Don’t be late! Timely identification of cognitive impairment in people with multiple sclerosis: a study protocol

BMC Neurology

Table 4 Hypothesized direction of correlations between cognitive scores with health-related quality of life, psychological, and work-related, health and lifestyle measures

Measure	Hypothesized direction
Health-related quality of life
SF-36 [44]	+
Psychological measures
MSIS-29 [45]	-
MSNQ [29]	-
HADS [27]	-
MFIS [28]	-
AIS [46, 47]	-
CD-RISC 25 [48]	+
PMS [49]	NA
NEO-FFI [50,51,52]	NA
LTE [53]	NA
Work-related measures
WPAI [54]	NA
MSWDQ-23 [55, 56]	-
BVMS NL-version [57]	NA
Health and lifestyle measures
Physical exercise	+
Smoking	-
Alcohol use	-
Diet	NA
Sleep	+
BMI	-
Social activities	+

NA Not Applicable, as no hypothesis can be formulated beforehand
Abbreviations: MSIS-29 Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale, MSNQ Multiple Sclerosis Neuropsychological Screening Questionnaire, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), MFIS Modified Fatigue Impact Scale, AIS Athens Insomnia Scale, CD-RISC Connor Davidson Resilience Scale, PMS Pearlin Mastery Scale, NEO-FFI NEO Five-Factor Inventor, LTE List of Threatening Events Questionnaire, WPAI Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire, MSWDQ-23 Multiple Sclerosis Work Difficulties Questionnaire, BVMS NL-version Buffalo Vocational Monitoring Survey, BMI Body Mass Index

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