*	0.499*
Knowl MS	-0.402*	-0.098	-0.663*	-0.153	-0.048	0.218*	0.488*	-0.098	0.293*	-0.153	0.293*	-0.303*	0.143	-0.333*	0.042	-0.303*	0.333*	0.182	-0.218*	-0.397*
Physicians	-0.022	0.163	-0.379*	0.051	0.016	-0.073	0.618*	-0.358*	0.423*	0.329*	-0.358*	-0.222*	0.333*	0.044	-0.297*	0.101	0.016	0.101	-0.073	-0.176
Tv, internet	-0.413*	0.149	-0.646*	-0.545*	0.218*	0.333*	0.149	0.149	0.447*	-0.233*	0.149	-0.092	0.218*	-0.010	0.099	-0.092	0.218*	-0.092	0.000	-0.121
Patients	0.434*	-0.200	0.004	0.383*	-0.228*	-0.149	0.200*	-0.200*	-0.200*	0.174	0.333*	-0.124	-0.098	-0.425*	-0.060	-0.124	-0.228*	0.537*	-0.149	-0.242*
Other	0.274*	-0.200*	-0.039	0.383*	-0.228*	-0.149	0.200*	-0.200*	0.333*	0.174	-0.200*	-0.124	0.683*	-0.081	0.049	-0.124	0.293*	-0.124	-0.149	-0.321*
> Aware	-0.356*	-0.119	0.221*	-0.252*	0.230*	0.000	-0.504*	0.357*	-0.461*	0.252*	0.000	0.326*	-0.651*	0.152	-0.283*	-0.326*	0.114	0.139	0.417*	‘-0.214*
> Worrie	0.125	-0.333*	-0.142	0.035	-0.163	0.149	0.333*	-0.333*	-0.067	0.035	0.200*	-0.041	-0.293*	0.099	0.314*	-0.042	0.098	0.289*	0.149	0.104
New ther	0.236*	-0.163	0.134	0.221*	-0.270*	0.073	0.163	-0.423*	0.098	-0.051	0.098	-0.101	0.048	-0.111	0.293*	-0.424*	-0.016	0.222*	0.073	-0.132