Depressive symptoms linked to cognitive multitasking in early MS

Key clinical point: In patients with early multiple sclerosis (MS), depressive symptoms are linked to cognitive multitasking.

Major finding: Depressive symptoms in early MS cohort had a stronger association with cognitive multitasking (R² = 0.125) than with traditional monotasking procedures, including a SPEED composite variable (R² = 0.079; P less than .001).

Study details: RADIEMS was a cohort study on 185 patients with MS diagnosed in less than or equal to 5 years.

Disclosures: The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Glukhovsky L et al. Mult Scler. 2020 Nov 16. doi: 10.1177/1352458520958359.

Key clinical point: In patients with early multiple sclerosis (MS), depressive symptoms are linked to cognitive multitasking.

Major finding: Depressive symptoms in early MS cohort had a stronger association with cognitive multitasking (R² = 0.125) than with traditional monotasking procedures, including a SPEED composite variable (R² = 0.079; P less than .001).

Study details: RADIEMS was a cohort study on 185 patients with MS diagnosed in less than or equal to 5 years.

Disclosures: The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Glukhovsky L et al. Mult Scler. 2020 Nov 16. doi: 10.1177/1352458520958359.

Key clinical point: In patients with early multiple sclerosis (MS), depressive symptoms are linked to cognitive multitasking.

Major finding: Depressive symptoms in early MS cohort had a stronger association with cognitive multitasking (R² = 0.125) than with traditional monotasking procedures, including a SPEED composite variable (R² = 0.079; P less than .001).

Study details: RADIEMS was a cohort study on 185 patients with MS diagnosed in less than or equal to 5 years.

Disclosures: The study was funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Glukhovsky L et al. Mult Scler. 2020 Nov 16. doi: 10.1177/1352458520958359.