SAGE Journals Online
Advertisement
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Multiple Sclerosis
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Web of Science (4)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Williams, J
Right arrow Articles by Tubridy, N
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Williams, J
Right arrow Articles by Tubridy, N
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

The Face-Symbol Test and the Symbol-Digit Test are not reliable surrogates for the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test in multiple sclerosis

J Williams

St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland

K O’Rourke

St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland

M Hutchinson

St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland

N Tubridy

St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland, n.tubridy{at}st-vincents.ie

The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) is the chosen task for cognitive assessment in the multiple sclerosis functional composite (MSFC) and a widely used task in neuropsychological studies of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but is unpopular with patients. The Face-Symbol Test (FST) and Symbol-Digit Tests (SDT) are alternative methods of cognitive testing in MS, which are easily administered and patient-friendly. In order to evaluate the potential of the FST as a possible surrogate for the PASAT, we directly compared the FST to the PASAT and the SDT in a cohort of 50 MS patients with varying levels of disability. There was significant correlation between SDT and FST scores (Spearman’s rho 0.80, 95% CI 0.66 - 0.88), R2 65%, with moderate inter-test agreement ({kappa} = 0.52). In contrast, SDT and FST scores were less predictive of PASAT scores. We concluded that neither the FST nor SDT are reliable surrogates for the PASAT.

Key Words: cognitive • Face-Symbol Test • multiple sclerosis • PASAT • Symbol-Digit Test

Multiple Sclerosis, Vol. 12, No. 5, 599-604 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1352458506070752
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Mult SclerHome page
R. Grabner, F. Popotnig, S. Ropele, C. Neuper, F. Gorani, K. Petrovic, F. Ebner, S. Strasser-Fuchs, F. Fazekas, and C. Enzinger
Brain activation patterns elicited by the `Faces Symbol Test' -- a pilot fMRI study
Multiple Sclerosis, April 1, 2008; 14(3): 354 - 363.
[Abstract] [PDF]


Advertisement