Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
Mind the Mood: Momentary Depression and Anxiety Moderate the Correspondence Between Subjective and Objective Cognitive Functioning in Fibromyalgia
Authors' conclusion
Individuals with FM may have more accurate self-perception of momentary changes in mental processing speed during periods of less pronounced mood symptoms based on their corresponding objective processing speed performance. However, during moments of heightened depression and anxiety, we found increasingly less correspondence between SCD and objective performance, suggesting that psychological symptoms may play an important role in self-perception of cognitive dysfunction in FM as it relates to mental processing speed.
Study context
- Population
- Individuals with fibromyalgia (FM) (mean age 44.8 years, mean education 15.7 years, 88% female, 86% White)
- Participants
- 50 individuals
- Outcome
- Whether momentary changes in mood moderate the relationship between within-the-moment SCD and mental processing speed performance
Methodological detailsmomentary assessments 5 times per day for 8 consecutive days, study-specific smartphone application
- Momentary assessments 5 times per day for 8 consecutive days
- Study-specific smartphone application
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Momentary subjective cognitive dysfunction (SCD) positively associated with mean reaction time
- P < 0.001
- Momentary SCD positively associated with variability of processing speed
- P = 0.02
- Depressive symptoms moderated SCD–processing speed relationship, lower correspondence when depressive symptoms higher
- P = 0.03
- Depression moderated SCD–processing speed variability association
- P = 0.02
- Anxiety moderated SCD–processing speed variability association
- P = 0.03
Original publication
Mind the Mood: Momentary Depression and Anxiety Moderate the Correspondence Between Subjective and Objective Cognitive Functioning in Fibromyalgia. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 23 February 2023. doi:10.
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