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These potentially modifiable symptoms may warrant attention in a clinical context.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S2056472426110412_as2\">\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to characterise common patterns of cognitive and non-cognitive symptoms in a referred patient cohort and determine whether cognitive complaints are associated with clinically significant fatigue, sleep dysfunction and psychopathology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S2056472426110412_as3\">\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cognitive complaints were captured using (a) a binary classification derived from clinical impression and (b) a severity rating from a self-report instrument. Objective cognitive performance was measured across five cognitive domains. Patients also completed self-report measures of fatigue, sleep dysfunction and psychopathology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S2056472426110412_as4\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Fifty-one patients were included. Although 98% had cognitive complaints, only 29% had objective cognitive impairment. Most (90%) had significant non-cognitive symptoms, primarily fatigue (86%), sleep dysfunction (28%) and depression (26%). Pattern analysis revealed that the most common symptom phenotype was cognitive complaints with significant non-cognitive symptoms, occurring in the absence of objective cognitive impairment. More severe cognitive complaints were associated with greater psychopathology (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.57,\n                      <jats:italic>BF<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 2188.48), fatigue (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.53,\n                      <jats:italic>BF<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 366.44) and sleep dysfunction (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.47,\n                      <jats:italic>BF<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 69.27).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S2056472426110412_as5\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cognitive complaints in multiple sclerosis may reflect broader non-cognitive symptom burden rather than objective cognitive impairment, even among patients referred for specialist evaluation. 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