<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Cognitive changes are common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The neuropsychological testing requires specialised trained staff, time-consuming expert analysis and complicated test result interpretation. An expert committee recommended the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS), which is optimised for small centres. We conducted the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) and Brief Visuospatial Memory Test (BVMT), for which the results were comparable with similar results in literature. Most MS patients showed decreased attention and processing speed, while visual memory was generally normal. Cognitive impairment occurrence is not strongly related to Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score.</p></abstract>

Cognitive changes are common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The neuropsychological testing requires specialised trained staff, time-consuming expert analysis and complicated test result interpretation. An expert committee recommended the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS), which is optimised for small centres. We conducted the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) and Brief Visuospatial Memory Test (BVMT), for which the results were comparable with similar results in literature. Most MS patients showed decreased attention and processing speed, while visual memory was generally normal. Cognitive impairment occurrence is not strongly related to Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score.

Brief Cognitive Monitoring in Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Latvia / Kognitīvo Funkciju Monitorings Multiplās Sklerozes Pacientiem Latvijā

Rīga East Clinical University Hospital “Gaiļezers”, Hipokrāta iela 2, Rīga, LV-1038, LATVIA

Faculty of Continuing Education, Rīga Stradiņš University, LATVIA

Latvian Maritime Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Vecmīlgrāvja 5. līnija. Rīga, LV-1015, LATVIA

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Cognitive changes are common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The neuropsychological testing requires specialised trained staff, time-consuming expert...

Brief Cognitive Monitoring in Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Latvia / Kognitīvo Funkciju Monitorings Multiplās Sklerozes Pacientiem Latvijā

Pubblicato online: 12 apr 2016

Pagine: 228 - 231

Ricevuto: 12 mag 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2015-0034

© by Līga Mekša

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