Does Fatigue Complaint Reflect Memory Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis?
Joint Authors
Jougleux-Vie, Caroline
Duhin, Emeline
Deken, Valerie
Outteryck, Olivier
Vermersch, Patrick
Zéphir, Hélène
Source
Multiple Sclerosis International
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background and Purpose.
Fatigue and memory impairment are common symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS) and both may interact with cognition.
This can contribute to making a complaint misrepresentative of the objective disorder.
We sought to determine whether fatigue complaint in MS reflects memory impairment and investigated whether patients’ subjective fatigue is associated with memory complaint.
Methods.
Fifty MS patients complaining of fatigue underwent subjective assessment of fatigue and memory complaint measured using self-assessment scales.
Cognitive functions were assessed using a battery of neuropsychological tests, including a test of verbal episodic memory, the selective reminding test (SRT).
Correlations were studied between subjective fatigue, memory complaint, and performance in verbal episodic memory.
Results.
Depression score, psychotropic and/or antiepileptic drug use, Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score, and MS form were confounding factors.
After adjusting for these confounding factors, neither fatigue complaint nor memory complaint was correlated with SRT performance.
Subjective fatigue was significantly associated with memory complaint.
Conclusion.
Although complaint of fatigue in MS was correlated with memory complaint, subjective fatigue was not the expression of memory impairment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jougleux-Vie, Caroline& Duhin, Emeline& Deken, Valerie& Outteryck, Olivier& Vermersch, Patrick& Zéphir, Hélène. 2014. Does Fatigue Complaint Reflect Memory Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis?. Multiple Sclerosis International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jougleux-Vie, Caroline…[et al.]. Does Fatigue Complaint Reflect Memory Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis?. Multiple Sclerosis International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Jougleux-Vie, Caroline& Duhin, Emeline& Deken, Valerie& Outteryck, Olivier& Vermersch, Patrick& Zéphir, Hélène. Does Fatigue Complaint Reflect Memory Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis?. Multiple Sclerosis International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046610
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1046610