Cigarán-Mendez Margarita, Pacho-Hernández Juan C, Tejera-Alonso Ángela, Gómez-Calero Cristina, Fernández-de-Las-Peñas César, Valera-Calero Juan A, Fernández-Palacios Francisco G
Department of Psychology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Alcorcón, Spain.
Escuela Internacional de Doctorado, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28922 Alcorcón, Spain.
J Clin Med. 2024 Oct 17;13(20):6195. doi: 10.3390/jcm13206195.
The aim of the current study was to determine the capability of neurocognitive variables and executive functions to differentiate women with and without fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). A secondary diagnostic accuracy analysis was conducted. A battery of neurocognitive and executive function tests (the D2 Attention test, the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure for visual perception, "Digits D/R/I" tests of the WAIS-IV battery for working memory, the 5-Digit test for mental inhibition, the Symbol Search for processing speed, and the Zoo Test for planning/decision-making) were collected in 129 women with FMS and 111 without FMS. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, optimal cut-off point, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR) for each variable were calculated. Between-group differences were identified in ROCF_Copy ( = 0.043), ROCF_Recall ( = 0.004), d2_TR ( = 0.019), d2_TA ( = 0.007), d2_TOT ( = 0.005), d2_CON ( = 0.004), d2_C ( = 0.042), Symbol Search ( = 0.008), Decoding _FDT ( = 0.001), Retrieving_FDT ( = 0.001), and Inhibiting_FDT ( = 0.024). The result showed that FDT-based outcomes (Retrieving_FDT: ROC 0.739, sensitivity 85.3%, specificity 48.6%; Decoding_FDT: ROC 0.724, sensitivity 50.4%, specificity 16.2%; Inhibiting_FDT: ROC 0.708, sensitivity 56.6%, specificity 22.5%) were the variables able to differentiate between women with and without FMS. Although women with FMS exhibited deficits in attention, long-term visual memory, processing speed, and mental inhibition when compared with women without FMS, only mental inhibition scores showed moderate diagnostic accuracy to discriminate between women with and without FMS. Future studies investigating these results in clinical settings are needed to identify the clinical relevance of these findings.
本研究的目的是确定神经认知变量和执行功能区分患有和未患有纤维肌痛综合征(FMS)女性的能力。进行了一项二级诊断准确性分析。对129名患有FMS的女性和111名未患有FMS的女性进行了一系列神经认知和执行功能测试(D2注意力测试、用于视觉感知的雷-奥斯特里茨复杂图形测试、韦氏成人智力量表第四版(WAIS-IV)电池中用于工作记忆的“数字广度顺背/倒背/倒叙”测试、用于心理抑制的5位数测试、用于处理速度的符号搜索测试以及用于计划/决策的动物园测试)。计算了每个变量的受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线下面积、最佳截断点、敏感性、特异性以及阳性和阴性似然比(LR)。在复制雷-奥斯特里茨复杂图形(ROCF_Copy,P = 0.043)、回忆雷-奥斯特里茨复杂图形(ROCF_Recall,P = 0.004)、D2测试总正确数(d2_TR,P = 0.019)、D2测试正确加数(d2_TA,P = 0.007)、D2测试总分(d2_TOT,P = 0.005)、D2测试持续错误数(d2_CON,P = 0.004)、D2测试错误数(d2_C,P = 0.042)、符号搜索测试(P = 0.008)、图形解码测试(Decoding _FDT,P = 0.001)、图形回忆测试(Retrieving_FDT,P = 0.001)和图形抑制测试(Inhibiting_FDT,P = 0.024)方面发现了组间差异。结果表明,基于图形测试的结果(图形回忆测试:ROC为0.739,敏感性为85.3%,特异性为48.6%;图形解码测试:ROC为0.724,敏感性为50.4%,特异性为16.2%;图形抑制测试:ROC为0.708,敏感性为56.6%,特异性为22.5%)是能够区分患有和未患有FMS女性的变量。尽管与未患有FMS的女性相比,患有FMS的女性在注意力、长期视觉记忆、处理速度和心理抑制方面表现出缺陷,但只有心理抑制得分在区分患有和未患有FMS的女性方面显示出中等诊断准确性。需要未来在临床环境中研究这些结果,以确定这些发现的临床相关性。