Improvement of medical judgments by numerical training in patients with multiple sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have to face important decisions with regard to their medical treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a targeted cognitive training reduces framing effects and thus improves medical judgments.

Methods

This was a randomized, double-blind, cross-over study enrolling patients with relapsing-remitting MS and healthy controls (HCs). Participants were randomly assigned to training order A (first week, numerical training; second week, control training) or B (reverse order). The primary endpoint was changed in a framing task score (framing effect). In the framing task, participants evaluated the success of fictive medications on a 7-point scale. Medications were described in either positive or negative terms

SUBMITTER: Zamarian L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586155 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature