Table 2

distribution of the correct response by patient.

Questions	Contents	MSKQ* Score (divided according to score%)			Correct answer N=200(%)
		<60(%)	60 to <75(%)	≥75 (%)
		n=90	n=85	n=25
1	Organs involved in MS	78(86.7)	85(100)^§	23(92)^§	186(93)^§
2	CNS composition	51(56.7)	54(63.5)	16(64)	121(60.5)
4^†	MS impact on life expectancy	32(35.6)	66(77.6)	23(92)^§	121(60.5)
5	MS as immune disease	63(70)	71(83.5)	24(96)^§	158(79)
6	MS as a contagious disease	71(78.9)	85(100)^§	25(100)^§	181(90.5)^§
7	MS etiology	8(8.9)^‡	7(8.2)^‡	11(44)	26(13)^‡
8	MS transmission to offspring	43(47.8)	65(76.5)	21(84)	129(64.5)
9	MS transmission to other family member	9(10)^‡	18(21.2)^‡	15(60)	42(21)^‡
10	Myelin/axon damage	50(55.6)	71(83.5)	18(72)	139(69.5)
11	Age of onset	56(62.2)	76(89.4)	23(92)^§	155(77.5)
12	Sex ratio in MS prevalence	67(74.4)	80(94.1)^§	25(100)^§	172(86)
13	Myelin function	48(53.3)	72(84.7)	22(88)	142(71)
14	Tests used to diagnose MS	20(22.2)^‡	24(28.2)	13(52)	57(28.5)
15	Role of MRI in MS diagnosis	85(94.4)^§	83(97.6)^§	25(100)^§	193(96.5)^§
16	Role of gadolinium injections during MRI	7(7.8)^‡	17(20)^‡	13(52)	37(18.5)^‡
17	Role of MRI in disease follow up	62(68.9)	78(91.8)^§	25(100)^§	165(82.5)
18	Role of lumbar puncture	22(24.4)^‡	45(52.9)	22(88)	89(44.5)
19	Frequency of lumbar puncture	17(18.9)^‡	46(54.1)	21(84)	84(42)
21^†	Definition of remittent MS	13(14.4)^‡	43(50.6)	18(72)	74(37)
22	Benign MS	12(13.3)^‡	34(40)	19(76)	65(32.5)
23	Impact of pregnancy on MS	30(33.3)	73(85.9)	23(92)^§	126(63)
24	Curative treatment	74(82.2)	84(98.8)^§	24(96)^§	182(91)^§
25	Types of MS disease targeted by current therapies	25(27.8)	31(36.5)	13(52)	69(34.5)
*MSKQ multiple sclerosis Knowledge questionnaire (taken with permission from Giordano et al. 2010), ^† question number 3 and 20 are deleted from the MSKQ (refer to text for explanation), (^‡ = <25%, ^§ = >90%)