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| Title |
Emotion Detection Deficits and Decreased Empathy in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease Affect Caregiver Mood and Burden
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00120 |
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| Authors |
Maria Martinez, Namita Multani, Cassandra J. Anor, Karen Misquitta, David F. Tang-Wai, Ron Keren, Susan Fox, Anthony E. Lang, Connie Marras, Maria C. Tartaglia |
| Abstract |
Background: Changes in social cognition occur in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) and can be caused by several factors, including emotion recognition deficits and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS). The aims of this study were to investigate: (1) group differences on emotion detection between patients diagnosed with AD or PD and their respective caregivers; (2) the association of emotion detection with empathetic ability and NPS in individuals with AD or PD; (3) caregivers' depression and perceived burden in relation to patients' ability to detect emotions, empathize with others, presence of NPS; and (4) caregiver's awareness of emotion detection deficits in patients with AD or Parkinson. Methods: In this study, patients with probable AD (N = 25) or PD (N = 17), and their caregivers (N = 42), performed an emotion detection task (The Awareness of Social Inference Test-Emotion Evaluation Test, TASIT-EET). Patients underwent cognitive assessment, using the Behavioral Neurology Assessment (BNA). In addition, caregivers completed questionnaires to measure empathy (Interpersonal Reactivity Index, IRI) and NPS (Neuropsychiatric Inventory, NPI) in patients and self-reported on depression (Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS) and burden (Zarit Burden Interview, ZBI). Caregivers were also interviewed to measure dementia severity (Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale) in patients. Results: The results suggest that individuals with AD and PD are significantly worse at recognizing emotions than their caregivers. Moreover, caregivers failed to recognize patients' emotion recognition deficits and this was associated with increased caregiver burden and depression. Patients' emotion recognition deficits, decreased empathy and NPS were also related to caregiver burden and depression. Conclusions: Changes in emotion detection and empathy in individuals with AD and PD has implications for caregiver burden and depression and may be amenable to interventions with both patients and caregivers. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 32% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 21% |
| Italy | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 84% |
| Scientists | 3 | 16% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 155 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 155 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 11% |
| Researcher | 14 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 14% |
| Unknown | 57 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 41 | 26% |
| Neuroscience | 20 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 7% |
| Unknown | 64 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2021.
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#1,056
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#35
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