Perceived Cognitive Deficits in a Sample of Persons Living With Multiple Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aims of this study were to describe the nature and diversity of perceived cognitive deficits using the Perceived Deficits Questionnaire (PDQ), to assess the reliability of the PDQ, and to explore self-reported predictors of PDQ scores in a large community-based sample of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Materials and methods

Persons with MS enrolled in a randomized controlled trial provided demographic data and completed the PDQ along with measures of cognitive and memory strategies, cognitive abilities, self-efficacy, and depressive symptoms and neuropsychological tests.

Results

Most of the 183 participants were non-Hispanic white women, approximately 49 years old, and diagnosed with MS 12.5 years prior. The most frequent cognitive complaints regarde

SUBMITTER: Henneghan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5657431 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature