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ArticlePain reports2026

Impact of cognitive behavioral therapy on attention in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial.

Savannah Kazemipour, Jolin B Yamin, David Moore, Asimina Lazaridou, Myrella Paschali, Vitaly Napadow, Robert R Edwards, Samantha M Meints

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Savannah KazemipourBrigham and Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5058-5381
Jolin B YaminBrigham and Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA.
David MooreLiverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Asimina LazaridouBrigham and Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Myrella PaschaliBrigham and Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Vitaly NapadowBrigham and Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Robert R EdwardsBrigham and Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Samantha M MeintsBrigham and Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Funding

Brain Mechanisms Underlying CBT-Related Reductions in FibromyalgiaR01AR064367 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI EDWARDS, ROBERT R, NAPADOW, VITALY · 2014 to 2018
$4.0M
Mass General Brigham Interdisciplinary Clinical Pain Research Training ProgramT90NS138001 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ROBERT R EDWARDS, Samantha M Meints · 2024 to 2026
$1.0M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR064367NINDS NIH HHS T90 NS138001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: More than three-fourths of people with fibromyalgia complain of cognitive difficulties, including memory and attention problems, which result in impaired job performance and disability. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is efficacious in treating people with attention deficits, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain (eg, fibromyalgia). Objectives: In this study, we examined the efficacy of CBT for improving attention in patients with fibromyalgia. Methods: Sixty-nine women with fibromyalgia (M = 42; SD = 13) were randomly assigned to receive CBT or an education control, and completed computer-based attention tasks and surveys at baseline (before receiving treatment) and at the follow-up (after receiving 8 treatment sessions). We hypothesized that CBT would lead to greater improvement in attention compared with fibromyalgia education. We conducted repeated-measures analyses of variance to examine the effects of time (pre- vs postintervention) and whether CBT resulted in greater improvement (time × condition effects) for attention span, attentional switching, and divided attention. Results: Results indicated an effect of time such that patients in both groups improved from baseline to follow-up for attention span (F = 8.26, Conclusion: Our results support the possibility of practice effects such that completing tasks that engage attentional processes could serve as potential interventions for attentional deficits observed in fibromyalgia.

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Attentional deficitsCBTFibromyalgia

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PMID41404366
PMCPMC12705048

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