Neuropsychological rehabilitation does not improve cognitive performance but reduces perceived cognitive deficits in patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomised, controlled, multi-centre trial

Abstract

Strategy-oriented neuropsychological rehabilitation did not improve cognitive performance but reduced perceived cognitive deficits in MS.

The use of goal attainment scaling in neuropsychological rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis

“…To verify the information obtained from patients regarding their past medical history, hospital records were examined as required. All patients provided written informed consent, and the study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Tampere University Hospital and Turku University Hospital [21].…”

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate these aspects in neuropsychological rehabilitation in MS. The data in the present study were collected in a randomized controlled multicenter trial, where GAS was used as one of the primary outcome measures [21].…”

Cognitive impairment in MS: rehabilitation approaches

“…A recent Finnish multicentre RCT study (n=102) is an example of a study on the effects of multimodal neuropsychological rehabilitation in MS. 46 In the study, the intervention group, which received neuropsychological rehabilitation consisting of psychoeducation, teaching compensatory strategies, computer-based attention and working memory retraining, and homework assignments, was compared to a control group without any intervention. The study included MS patients with documented subjective and objective attentional deficits.…”

External memory aids for memory problems in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review

“…Eight studies were conducted in community settings and one was conducted in a rehabilitation hospital. Allen et al (1995) Did not use external memory aids Allen et al (1998) Did not use external memory aids Beer and Kesselring (2009) Did not evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention Ben Ari et al (2012) Conference abstract; full article not yet published; data not available from author Brissart et al (2010) Did not use external memory aids Brissart et al (2011) Did not use external memory aids Brissart et al (2013) Did not use external memory aids das Nair et al (2012) Did not evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention Gich et al (2011) Did not use external memory aids Johnson et al (2009) Did not evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention Kardiasmenos et al (2008) Did not use external memory aids Kesselring (2004) Did not evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention Mantynen et al (2014) Did not use external memory aids Ramio et al (2010) Did not use external memory aids Rosti-Otajarvi and Hamalainen…”

“…These excluded studies are summarised in Table 2. Five studies were excluded as they did not evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention (Beer & Kesselring, 2009;Johnson, Bamer, Yorkston, & Amtmann, 2009;Kesselring, 2004;Rosti-Otajarvi & Hama-lainen, 2011), 11 studies did not instruct participants on the use of external memory aids (Allen, Goldstein, Heyman, & Rondinelli, 1998;Allen, Longmore, & Goldstein, 1995;Brissart, Leroy, & Debouverie, 2010;Brissart, Leroy, Morele, Baumann, & Debouv-erie, 2011;Brissart et al, 2013;Gich et al, 2011;Kardiasmenos, Clawson, Wilken, & Wallin, 2008;Mantynen et al, 2014;Ramio et al, 2010;Solari et al, 2004;Topcular et al, 2010), and one study had been presented as a work in progress at a conference and was not yet published and the data were not available from the author (Ben Ari, Hertzman, Mosberg-Galili, & Hellmann, 2012).…”