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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2023

Assessing of the Italian version of the Memory Strategy Test (TMS) in people with Parkinson disease: a preliminary descriptive psychometric study.

Maria Grazia Vaccaro, Luca Pullano, Silvia Canino, Massimiliano Pastore, Alessia Sarica, Andrea Quattrone, Sara Margarida Fernandes, Filippo Migliorini, Fernando Maestu, Aldo Quattrone

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Maria Grazia Vaccaro *Neuroscience Research Centre, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Germaneto, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy. mg.vaccaro@unicz.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8666-0461
Luca Pullano *Department of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy.
Silvia CaninoDepartment of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy.
Massimiliano PastoreDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, Padova University, Padua, Italy.
Alessia SaricaNeuroscience Research Centre, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Germaneto, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy.
Andrea QuattroneNeuroscience Research Centre, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Germaneto, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy.
Sara Margarida FernandesPortucalense University; INPP - Portucalense Human Development Institute, Porto, Portugal.
Filippo MiglioriniDepartment of Orthopaedic, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Fernando MaestuDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Aldo QuattroneNeuroscience Research Centre, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa, Germaneto, Catanzaro, 88100, Italy.

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backgroundPrevious literature has shown that executive functions (EF) are related to performance in memory (M) tasks. The Test of Memory strategies (TMS) is a psychometric test that examines EF and M simultaneously and it was recently validated on an Italian healthy cohort. The first aim of the study was to apply TMS, for the first time, on a sample of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), who are characterized by mild cognitive impairment. The second aim is to investigate whether TMS scores can discriminate PD patients from healthy controls.

methodNinety-eight subjects were enrolled, including 68 patients with PD, and 30 Italian healthy controls (HC), who also underwent a memory evaluation through well-known tests.

resultsConfirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrated that TMS of PD patients had a bi-dimensional structure as previously found in healthy cohort. In detail, The TMS-1 and TMS-2 lists require greater involvement of the EF factor, while TMS-3, TMS-4 and TMS-5 the M factor. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and precision-recall (PR) curves showed that the M subscale can distinguish between HC and PD, while EF had poor discrimination power.

conclusionThe hypothesized prediction model of TMS test seems to have adequate ability to discriminate PD from HC especially for the M function.

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Cognitive DysfunctionExecutive FunctionNeuropsychological TestsParkinson DiseasePsychometricsAgedFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHumansItalyMaleMiddle AgedROC CurveExecutive FunctionsMemory Strategies TestNeuropsychological AssessmentParkinson’s diseasePsychometric Properties

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