Fibromyalgia patients make scarce reference to pain in self-defining memories

Vucurovic, Ksenija; Dupont-Gaudin, Clémentine; Raucher‐Chéné, Delphine; Kaladjian, Arthur; Cuervo-Lombard, Christine-Vanessa

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.12.013

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“…In addition, as previously mentioned, self-defining autobiographical memories in patients with fibromyalgia were more negative but less intense than those of healthy controls. 97 Unlike the other studies, individuals did not differ in the amount of pain-related content. A prospective longitudinal study conducted by Waisman et al 98 assessed autobiographical memory using the AMT in adults undergoing major surgery.…”

Section: Biases In Autobiographical Memory Content Related To Pain An...mentioning

confidence: 62%

“…The third study, by Vucurovic et al, 97 investigated patients with fibromyalgia (>6 months’ duration) and their self-defining memories: a subset of autobiographical memories that correspond to one’s sense of identity and establish continuity in our personal life narratives. These memories are vivid and well-rehearsed, often encompassing an individual’s central goals in life and internal conflicts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Working memory scores also mediated the relationship between pain and OGM. In addition, the study of individuals with fibromyalgia that assessed self-defining autobiographical memories 97 found that along with an OGM bias, patients’ memories incorporated less personal significance, were less likely to shift from negative to positive affect, and were more negative but less intense than those of healthy controls. 97 Altogether, these results were interpreted to reflect a distorted sense of self fueled by functional avoidance of specific memories.…”

Section: Overgeneral Memory Biasmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Painful reminders: Involvement of the autobiographical memory system in pediatric postsurgical pain and the transition to chronicity

Waisman

Pavlova

Noel

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Canadian Journal of Pain

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Memory biases for previous pain experiences are known to be strong predictors of postsurgical pain outcomes in children. Until recently, much research on the subject in youth has assessed the sensory and affective components of recall using single-item self-report pain ratings. However, a newly emerging focus in the field has been on the episodic specificity of autobiographical pain memories. Still in its infancy, cross-sectional work has identified the presence of various memory biases in adults living with chronic pain, one of which concerns the lack of spatiotemporal specificity. Moreover, a recent prospective longitudinal study found that adults scheduled for major surgery who produced fewer specific pain memories before surgery were at greater risk of developing chronic postsurgical pain up to 12 months later. The present review draws on this research to highlight the timely need for a similar line of investigation into autobiographical pain memories in pediatric surgical populations. We (1) provide an overview of the literature on children’s pain memories and underscore the need for further research pertaining to memory specificity and related neurobiological factors in chronic pain and an overview of the (2) important role of parent (and sibling) psychosocial characteristics in influencing children’s pain development, (3) cognitive mechanisms underlying overgeneral memory, and (4) interplay between memory and other psychological factors in its contributions to chronic pain and (5) conclude with a discussion of the implications this research has for novel interventions that target memory biases to attenuate, and possibly eliminate, the risk that acute pain after pediatric surgery becomes chronic.

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confidence: 62%

Section: Overgeneral Memory Biasmentioning

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Section: Overgeneral Memory Biasmentioning

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Painful reminders: Involvement of the autobiographical memory system in pediatric postsurgical pain and the transition to chronicity

Waisman

Pavlova

Noel

et al. 2022

Canadian Journal of Pain

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“…For a Cohen's d of 0.5, an alpha of 0.05, and a power of 0.80. In this estimation, the averages and standard deviations (SD) for FM and HC were 44.1 (SD, 35.8) and 22.2 (6.5), respectively (Vucurovic et al, 2019). To compare the cognitive performance of respondents and non-responders to the CPM-test, a sample size of 62 subjects was estimated.…”

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Association between descending pain modulatory system and cognitive impairment in fibromyalgia: A cross-sectional exploratory study

Serrano

Zortéa

Alves

et al. 2022

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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BackgroundThe successful regulation of sensory input to the central nervous system depends on the descending pain modulatory system (DPMS). For the effective regulation of sensory input to the central nervous system and behavioral responses to pain, the DPMS is required. Its connection to fibromyalgia (FM)-related cognitive dysfunction has not yet been investigated. Therefore, this study tested whether measures of verbal fluency, sustained attention, and short-term and working memory could distinguish FM patients from healthy controls (HC). Additionally, it investigated, using a standardized paradigm, the link between cognitive ability and the function of the DPMS in responders and non-responders to the conditioned pain modulation test (CPM-test).Materials and methodsWe enrolled 21 HC women and 69 FM patients, all of whom ranged in age from 30 to 65. We employed scores from the Trail Making Test (TMTB-A) (sustained and divided attention), the Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT) (orthographic and semantic fluency), and the Digits subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III) as dependent variables.ResultsA generalized linear model (GLM) adjusted by educational level revealed significantly lower scores in FM than HC on the Span digits forward, COWAT-orthographic, and TMTB-A. For FM patients, multilevel MANCOVA revealed that the cognitive performance of non-responders compared to responders to CPM-test showed lower adjusted scores in Span digits forward (Partial-η2 = 0.358, P = 0.001), Span digits backward (Partial-η2 = 0.358, P = 0.001), COWAT-orthographic (Partial-η2 = 0.551, P = 0.001), COWAR-semantic (Partial-η2 = 0.355, P = 0.001), and TMTB-A (Partial-η2 = 0.360, P = 0.001). The association between the cognitive tests and the DPMS is moderated by the serum level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Additionally, these cognitive assessments had a positive correlation with antidepressant use and pain threshold. The cognitive assessments, on the other hand, were conversely associated with a life of quality.ConclusionBased on these findings, it can be shown that HC performed substantially better on cognitive exams than FM did. They demonstrated a link between clinical complaints about attention and memory and decreased DPMS effectiveness. Additionally, they demonstrated that the BDNF is a moderating element in a potential relationship between the severity of cognitive impairment and DPMS dysfunction.

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“…Cross-sectional research on the topic yields mixed findings. Some studies have found greater overgenerality 30 , 52 , 71 and differences in retrieval latency among individuals with chronic pain compared with pain-free controls. 30 , 77 Quenstedt et al 52 extended these findings by showing that individuals with a history of chronic pain have similar patterns of reduced specificity as well as more pain-related content in their recollections and imagined future episodes.…”

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Autobiographical memory predicts postsurgical pain up to 12 months after major surgery

Waisman

Kleiman

Slepian

et al. 2022

Pain

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Fibromyalgia patients make scarce reference to pain in self-defining memories

Cited by 7 publications

References 67 publications

Painful reminders: Involvement of the autobiographical memory system in pediatric postsurgical pain and the transition to chronicity

Painful reminders: Involvement of the autobiographical memory system in pediatric postsurgical pain and the transition to chronicity

Association between descending pain modulatory system and cognitive impairment in fibromyalgia: A cross-sectional exploratory study

Autobiographical memory predicts postsurgical pain up to 12 months after major surgery

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