Objective cognitive performance and subjective complaints in patients with chronic Q fever or Q fever fatigue syndrome.
Daphne F M ReukersJustine AaronsonJoris A F van LoenhoutBirte MeyeringKoos van der VeldenJeannine L A HautvastCornelia H M van JaarsveldRoy P C KesselsPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
The high level of self-reported cognitive complaints in QFS patients does not indicate cognitive impairment. A large proportion of the chronic Q fever patients showed suboptimal mental effort during neuropsychological assessment. More research into the underlying explanations is needed. Our findings stress the importance of assessing cognitive functioning by neuropsychological examination including performance validity, rather than only measuring subjective cognitive complaints.