Table 3.
Correlations between clinical variables and neuropsychological test scores in FMS patients.
| Current pain (MPQ) | Sensory pain (MPQ) | Emotional pain (MPQ) | Total pain (MPQ) | Trait anxiety (STAI) | State anxiety (STAI) | Depression (BDI) | Fatigue (FSS) | Insomnia (COS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCF | Copy total correct marks | -0.32+ | -0.19 | -0.04 | -0.15 | -0.21 | -0.18 | 0.01 | -0.10 | 0.04 |
| Reproduction total correct marks | -0.37* | -0.06 | -0.09 | -0.06 | -0.17 | -0.23 | -0.07 | -0.20 | 0.03 | |
| Copy execution time | 0.11 | 0.15 | -0.06 | 0.10 | 0.31+ | 0.15 | -0.02 | 0.12 | -0.10 | |
| Reproduction execution time | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.04 | |
| ZMT | Total correct responses | -0.06 | -0.30+ | 0.05 | -0.26+ | -0.01 | -0.09 | -0.12 | -0.10 | 0.03 |
| Execution time version 1 | 0.01 | 0.05 | -0.20 | -0.01 | 0.04 | -0.01 | -0.18 | 0.05 | 0.09 | |
| Execution time version 2 | 0.35* | 0.28+ | 0.15 | 0.29+ | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.21 | -0.01 | |
| Mistakes version 1 | -0.05 | 0.28+ | -0.03 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| Mistakes version 2 | 0.16 | 0.16 | -0.08 | 0.16 | -0.01 | 0.06 | -0.04 | 0.22 | -0.16 | |
| TAVEC | List A (immediate free recall) | -0.07 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.01 | -0.15 | -0.03 | 0.10 | 0.14 |
| List B (interference control) | -0.19 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.07 | -0.17 | -0.17 | -0.14 | -0.02 | -0.01 | |
| Long-delay recall | -0.16 | -0.05 | -0.01 | -0.04 | 0.03 | -0.26+ | -0.11 | 0.05 | 0.02 | |
| Recognition correct responses | -0.29+ | -0.19 | -0.33* | -0.22 | -0.17 | -0.25+ | -0.15 | -0.17 | 0.07 | |
| Recognition omission errors | 0.29+ | 0.19 | 0.33* | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.25+ | 0.15 | 0.17 | -0.08 | |
| Recognition false positives | 0.26+ | 0.13 | 0.39* | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.24 | -0.05 | |
| Discrimination score | -0.19 | -0.02 | -0.01 | -0.06 | -0.21 | -0.26+ | -0.12 | -0.07 | 0.13 | |
| R-SAT | Correct responses (short items) | -0.12 | -0.09 | -0.13 | -0.14 | -0.02 | -0.27+ | -0.27+ | -0.14 | 0.03 |
| Mistakes long items | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.25+ | 0.26+ | 0.22 | -0.07 | |
| Mistakes face items | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.23 | -0.05 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.22 | -0.03 | |
| TMT | Execution time 1 (visual scanning) | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.27+ | -0.08 | 0.17 | 0.16 | -0.01 |
| Execution time 2 (number sequence) | 0.30+ | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.16 | -0.09 | |
| Execution time 3 (letter sequence) | 0.34* | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.21 | -0.08 | |
| Execution time 4 (switching) | 0.16 | 0.11 | -0.02 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.23 | -0.09 | |
| Execution time 5 (motor speed) | 0.25+ | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.33* | 0.32* | 0.13 | 0.30+ | -0.06 | |
| Sequence mistakes | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.20 | -0.04 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.03 | |
| Set loss mistakes | 0.30+ | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.24+ | 0.19 | -0.10 | |
| Time out mistakes | 0.25+ | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.23 | -0.05 | |
+p < 0.05, ∗p < 0.01, two-tailed testing.