Purpose: The aim of this study is to clarify inconsistencies in the literature regarding the neuropsychological impact of chronic pain and determine how pain catastrophizing and pain intensity may explain cognitive impairment.
Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 30 participants with chronic primary musculoskeletal pain and 30 healthy controls without pain. The instruments used were the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, the Visual Analogue Scale, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Stroop Test, and the Working Memory Index of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
Results: Chronic pain patients showed slight cognitive impairments in selective attention, sustained attention, working memory, problem solving, planning, abstract reasoning, inhibition, and resistance to interference. The data also indicate that higher levels of pain catastrophizing and pain intensity were independently associated with greater cognitive impairment in patients with pain, specifically in attention and executive functioning. Additionally, the interaction between these pain-related variables predicted further cognitive impairment.
Conclusions: This research has contributed to establishing the neuropsychological profile of patients with chronic primary musculoskeletal pain and reinforces evidence of the impact of chronic pain on cognition. These findings may help guide the design of programs aimed at improving cognitive performance.
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