Table 3.

Correlations between self-reported questionnaires and cognitive domains with Spearman Rho, excluding participants with poor performance validity in chronic Q fever and QFS patients

	Fatigue		Depressive symptoms		Cognitive complaints
	Correlation Coefficient	P-value	Correlation Coefficient	P-value	Correlation Coefficient	P-value
Chronic Q fever patients (n = 18)
Episodic Memory	0.005	0.985	−0.120	0.636	0.686	0.002
Working Memory	0.117	0.645	0.124	0.623	0.408	0.093
Processing Speed	0.149	0.555	0.086	0.733	−0.012	0.961
Executive Functions	−0.128	0.612	0.102	0.687	0.420	0.082
QFS patients (n = 25)
Episodic Memory	0.480	0.013	−0.194	0.342	0.214	0.294
Working Memory	0.191	0.349	−0.288	0.154	0.209	0.305
Processing Speed	0.000	0.999	−0.232	0.253	−0.140	0.495
Executive Functions	0.195	0.340	0.062	0.762	−0.120	0.558