Cognition
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The MS patients: - All patients are diagnosed with clinically definite MS following the revised McDonald criteria (Polman et al., 2011). - Patients are at least 18 years of age - The patients are able to use an iPad. - Patients are willing to sign an informed consent prior to participation.;The healthy participants: - Healthy participants (no neurological and/or psychiatric illnesses) that are at least 18 years of age. - The participants are able to use an iPad. - The first sixty participants are willing to do both the digital as the paper-and-pencil version of the tests that are in the Multiple Screening app.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Neurological (other than MS for the patients) and psychiatric illnesses. - A history of drug- and/or alcohol abuse (including present) - Inability to execute a neuropsychological examination on an iPad (e.g. due to eye-related problems, fatigue, language barrier or motor difficulties.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determining the understandability, feasibility, and independence of using the Multiple Screening app in MS patients, in that the fully understandable, feasible, and independent Multiple Screening app can be executed by a group of healthy participants to determine normative data for the digital cognitive tests within the app. The scores on the paper-and-pencil version and the digital version of the tests will subsequently be compared by administering both versions of the tests in sixty participants. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| N.A. | — |
Countries
The Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed