Neurocognitive performance and emotional status in chronic pain patients

The following study examined the association between neurocognitive performance and emotional status in chronic pain patients. Seventy-three chronic pain patients recruited consecutively from services in a general medical hospital completed a battery of 10 neurocognitive measures and the Symptom Che...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral medicine 1999-06, Vol.22 (3), p.205-216
Main Authors: IEZZI, T, ARCHIBALD, Y, BARNETT, P, KLINCK, A, DUCKWORTH, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affective Symptoms - etiology
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease
Cluster Analysis
Cognition
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Emotions
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Illness and personality
Illness, stress and coping
Male
Memory Disorders - etiology
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Pain - complications
Pain - psychology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:The following study examined the association between neurocognitive performance and emotional status in chronic pain patients. Seventy-three chronic pain patients recruited consecutively from services in a general medical hospital completed a battery of 10 neurocognitive measures and the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R; a gross measure of emotional distress). Cluster analytic procedures were used to identify a three-cluster group solution based on the SCL-90-R. Results indicate that subjects highest in emotional distress experienced more neurocognitive difficulties in intellectual functioning, immediate and delayed recall of verbal and nonverbal material, abstract thinking and problem solving, and cognitive efficiency than subjects lowest in emotional distress. The differences in neurocognitive functioning among the three cluster groups were not confounded by any differences on a number of background variables. These results suggest that level of emotional distress is associated with difficulties in a range of neurocognitive domains and have implications for the assessment and management of chronic pain patients.
ISSN:0160-7715
1573-3521
DOI:10.1023/A:1018791622441