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ArticleArchives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists2025

Adaptation and validation of the Greek version of the Communication and Language Assessment questionnaire for persons with Multiple Sclerosis (CLAMS).

Nefeli Dimitriou, Grigorios Nasios, Anastasia Nousia, Emmanouil Anyfantis, Lambros Messinis, Georgios Dimakopoulos, Sarah El-Wahsh, Christos Bakirtzis, Vasiliki Kostadima, Spiridon Konitsiotis

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Nefeli DimitriouDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Grigorios NasiosDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Anastasia NousiaDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy, University of Peloponnese, Kalamata 24100, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1303-0690
Emmanouil AnyfantisDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Lambros MessinisLab of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3216-9025
Georgios DimakopoulosBIOSTATS, Science and Technology Park of Epirus, Ioannina, Greece.
Sarah El-WahshDiscipline of Speech Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Christos BakirtzisB' Department of Neurology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vasiliki KostadimaDepartment of Neurology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece.
Spiridon KonitsiotisDepartment of Neurology, University of Ioannina Medical School, Ioannina, Greece.

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objectiveThe aim of the present study was to validate the Communication and Language Assessment questionnaire for persons with Multiple Sclerosis (CLAMS) into the Greek language.

method106 Persons with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) and 51 healthy controls (HCs) participated in this study. We evaluated patients' cognitive abilities with the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS). All PwMS completed the CLAMS and three additional questionnaires (Speech Pathology-Specific Questionnaire for persons with Multiple Sclerosis, SMS; Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-39, SAQOL-39; the Beck Depression Inventory Fast Screen, BDI-FS), and all HCs filled in the CLAMS.

resultsThe internal consistency of the CLAMS was excellent (a = 0.933) for the PwMS and a significant difference was found between PwMS and HCs for the total CLAMS score. Statistical analyses showed a significant positive correlation between the CLAMS and the other questionnaires (SMS, BDI, and SAQOL-39) and a statistically significant negative correlation between the CLAMS and the three subtests of the BICAMS (Symbol Digit Modalities Test, Greek Verbal Learning Test-II, and Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised). There was no correlation between the CLAMS and participants' age, disease duration, and disease type.

conclusionThe Greek version of the CLAMS is a valid self-reported questionnaire for the evaluation of language and communication symptoms in PwMS.

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CommunicationMultiple SclerosisAdultFemaleGreeceHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesCommunicationLanguageMultiple sclerosisPatient reported outcome measureValidation

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