Brief, Automated Cognitive Test May Offer Key Advantages in MS

[Aditya]

The National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognitive Battery (NIHTB-CB), a 30-minute, automated, iPad-based battery of psychological tests, offers some key advantages over gold standard cognitive assessments in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), new research shows

[Shrutishreya]

@aditya Cognitive deficits affecting a range of functions — including memory, attention and communication — are common in MS and affect 34% to 65% of patients with the disease, and the ability to detect and monitor such deficits has important implications. Cognitive changes can provide a unique opportunity to identify acute disease activity in patients with MS that might be already occurring before physical manifestations become apparent.