• Fereshteh Shamsian, Roshanak Mehdipour Dastjerdi, Arian Kavosh, and Fereshteh Ashtari.
• Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
• J Res Med Sci. 2019 Jan 1; 24: 105.

BackgroundAlthough cognitive impairment is common in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, language difficulties are controversy and little information is available on nonEnglish languages. Therefore, the present cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the naming accuracy in Persian relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients.Materials And MethodsThirty RRMS patients were recruited from Kashani Comprehensive MS Center, Isfahan, Iran. Their performance on measures of mini mental state examination (MMSE), Expanded Disability Status Scale, and Naming Test was compared with control participants.ResultsMS patients were found to have much more naming errors than the control group (2.1 ± 1.8 vs. 0.54 ± 1.1 P = 0.02). Average MMSE score of MS patients was 27.23 (range = 18-30, standard deviation [SD] = 2) versus 28.96 (range = 19-30, SD = 3.2) in controls.ConclusionThe present study suggests that naming ability can be impaired in RRMS regardless of disability score. Specific language function tests including naming should be considered in the process of evaluating and rehabilitating patients with MS.Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Research in Medical Sciences.

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