title: Memory functioning in patients with primary fibromyalgia and major depression and healthy controls.
abstract: Memory functioning was assessed in 25 primary fibromyalgia (FM) patients by comparing them with 22 major depressed patients and 18 healthy controls. A broad range of short- and long-term memory tasks were included. Both major depressed and FM patients were significantly impaired on long-term memory tasks requiring effortful processing, compared to healthy controls. When the depressive status of the fibromyalgia patients was accounted for, only the subsample with a lifetime major depressive disorder showed memory impairment as compared with the healthy controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, University of Trondheim, Norway. n.i.landro@psykologi.uio.no
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Landrø
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Stiles
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sletvold
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests