1. Perceived and Objective Attentional Deficits in Multiple Sclerosis.
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Pöttgen, Jana, Stephan, Julia, Gold, Stefan M., Heesen, Christoph, and Penner, Iris-Katharina
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COGNITION disorders , *MULTIPLE sclerosis , *ATTENTION , *QUALITY of life , *NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *MENTAL depression , *PATIENTS - Abstract
Initially we assessed self-rated cognitive deficits, depression and quality of life in MS patients and healthy controls (n = 299) by an online survey. Secondly, attention performance of MS outpatients (n = 33) was objectively assessed by the Test battery for Attention Performance and the Symbol Digit Modalities Test. Overall, MS patients rated themselves significantly worse than controls in attentional functioning. This was reflected by a weak performance in objective tests of phasic alertness and divided attention of the MS patients compared to normative data. Subscales of subjective cognitive functioning in the online survey showed significant associations with objective measures after statistical controlling for depression (r = .370 to r = .517). Results show the differences in perceived cognitive performance betweenMSpatients and healthy controls, and self-reported instrument are able to provide relevant information on complex attention performance and hereby on everyday functioning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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