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Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 69(6): 887-891, Dec. 2011. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-612626

ABSTRACT

To assess the cognition of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using the Rao's Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Tests (BRB-N). METHOD: BRB-N was translated and adapted for control subjects. Subsequently, it was applied to a group of patients with relapsing-remitting (RR) MS. RESULTS: The assessment on the healthy controls (n=47) showed that the correlation between tests on the same cognitive domain was high and that there was a five-factor solution that explained 90 percent of the total variance. Except for the Word List Generation subset of tests, the performance of patients with RRMS (n=39) was worse than that of the healthy controls. CONCLUSION: BRB-N is a relatively simple method to assess cognition of patients with MS in the daily clinic. It does not take long to apply and does not require special skills or equipment.


Avaliar a cognição de pacientes com esclerose múltipla (EM), utilizando a Bateria Breve de Testes Neuropsicológicos de Rao (BRB-N). MÉTODO: BRB-N foi traduzida e adaptada para controles. Subsequentemente, foi aplicada em um grupo de pacientes portadores de EM RR. RESULTADOS: A avaliação de controles saudáveis (n=47) mostrou que a correlação entre os testes de um mesmo domínio cognitivo era alta e que uma solução de fator cinco explicava 90 por cento da variação total. Exceto pela Lista de Palavras, o desempenho dos pacientes com EMRR (n=39) foi pior que aquele dos controles saudáveis. CONCLUSÃO: BRB-N é um método relativamente simples de avaliar cognição de pacientes com EM na prática clínica. O teste não requer muito tempo e não necessita de treinamento ou equipamentos especiais.


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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Cognition Disorders/diagnosis , Multiple Sclerosis/complications , Neuropsychological Tests , Brazil , Case-Control Studies , Cultural Characteristics , Cognition Disorders/etiology , Reproducibility of Results , Severity of Illness Index , Translating
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