Disentangling interoception and its links to cognitive functioning in fibromyalgia.

ABSTRACT: Patients with fibromyalgia experience pain, cognitive dysfunction, and atypical interoception. However, it is still unclear whether the changes in interoceptive processes have consequences in managing cognitive tasks. The current study investigates the relationship between interoception and cognition in fibromyalgia. Twenty-nine fibromyalgia patients completed clinical questionnaires, the Digit-span, and the Stroop test. Interoceptive Accuracy (IAc) was measured by the heartbeat detection task, Interoceptive Awareness (IAw) via confidence ratings, and Interoceptive Sensibility (IS) via the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness questionnaire. IAc was found to be positively associated with Digit-span forward (p = 0.008), total (p = 0.004), and Stroop scores (all p ≤ 0.045). 

SUBMITTER: Agostinho M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12381188 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature