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The Turkish validation of the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) battery.
- Source :
- BMC Neurology; 12/6/2017, Vol. 17, p1-6, 6p, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Cognitive impairment may be seen in as many as 43-70% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and may be observed in all MS subtypes. The Brief International Cognitive Assessment in Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) battery may be used to evaluate cognition status. The purpose of the current study is to validate the BICAMS battery in Turkish.<bold>Methods: </bold>Patients with MS attending our clinic between September 2014 and April 2015 were invited to participate. Healthy control participants were matched in terms of age, gender and years of education.<bold>Results: </bold>One hundred seventy-three MS patients and 153 healthy control participants were enrolled in the study. MS patients performed significantly worse in all trials than the members of the healthy control group. In addition, cognitive dysfunction was identified in 78 of the 173 (45.1%) patients. In the MS with cognitive impairment group, 64 out of 151 (42.4%) subjects were RRMS patients, 12 out of 18 (66.7%) were secondary progressive MS patients, and 2 out of 4 (50%) were primer progressive MS patients.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The BICAMS has been proposed for assessing cognitive impairment in MS patients. This study shows that the battery is suitable for use in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COGNITION disorders
MULTIPLE sclerosis treatment
MULTIPLE sclerosis risk factors
MULTIPLE sclerosis
COGNITIVE testing
PATIENTS
COMPARATIVE studies
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
RESEARCH
TRANSLATIONS
EVALUATION research
CASE-control method
DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712377
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BMC Neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126974513
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-017-0993-0