MEMORY IMPAIRMENT IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS - REPORTS OF PATIENTS AND RELATIVES

Authors
Citation
Jte. Richardson, MEMORY IMPAIRMENT IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS - REPORTS OF PATIENTS AND RELATIVES, British journal of clinical psychology, 35, 1996, pp. 205-219
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
ISSN journal
01446657
Volume
35
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
205 - 219
Database
ISI
SICI code
0144-6657(1996)35:<205:MIIM-R>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
This paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey on problems i n everyday memory that involved 115 community-based patients with mult iple sclerosis (MS) and their carers or close relatives. Cluster analy ses of their responses enabled the patients to be classified as either 'impaired' or 'unimpaired', though the salient items differed between the reports of the patients and the relatives. Both the self-reports and the relatives' reports indicated that roughly 10 per cent of the p atients were impaired, a much lower estimate than that which was previ ously suggested based upon psychometric testing. It is concluded that neuropsychological assessment may underestimate the capacity of MS pat ients in their daily activities.