scholarly journals Relationship between Working Hours and Power of Attention, Memory, Fatigue, Depression and Self-Efficacy One Year after Diagnosis of Clinically Isolated Syndrome and Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. e96444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Joseph Jongen ◽  
Keith Wesnes ◽  
Björn van Geel ◽  
Paul Pop ◽  
Evert Sanders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Clinically Isolated Syndrome ◽  
Relapsing Remitting ◽  
Attention Memory ◽  
Remitting Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
One Year ◽  
Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

scholarly journals Does Self-Efficacy Affect Cognitive Performance in Persons with Clinically Isolated Syndrome and Early Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis?

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Joseph Jongen ◽  
Keith Wesnes ◽  
Björn van Geel ◽  
Paul Pop ◽  
Hans Schrijver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Reaction Time ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Clinically Isolated Syndrome ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
Reaction Time Variability ◽  
Relapsing Remitting ◽  
Disease Impact ◽  
Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

In persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) a lowered self-efficacy negatively affects physical activities. Against this background we studied the relationship between self-efficacy and cognitive performance in the early stages of MS. Thirty-three patients with Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS) and early Relapsing Remitting MS (eRRMS) were assessed for self-efficacy (MSSES-18), cognition (CDR System), fatigue (MFIS-5), depressive symptoms (BDI), disease impact (MSIS-29), and disability (EDSS). Correlative analyses were performed between self-efficacy and cognitive scores, and stepwise regression analyses identified predictors of cognition and self-efficacy. Good correlations existed between total self-efficacy and Power of Attention (r= 0.65;P< 0.001), Reaction Time Variability (r= 0.57;P< 0.001), and Speed of Memory (r= 0.53;P< 0.01), and between control self-efficacy and Reaction Time Variability (r= 0.55;P< 0.01). Total self-efficacy predicted 40% of Power of Attention, 34% of Reaction Time Variability, and 40% of Speed of Memory variabilities. Disease impact predicted 65% of total self-efficacy and 58% of control self-efficacy variabilities. The findings may suggest that in persons with CIS and eRRMS self-efficacy may positively affect cognitive performance and that prevention of disease activity may preserve self-efficacy.

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