Abstracts tagged "Cognitive dysfunction and fibromyalgia"

Abstract Number: 1837 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Validity of the Cognitive Index of the Symptom Severity Scale (SSS-Cog) in Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Fibromyalgia Patients
Odelia Elkana¹, Amir Falcofsky¹, Ran Shorer², Tamar Bar-On Kalfon², Roie Tzadok³ and Jacob N Ablin³, ¹School of Behavioral Sciences, Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College, Jaffa, Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Internal Medicine H, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel & Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a multi-symptom disorder, characterized by somatic and cognitive manifestations, such as impaired working memory, executive function and attention (1,2). The…
Abstract Number: 68 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Stroop Word-Naming Test in Fibromyalgia Patients
Robert S. Katz¹, Alexandra Katz Small^1,2 and Kelli Davis³, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology Associates S.C., Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The Stroop Word-Naming Test has demonstrated decreased word-naming speed in many patients with fibromyalgia who experience the symptoms of fibrofog. The slower processing…