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A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies

Cognitive impairment is the most disabling symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Researchers have been studying factors that could predict cognitive impairment among MS patients hoping to alleviate its consequences and gather indicators of the disease progression. However, there were limited up-t...

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Main Authors: Chong, Jia Wearn, Normah Che Din,, Joyce Pauline Joseph,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
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spelling my-ukm.journal.166272021-05-25T02:31:52Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16627/ A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies Chong, Jia Wearn Normah Che Din, Joyce Pauline Joseph, Cognitive impairment is the most disabling symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Researchers have been studying factors that could predict cognitive impairment among MS patients hoping to alleviate its consequences and gather indicators of the disease progression. However, there were limited up-to-date articles that review the predictors of cognitive impairment among MS patients. In Malaysia, the topic about cognitive functioning in MS was absent. This review aims to identify and synthesize the research evidence concerning biopsychosocial variables on cognitive impairment among this population for future directions in Malaysia researches. A narrative review was performed by identifying research articles from year 2004 to 2019 through PubMed, EBSCOhost, Scopus and Google Scholar. Full-text articles meeting the selection criteria were included for qualitative synthesis. A total of 12 studies were included. Studies included in this paper found that age, course of disease and anxiety predicts cognitive functioning. Mixed results were found among variables such as gender, disability, fatigue, burden of lesion, depression and educational level. Stress was correlated with cognitive functioning but it was not a significant predictor. Although many factors were found to affect cognitive functioning among MS patients, evidence provided from this review indicates that their relationships might not be linear and direct. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16627/1/34280-147268-1-PB.pdf Chong, Jia Wearn and Normah Che Din, and Joyce Pauline Joseph, (2021) A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 19 (1). pp. 21-29. ISSN 1675-8161 https://ejournal.ukm.my/jskm/issue/view/1272
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description Cognitive impairment is the most disabling symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Researchers have been studying factors that could predict cognitive impairment among MS patients hoping to alleviate its consequences and gather indicators of the disease progression. However, there were limited up-to-date articles that review the predictors of cognitive impairment among MS patients. In Malaysia, the topic about cognitive functioning in MS was absent. This review aims to identify and synthesize the research evidence concerning biopsychosocial variables on cognitive impairment among this population for future directions in Malaysia researches. A narrative review was performed by identifying research articles from year 2004 to 2019 through PubMed, EBSCOhost, Scopus and Google Scholar. Full-text articles meeting the selection criteria were included for qualitative synthesis. A total of 12 studies were included. Studies included in this paper found that age, course of disease and anxiety predicts cognitive functioning. Mixed results were found among variables such as gender, disability, fatigue, burden of lesion, depression and educational level. Stress was correlated with cognitive functioning but it was not a significant predictor. Although many factors were found to affect cognitive functioning among MS patients, evidence provided from this review indicates that their relationships might not be linear and direct.
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author Chong, Jia Wearn
Normah Che Din,
Joyce Pauline Joseph,
spellingShingle Chong, Jia Wearn
Normah Che Din,
Joyce Pauline Joseph,
A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies
author_facet Chong, Jia Wearn
Normah Che Din,
Joyce Pauline Joseph,
author_sort Chong, Jia Wearn
title A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies
title_short A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies
title_full A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies
title_fullStr A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies
title_full_unstemmed A narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for Malaysia studies
title_sort narrative review on biopsychosocial predictors of cognitive impairment among multiple sclerosis patients: directions for malaysia studies
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16627/1/34280-147268-1-PB.pdf
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