French validation of the Multiple Sclerosis Work Difficulties Questionnaire (MSWDQ-23) with determination of cutoff scores: A valuable tool in clinical practice.

Work difficulties are a primary issue of multiple sclerosis (MS). This is because disease onset usually occurs during a time when establishing a career and employment is of paramount importance. The MSWDQ-23 (Multiple Sclerosis Work Difficulties Questionnaire) was developed to assess work difficulties in MS.

Alexithymia in radiologically isolated syndrome.

Background: Alexithymia refers to difficulty identifying (DIF) and describing (DDF) feelings and externally oriented thinking (EOT). Its prevalence remains unknown in the radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS), the preclinical multiple sclerosis (MS) phase.

Methods: Alexithymia was measured with the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) in 29 RIS and age and gender-matched healthy controls and relapsing-remitting (RR) MS with an EDSS <3.