title: [Cognitive profile in fibromyalgia. Comparison with a mild cognitive impairment group].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unitat de Valoració de la Memòria i les Demències, Edifici Santa Caterina, Parc Hospitalari Martí i Julià, Girona, España. uvamid@ias.scs.es
authors.forename: Imma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pericot-Nierga
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Ferràndiz
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lozano-Gallego
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vilalta-Franch
authors.forename: M del Mar
authors.initials: Mdel M
authors.lastname: Cruz-Reina
authors.forename: Secundí
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López-Pousa