Research Article
Screening of Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Georgia
Table 3
Characteristics of cognitively impaired and cognitively intact MS patients.
| | | Cognitively impaired, N = 32 | Cognitively intact, N = 36 |
| | Age (years), mean ± SD | 41.2 ± 8.9 | 37.4 ± 10.7 | | Male | 12 (37.5%) | 8 (22.2%) | | Female | 20 (62.5%) | 28 (77.8%) | | Education <15 years | 14 (43.7%) | 4 (11.1%) | | Education ≥15 years | 18 (56.3%) | 32 (88.9%) | | Unemployed | 16 (50%) | 23 (64%) | | Employed | 16 (50%) | 13 (24%) | | RRMS | 21 (65.6%) | 31 (86.1%) | | SPMS | 8 (25%) | 4 (11.1%) | | PPMS | 3 (9.4%) | 1 (2.8%) | | EDSS, mean ± SD | 3.7 ± 1.8 | 2.8 ± 1.4 | | Duration (years), mean ± SD | 7.3 ± 6.2 | 6.7 ± 5.1 | | BDI ≥ 19 points | 9 (33.3%) | 3 (8.3%) | | DMT naïve | 21 (66%) | 20 (55.6%) | | Receiving DMT | 11 (34%) | 16 (44.4%) |
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BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; DMT: disease-modifying therapy; EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale; MS: multiple sclerosis; PPMS: primary progressive multiple sclerosis; RRMS: relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis; SD: standard deviation; SPMS: secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
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