[Cognitive profile in fibromyalgia. Comparison with a mild cognitive impairment group].
OBJECTIVE
The neuropsychological assessment of patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and with subjective cognitive complaints was analyzed. The group was compared with a mild cognitive impairment (MCI) group without FM.


METHODS
Retrospective study of 32 patients with FM were evaluated and 86 patients with MCI without FM. A neuropsychological test battery was administered. Results were compared with a control group of MCI (n=86) without FM.


RESULTS
Evidence of MCI was observed in 29 of 32 women with FM, and the neuropsychological pattern showed a major impairment on attention, memory and executive function. When the neuropsychological pattern was compared with the MCI group without FM, we found that patients with FM presented a higher rate of impairment of memory and executive function, and less impairment of the premotor function.


CONCLUSIONS
The neuropsychological evaluation showed an MCI in the majority of women with FM with a subjective complaint of memory loss (90,5%). The neuropsychological pattern was predominantly subcortical with impairment of memory and executive function. The sample of patients with FM presented cognitive results similar to the MCI group.
Pericot-Nierga
Imma
I
Unitat de Valoració de la Memòria i les Demències, Edifici Santa Caterina, Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià, Girona, España. uvamid@ias.scs.es
Hernández-Ferràndiz
Marta
M
Lozano-Gallego
Manuela
M
Vilalta-Franch
Joan
J
Cruz-Reina
M del Mar
Mdel M
López-Pousa
Secundí
S