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- Title
Vocabulary knowledge as a reliable proxy of cognitive reserve in multiple sclerosis: a validation study.
- Authors
Maggi, Gianpaolo; Altieri, Manuela; Risi, Mario; Rippa, Valentina; Borgo, Riccardo Maria; Sacco, Rosaria; Buonanno, Daniela; D'Ambrosio, Alessandro; Bisecco, Alvino; Santangelo, Gabriella; Gallo, Antonio
- Abstract
Introduction: The present study aimed to explore the suitability of the vocabulary knowledge (VOC) test as an accurate and reliable proxy of cognitive reserve (CR) by evaluating its psychometric properties and discrimination accuracy compared with other CR measures in multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: Sixty-eight consecutive people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS), followed at our MS outpatient clinic, completed a clinical evaluation and neuropsychological assessment including: VOC, Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Tests (BRB-N), Cognitive Reserve Index Questionnaire (CRIq), Beck Depression Inventory-II, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and discrimination accuracy of the VOC were assessed using educational level as reference standard. The possible effects of sociodemographic and clinical factors on VOC and their role in predicting global cognitive status were also explored. Results: VOC demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.894) and adequate construct validity. It showed an acceptable level of discrimination between pwMS with high and low CR, comparable to the CRIq score. Education strongly affected VOC scores, which in turn were independent of MS features. VOC emerged as an independent predictor of global cognitive status together with MS-related disability. Conclusion: We demonstrated the validity of VOC as a reliable CR measure in pwMS. Thus, CR may also be estimated using fixed objective measures, independent of brain pathology and clinical features. Early CR estimation may help clinicians identify pwMS at a higher risk of cognitive decline and plan strict neuropsychological monitoring and cognitive interventions.
- Subjects
MULTIPLE sclerosis; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PSYCHOMETRICS; TEST validity; CLINICAL neuropsychology; SELF-monitoring (Psychology)
- Publication
Neurological Sciences, 2024, Vol 45, Issue 8, p3931
- ISSN
1590-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10072-024-07388-w