Brief Cognitive Monitoring in Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Latvia

Liga Mekša; Guntis Karelis; Lana Vainšteine; Sandra Svilpe; Gundega Gulbe; Anželika Gudreniece; Jolanta Kalnina

doi:10.1515/prolas-2015-0034

Brief Cognitive Monitoring in Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Latvia

Liga Mekša, Guntis Karelis, Lana Vainšteine, Sandra Svilpe, Gundega Gulbe, Anželika Gudreniece, Jolanta Kalnina

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	228-231
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences
Volume	69
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2015-0034
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2015

Keywords*

BICAMS
cognitive defects
cognitive monitoring
MS
multiple sclerosis

Field of Science*

3.2 Clinical medicine

Publication Type*

1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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