The Visuospatial Episodic Memory in Persian-speaking Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Background and purpose: Memory dysfunction is one the most common challenges of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Memory has a major role in daily life and influences social communication of individuals. The aim of this research was to investigate the function of nonverbal episodic memory in Pe...
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| description | Background and purpose: Memory dysfunction is one the most common challenges of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Memory has a major role in daily life and influences social communication of individuals. The aim of this research was to investigate the function of nonverbal episodic memory in Persian speaker patients with MS.
Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 46 patients (13 males and 33 females) with definite relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and 46 age, gender, and educationally-matched healthy controls were selected using convenient sampling based on inclusion criteria. The patients were divided into two groups (n=23 per group) according to the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores; 0-4 and 4-6. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test was used to screen cognitive function and the Benson Figure test was used to evaluate the non-verbal episodic memory function.
Results: Compared to healthy controls, both MS groups were found to be significantly impaired in accuracy and placement of structures of visuospatial abilities (copy trial), visual memory (immediate recall), and maintaining and retrieving visuospatial sources (delayed recall) (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: Acquired brain injury in MS is associated with dysfunction of nonverbal episodic memory. In other words, MS would adversely influences patient’s performance in all stages of the visuospatial test (copy, immediate, and delayed recall). Moreover, EDSS could be regarded as a predictor for individual differences in MS patients in all stages of nonverbal episodic memory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a2cf6bdc78941f78d3489e49a5428932023-01-25T06:56:19ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792019-07-01291748295The Visuospatial Episodic Memory in Persian-speaking Patients with Multiple SclerosisSara Yazdani0Shahla Sharifi1Mohsen Foroughipour2Atiyeh Kamyabgol3 PhD Candidate in General Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhahd, Mashhad, Iran Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhahd, Mashhad, Iran Professor, Department of Neurology, Gaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhahd, Mashhad, Iran Background and purpose: Memory dysfunction is one the most common challenges of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Memory has a major role in daily life and influences social communication of individuals. The aim of this research was to investigate the function of nonverbal episodic memory in Persian speaker patients with MS. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 46 patients (13 males and 33 females) with definite relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and 46 age, gender, and educationally-matched healthy controls were selected using convenient sampling based on inclusion criteria. The patients were divided into two groups (n=23 per group) according to the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores; 0-4 and 4-6. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test was used to screen cognitive function and the Benson Figure test was used to evaluate the non-verbal episodic memory function. Results: Compared to healthy controls, both MS groups were found to be significantly impaired in accuracy and placement of structures of visuospatial abilities (copy trial), visual memory (immediate recall), and maintaining and retrieving visuospatial sources (delayed recall) (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Acquired brain injury in MS is associated with dysfunction of nonverbal episodic memory. In other words, MS would adversely influences patient’s performance in all stages of the visuospatial test (copy, immediate, and delayed recall). Moreover, EDSS could be regarded as a predictor for individual differences in MS patients in all stages of nonverbal episodic memory.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-12804-en.htmlnonverbal episodic memoryvisuospatial performancemultiple sclerosispersian |
| spellingShingle | Sara Yazdani Shahla Sharifi Mohsen Foroughipour Atiyeh Kamyabgol The Visuospatial Episodic Memory in Persian-speaking Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences nonverbal episodic memory visuospatial performance multiple sclerosis persian |
| title | The Visuospatial Episodic Memory in Persian-speaking
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_full | The Visuospatial Episodic Memory in Persian-speaking
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_fullStr | The Visuospatial Episodic Memory in Persian-speaking
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Visuospatial Episodic Memory in Persian-speaking
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_short | The Visuospatial Episodic Memory in Persian-speaking
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis |
| title_sort | visuospatial episodic memory in persian speaking patients with multiple sclerosis |
| topic | nonverbal episodic memory visuospatial performance multiple sclerosis persian |
| url | http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-12804-en.html |
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