Subjective cognitive complaints in patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stress-related exhaustion is associated with cognitive impairment as measured by both subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) and objective cognitive test performance. This study aimed to examine how patients diagnosed with exhaustion disorder differ from healthy control participants in regard to levels and type of SCCs, and if SCCs are associated with cognitive test performance and psychological distress.

Methods

We compared a group of patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder (n = 103, female = 88) with matched healthy controls (n = 58, female = 47) cross-sectionally, concerning the type and magnitude of self-reported SCCs. We furthermore explored the association between SCCs and cognitive test performance as well as with self-reported depression, anxiety

SUBMITTER: Nelson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8132387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature