TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical correlates of social cognition after an ischemic stroke preliminary findings
AU - de Souza, Maria de Fátima Dias
AU - Cardoso, Maíra Glória de Freitas
AU - Vieira, Érica Leandro Marciano
AU - Rocha, Natália Pessoa
AU - Ferreira E Vieira, Talita Hélen
AU - Pessoa, Alberlúcio Esquirio
AU - Pedroso, Vinicius Sousa Pietra
AU - Rachid, Milene Alvarenga
AU - de Souza, Leonardo Cruz
AU - Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio
AU - Mourão, Aline Mansueto
AU - de Miranda, Aline Silva
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Jaeger et al.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The co-occurrence of post-stroke behavioral disorders and cognitive impairment has been extensively investigated. However, studies usually do not include social cognition among the assessed cognitive domains. Objective: To investigate the potential association between facial emotion recognition, a measure of social cognition, and behavioral and cognitive symptoms in the subacute phase of ischemic stroke. Methods: Patients admitted to a Stroke Unit with ischemic stroke were followed up to 60 days. At this time point, they were evaluated with the following tools: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB); Visual Memory Test of the Brief Cognitive Battery (VMT); Phonemic Verbal Fluency (F-A-S Test); Digit Span; Facial Emotion Recognition Test (FERT) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). A control group composed of 21 healthy individuals also underwent the same evaluation. Results: Eighteen patients with ischemic stroke were enrolled in this study. They had similar age, sex and schooling years compared to controls. Depression symptoms and episodic memory deficits were significantly more frequent in patients compared to controls. The recognition of sadness expression positively correlated with the levels of anxiety and depression, while and the recognition of fear expression negatively correlated with depression in the stroke group. Conclusions: After an ischemic stroke, patients exhibit impairment in social cognition skills, specifically facial emotion recognition, in association with behavioral symptoms.
AB - The co-occurrence of post-stroke behavioral disorders and cognitive impairment has been extensively investigated. However, studies usually do not include social cognition among the assessed cognitive domains. Objective: To investigate the potential association between facial emotion recognition, a measure of social cognition, and behavioral and cognitive symptoms in the subacute phase of ischemic stroke. Methods: Patients admitted to a Stroke Unit with ischemic stroke were followed up to 60 days. At this time point, they were evaluated with the following tools: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB); Visual Memory Test of the Brief Cognitive Battery (VMT); Phonemic Verbal Fluency (F-A-S Test); Digit Span; Facial Emotion Recognition Test (FERT) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). A control group composed of 21 healthy individuals also underwent the same evaluation. Results: Eighteen patients with ischemic stroke were enrolled in this study. They had similar age, sex and schooling years compared to controls. Depression symptoms and episodic memory deficits were significantly more frequent in patients compared to controls. The recognition of sadness expression positively correlated with the levels of anxiety and depression, while and the recognition of fear expression negatively correlated with depression in the stroke group. Conclusions: After an ischemic stroke, patients exhibit impairment in social cognition skills, specifically facial emotion recognition, in association with behavioral symptoms.
KW - Cognition
KW - Cognitive dysfunction
KW - Depression
KW - Neurobehavioral manifestations
KW - Stroke
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U2 - 10.1590/1980-57642021dn15-020010
DO - 10.1590/1980-57642021dn15-020010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109099732
SN - 1980-5764
VL - 15
SP - 223
EP - 229
JO - Dementia e Neuropsychologia
JF - Dementia e Neuropsychologia
IS - 2
ER -