Screening of Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Georgia

Table 6

Correlation of cognitive tests with patient characteristics and EDSS and BDI scores.

	Age		Education		Duration		EDSS		BDI
	r	value	r	value	r	value	r	value	r	value
SDMT	−0.40	<0.001	0.24	0.04	−0.17	0.1	−0.58	<0.001	−0.28	0.032
CVLT	−0.11	0.4	0.20	0.09	−0.10	0.4	−0.40	<0.001	−0.15	0.7
BVMT	−0.21	0.07	0.29	0.01	−0.12	0.3	−0.34	<0.001	−0.06	0.7
MoCA	−0.19	0.2	0.25	0.04	−0.13	0.3	−0.44	<0.001	−0.24	0.7

BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; BVMT-R: Brief Visual Memory Test-Revised; CVLT-II: California Verbal Learning Test, second edition; EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; r: Pearson correlation coefficient; SDMT: Symbol Digit Modality Test.