Tunisian version of the brief international cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis: Validation and normative values.
Mult Scler Relat Disord
; 58: 103444, 2022 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The Brief International cognitive assessment for Multiple sclerosis (BICAMS) is a specific batterie used to identify cognitive impairment in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in a reliable and easy way. To date, for the Arabic-speaking Tunisian MS patients, there is no consensus for the use of specific cognitive batteries in MS.OBJECTIVE:
The aim of our work was to develop and validate the Tunisian version of the BICAMS (T-BICAMS) and to determine our own normative values. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Patients diagnosed with MS and followed up in the department of Neurology of Razi Hospital were recruited and matched to healthy controls according to age, sex and educational level. T-BICAMS validity was established by comparing MS and healthy controls for symbol digit modalities test (SDMT), brief visual memory test (BVMT-R) and Tunisian verbal learning tests (TVLT) which was used instead of the California verbal learning test (CVLT-II).RESULTS:
The 104 MS patients and 104 healthy controls were comparable for age, sex and educational level. The MS group exhibited lower performances in all T-BICAMS domains compared to healthy controls SDMT (x003Dp<10-3), BVMT-R (p = 0.002) and TVLT (p x003D<10-3). T-BICAMS Cronbach alpha value was 0.741. Normative values were identified for patients with MS SDMT [39-40], BVMT-R [26-27] and TVLT [43-44]. Cognitive impairment was identified among 76 patients (73.1%). Males, lower educational levels and progressive MS were associated with a more severe cognitive impairment.CONCLUSIONS:
The current study has established the BICAMS as a valid and reliable tool for the identification of cognitive impairment in the Tunisian MS population.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Trastornos del Conocimiento
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Disfunción Cognitiva
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Esclerosis Múltiple
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Mult Scler Relat Disord
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
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Túnez