期刊
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS
卷 57, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.103353
关键词
Multiple sclerosis; Cognition; Physical impairment; (Silent) progression; Prediction
This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of cognitive performance in predicting physical impairment and disability progression in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The study found that performance in information processing speed was significantly associated with physical impairment and annualized disability progression. The findings suggest that neuropsychological assessment should be integrated into clinical care to support disease management in MS.
Background: Prediction of disability progression in patients with MS (pwMS) is challenging. So far, scarce evidence exists suggesting knowledge about how cognitive performance may potentially improve prediction of physical impairment and disability progression in MS. Therefore, we wanted to assess the prognostic value of cognitive performance regarding physical impairment and disability progression in pwMS.& nbsp;Methods: 85 patients (64% female; 60% relapse-remitting MS; mean age = 36.78 +/-& nbsp;9.63 years) underwent clinical, neuropsychological (Brief Repeatable Battery for Neuropsychological Test (BRB-N)) and brain MRI (T1-weighted and T2-weighted FLAIR images) assessment at baseline and after an average of 7 years (SD=3.75) at follow-up. We assessed physical impairment and annualized disability progression (disability progression divided by follow-up duration) using the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). To compare patients with no or mild physical impairment (EDSS <= 2.5) and patients with moderate to severe physical impairment (EDSS >= 3.0), we used an EDSS score >= 3.0 as cut-off. Silent progression was defined by an EDSS worsening of at least 0.5 in the absence of relapses and inflammation in relapsing-remitting MS.& nbsp;Results: In hierarchical regression models (method STEPWISE , forward) performance in information processing speed was a significant and independent predictor of physical impairment (EDSS >= 3.0) at follow-up (model R-2=0.671, b=-1.46, OR=0.23, p=0.001) and annualized disability progression (adjusted model R-2=0.257, beta=-0.26, 95% CI:-0.066,-0.008, p=0.012), in addition to demographics (age, education, individual follow-up time), clinical (EDSS, disease duration, clinical phenotype, annualized-relapse-rate) and MRI measures (brain volumes and T2-lesion load). In a MANCOVA controlled for age, disease duration and individual follow-up time, worse baseline performance in information processing speed was found in patients with higher EDSS at follow-up (m=-1.91, SD=1.18, p < 0.001) and silent progression (m=-2.19, SD=1.01, p=0.038).& nbsp;Conclusion: Performance in information processing speed might help to identify patients at risk for physical impairment. Therefore, neuropsychological assessment should be integrated in clinical standard care to support disease management in pwMS.
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