Prevalence of cognitive impairment using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment questionnaire among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional study at two tertiary centres in Malaysia.

CONCLUSION: Over one-third of patients with SLE in our cohort were found to have MCI. Risk factors included male gender, lower educational level, higher pain score and presence of anticardiolipin IgM. Physicians are encouraged to perform routine screening to detect cognitive dysfunction in patients with SLE in their clinical practice as part of a more comprehensive management.
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Source: Lupus - June 3, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Kanapathy A, Nik Jaafar NR, Shaharir SS, Chan LF, Rozita M, Ch'ng SS Tags: Lupus Source Type: research