Attention related performance in two cognitively different subgroups of patients with multiple sclerosis.

Kujala, Päivi; Portin, Raija; Revonsuo, Antti; Ruutiainen, Juhani

doi:10.1136/jnnp.59.1.77

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“…Problems with processing speed, attention, and concentration may be among the most common problems with patients with MS (Brassington & Marsh, 1998;Grant, McDonald, & Trimble, 1989b;Kail, 1998;Kujala, Portin, Revonsuo, & Ruutiainen, 1995). Problems in verbal memory are also common.…”

Section: Neuropsychological Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Multiple sclerosis: Empirical literature for the clinical health psychologist

2001

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This article reviews the empirical literature related to clinical health psychology in multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is a disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. As such, the interactions between medical and psychological variables are complex, and potentially of considerable importance to patients. Common neuropsychological and psychological problems associated with MS and their etiologies are reviewed. The effects of stress and depression on MS exacerbation are discussed, including clinical, immune, endocrine, and neuroimaging findings. The types of coping common in MS and their effects on adjustment are discussed. The empirical literature on psychological and neuropsychological intervention is reviewed. The small literature on caregiving in MS is also summarized.

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Section: Neuropsychological Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Multiple sclerosis: Empirical literature for the clinical health psychologist

2001

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“…Previous research has suggested several factors that may influence cognitive performance in MS patients such as depression, anxiety, and fatigue. In particular, fatigue may impair basic cognitive abilities such as processing speed and sustained attention [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

Fatigue-related diurnal variations of cognitive performance in multiple sclerosis and stroke patients

Claros-Salinas

Bratzke

Greitemann

et al. 2010

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

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“…Until now, examinations have mostly either dealt with the subjective aspects of tiredness in that they made use of rating scales [5,10,11,18], or they have concentrated on the objective physical aspect [8,9,26,30] or mental aspects of tiredness [3,14,19]. Relatively few studies have analysed both the objective performance and the subjective aspect of tiredness, either concentrating on the physical sphere [12,28,31] or on the mental sphere [1,15,17,25,30].…”

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Qualitative and quantitative assessment of fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS)

Greim

Zettl

2007

J Neurol

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It was the aim of the present study to develop a synoptic multidimensional test system for assessment of fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients objectifying physical and mental fatigue as well as the subjective and objective standpoint in these two fatigue forms. Seventy nine patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and 51 age-matched healthy controls (H) were analysed by means of the physical fatigue test (hand dynamometer) and an objective mental fatigue test (vigilance test from the computerised Test Battery for Attentional Performance). Furthermore, subjective tiredness caused by test procedures, subjective persisting tiredness (Modified Fatigue Impact Scale; MFIS: physical and cognitive scale) and mood (Beck Depression Inventory; BDI-18) were analysed.MS patients differed significantly from the controls in their objective physical and mental performance under fatigue, as well as in their subjective estimation of tiredness. MS patients showed an inverse relationship between below-average objective performance and high subjective feeling of tiredness when compared to controls. Subjectively severely tired MS patients achieved clearly poorer performances on the hand dynamometer test and slightly poorer performances on the vigilance test when compared to subjectively rarely tired MS patients. Depressed MS patients estimated their subjective tiredness in the MFIS significantly higher than non-depressed MS patients, but attained the same objective performance. This set of standardised tests enables meaningful comparisons between objective fatigue performance and subjective fatigue estimations in the physical and mental sphere and considers the influence of depression. Depression affects the subjective tiredness but not the objective fatigue performance.

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Attention related performance in two cognitively different subgroups of patients with multiple sclerosis.

Cited by 134 publications

References 42 publications

Multiple sclerosis: Empirical literature for the clinical health psychologist

Multiple sclerosis: Empirical literature for the clinical health psychologist

Fatigue-related diurnal variations of cognitive performance in multiple sclerosis and stroke patients

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS)

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