Everyday executive functioning in chronic pain: specific deficits in working memory and emotion control, predicted by mood, medications, and pain interference

KS Baker, S Gibson… - The Clinical journal …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: People with chronic pain may experience impairments in high-level cognitive
skills, particularly executive functions. Such impairments are not adequately measured in …

Do people with chronic pain have impaired executive function? A meta-analytical review

C Berryman, TR Stanton, KJ Bowering, A Tabor… - Clinical psychology …, 2014 - Elsevier
A widely held belief within the clinical community is that chronic pain is associated with
cognitive impairment, despite the absence of a definitive systematic review or meta-analysis …

Executive and attentional functions in chronic pain: does performance decrease with increasing task load?

JM Oosterman, LC Derksen… - Pain Research and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Diminished executive function and attentional control has been reported in
chronic pain patients. However, the precise pattern of impairment in these aspects of …

Relationship between self‐reported cognitive difficulties, objective neuropsychological test performance and psychological distress in chronic pain

KS Baker, SJ Gibson… - … Journal of Pain, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Persons with chronic pain often report problems with cognitive abilities, such as
memory or attention. There is limited understanding of whether objective performance is …

Executive functions, self-regulation, and chronic pain: a review

L Solberg Nes, AR Roach… - Annals of Behavioral …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Chronic pain conditions are complicated and challenging to live with. Capacity
to adjust to such conditions may depend on the ability to self-regulate, that is, the ability to …

Optimizing cognitive function in persons with chronic pain

KS Baker, N Georgiou-Karistianis… - The Clinical Journal …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Cognitive functioning is commonly disrupted in people living with chronic pain,
yet it is an aspect of pain that is often not routinely assessed in pain management settings …

Cognitive complaints are associated with depression, fatigue, female sex, and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic pain

RS Roth, ME Geisser, M Theisen-Goodvich… - Archives of physical …, 2005 - Elsevier
Roth RS, Geisser ME, Theisen-Goodvich M, Dixon PJ. Cognitive complaints are associated
with depression, fatigue, female sex, and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic pain …

Executive functioning in pediatric chronic pain: Do deficits exist?

KE Weiss, C Harbeck-Weber, MJ Zaccariello… - Pain …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective Despite ample research documenting deficits in executive functioning for adults
with chronic pain, the literature on pediatric patients with chronic pain is limited and provides …

Cognitive impairment in patients with chronic neuropathic or radicular pain: an interaction of pain and age

O Moriarty, N Ruane, D O'Gorman… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
A growing body of empirical research has confirmed an association between chronic pain
and cognitive dysfunction. The aim of the present study was to determine whether cognitive …

The relationship between chronic pain and neurocognitive function: a systematic review

DM Higgins, AM Martin, DG Baker… - The Clinical journal …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Understanding the relationship between chronic pain and neurocognition has
important implications for the assessment and treatment of patient experiencing pain. This …