Smerbeck, A;
Benedict, RHB;
Eshaghi, A;
Vanotti, S;
Spedo, C;
Blahova Dusankova, J;
Sahraian, MA;
... Langdon, D; + view all
(2018)
Influence of nationality on the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS).
The Clinical Neuropsychologist
, 32
(1)
pp. 54-62.
10.1080/13854046.2017.1354071.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In answer to the call for improved accessibility of neuropsychological services to the international community, the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS; MS) was validated in multiple, non-English-speaking countries. It was created to monitor processing speed and learning in MS patients, including abbreviated versions of the Symbol Digit Modalities Test, California Verbal Learning Test, 2nd Edition, and the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test, Revised. The objective of the present study was to examine whether participant nationality impacts performance above and beyond common demographic correlates. METHOD: We combined published data-sets from Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Iran, and the U.S.A. resulting in a database of 1,097 healthy adults, before examining the data via multiple regression. RESULTS: Nationality significantly predicted performance on all three BICAMS tests after controlling for age and years of education. Interactions among the core predictor variables were non-significant. CONCLUSION: We demonstrated that nationality significantly influences BICAMS performance and established the importance of the inclusion of a nationality variable when international norms for the BICAMS are constructed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Influence of nationality on the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13854046.2017.1354071 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2017.1354071 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychology, Clinical, Clinical Neurology, Psychology, Neurosciences & Neurology, BICAMS, multiple sclerosis, neuropsychological tests, nationality, demographics, MINIMAL ASSESSMENT, MEMORY TESTS, VALIDITY, MACFIMS, RELIABILITY, PERFORMANCE, VALIDATION, SPANISH, MS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neuroinflammation |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1570913 |
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