Journal of Multiple Sclerosis
ISSN - 2376-0389NLM - 101654564
Mohamad Ali Shafa
West Indies
Research Article
Association of Cognitive deficits with Optical Coherence Tomography changes in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Author(s): Behnaz Sedighi, Mohamad Ali Shafa, Zohreh Abna, Amir Khosrou Ghaseminejad, Reza Farahat, Nozar Nakhaee and Baharnaz HassaniBehnaz Sedighi, Mohamad Ali Shafa, Zohreh Abna, Amir Khosrou Ghaseminejad, Reza Farahat, Nozar Nakhaee and Baharnaz Hassani
Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting myelinated axons. Cognitive impairments have been observed in patients with MS. Although there are some methods to examine the progress of MS, a tool hasn’t been developed to fully correlate MS symptoms with cognitive deficits.
Methods: Among patients referring to Kerman-Iran Shafa Hospital, 60 MS patients were chosen to be included in the study. Their demographic data was obtained and patients filled the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS) questionnaire and then underwent OCT. The Chi-square test was used to analyze the frequency of patients with normal and abnormal OCT in the impaired and unimpaired cognition groups. P<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Results: 20 % of the patients with cognitiv.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/jmso.1000117
