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Results:

Sixty-nine percentage of patients in the study was female and 31% were male. The mean age of female patients was 40.73 and male patients 37.35. The mean EDSS score of female patients was 3.63 and male patients was 3.58. Female patients had lower physical health composite scores 45.64 (36.17–66.45) than male patients 48.57 (28.09–70.20), but without statistically significant difference. Mental health composite score was also lower in female patients 55.14 (41.85–73.46) than male patients 56.32 (39.66–73.97), without statistically significant difference. Significant gender difference was found only on the pain scale of quality of life questionnaire. ON pain scale female patients had significant lower scores (55.00 (39.17–76.67) than male patients 76.67 (46.67–100.00), P< 0.05. Gender differences didn't have significant role in predicting quality of life in our study (linear multivariate regression analyses …