Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
A preliminary investigation of dissociation between subjective cognitive complaints and objective cognitive impairments in female patients with fibromyalgia: a role of information processing speed
Authors' conclusion
SCC may not necessarily correlate with objective cognitive impairments and might be specifically linked to defective information processing speed.
Study context
- Population
- Female patients with fibromyalgia (FM) (age 50.91±7.06; years since diagnosis 4.34±4.53)
- Participants
- 32 FM female patients
- Outcome
- Prevalence of SCC, objective cognitive impairment and associated symptoms in FM; correlates of SCC
Methodological detailspreliminary investigation
- Preliminary investigation
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Significant negative impact from pain
- 87%
- Marked tendency towards trait anxiety
- 91%
- Marked tendency towards depression
- 62%
- Significantly higher levels of subjective cognitive complaints (SCC)
- 56%
- Impairments in various cognitive functions
- less than one-third
- SCC significantly correlated with pain intensity, depression, information processing speed and trait anxiety; pain intensity a significant predictor (R2)
- .30
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
A preliminary investigation of dissociation between subjective cognitive complaints and objective cognitive impairments in female patients with fibromyalgia: a role of information processing speed. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 28 March 2024. doi:10.
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