Speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosis

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory - degenerative disease of myelin sheet of central nervous system that affects more young people. These patients show some degrees of cognition problems such as memory and processing disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the spee...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi, Vahid Shaygan Nejad, Hooshang dadgar, Fereshteh Ashtari, Majid Ghasemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2013;volume=18;issue=4;spage=274;epage=276;aulast=Khatoonabadi
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author Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi
Vahid Shaygan Nejad
Hooshang dadgar
Fereshteh Ashtari
Majid Ghasemi
author_facet Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi
Vahid Shaygan Nejad
Hooshang dadgar
Fereshteh Ashtari
Majid Ghasemi
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description Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory - degenerative disease of myelin sheet of central nervous system that affects more young people. These patients show some degrees of cognition problems such as memory and processing disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the speed processing ability by word finding assessment in three categories include fruits, animals and objects in MS patients. Materials and Methods: This study carried out as case-control and descriptive-analytic on 47 MS patients and 29 healthy controls. We measured the reaction time (RT) in three stages. Each stage includes 25 words (animals, fruits and objects words with high familiarity) that were presented randomly. In each stage, the subject should press a key when recognized the target category. Collected data analyzed with repeated measure ANOVA, two-way ANOVA test, and independent-samples t-test. Results: MS patients in comparison to normal healthy subjects show delay in speed of processing in which there was significant difference between MS patients and control subjects in mean reaction time in all three categories (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The speed of processing is impaired in MS patients. Consequently, more evaluation and planning treatment programs based of speed processing for memory in these patients are necessary for them because of the role of memory in daily activities of life.
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spelling doaj.art-6157f7ee8aa44ea5ad3e3f9fdb58e9522022-12-22T00:13:11ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Research in Medical Sciences1735-19951735-71362013-01-01184274276Speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosisAhmad Reza KhatoonabadiVahid Shaygan NejadHooshang dadgarFereshteh AshtariMajid GhasemiBackground: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory - degenerative disease of myelin sheet of central nervous system that affects more young people. These patients show some degrees of cognition problems such as memory and processing disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the speed processing ability by word finding assessment in three categories include fruits, animals and objects in MS patients. Materials and Methods: This study carried out as case-control and descriptive-analytic on 47 MS patients and 29 healthy controls. We measured the reaction time (RT) in three stages. Each stage includes 25 words (animals, fruits and objects words with high familiarity) that were presented randomly. In each stage, the subject should press a key when recognized the target category. Collected data analyzed with repeated measure ANOVA, two-way ANOVA test, and independent-samples t-test. Results: MS patients in comparison to normal healthy subjects show delay in speed of processing in which there was significant difference between MS patients and control subjects in mean reaction time in all three categories (P < 0.001). Conclusion: The speed of processing is impaired in MS patients. Consequently, more evaluation and planning treatment programs based of speed processing for memory in these patients are necessary for them because of the role of memory in daily activities of life.http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2013;volume=18;issue=4;spage=274;epage=276;aulast=KhatoonabadiMultiple sclerosisspeed of processingword retrieval
spellingShingle Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi
Vahid Shaygan Nejad
Hooshang dadgar
Fereshteh Ashtari
Majid Ghasemi
Speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosis
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Multiple sclerosis
speed of processing
word retrieval
title Speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosis
title_full Speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosis
title_fullStr Speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosis
title_full_unstemmed Speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosis
title_short Speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosis
title_sort speed of word retrieval in multiple sclerosis
topic Multiple sclerosis
speed of processing
word retrieval
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