Screening for Emotional Expression in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Pilot Study
Joint Authors
Mendez, Mario F.
Carr, Andrew R.
Ashla, Mark M.
Jimenez, Elvira E.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-03-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
Although emotional blunting is a core feature of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), there are no practical clinical measures of emotional expression for the early diagnosis of bvFTD.
Method.
Three age-matched groups (bvFTD, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and healthy controls (HC)) of eight participants each were presented with real-life vignettes varying in emotional intensity (high versus low) with either negative or positive outcomes.
This study evaluated verbal (self-reports of distress) and visual (presence or absence of facial affect) measures of emotional expression during the vignettes.
Results.
The bvFTD patients did not differ from the AD and HC groups in reported distress or in the amount of facial affect during vignettes with high emotional intensity or type of outcome.
However, the bvFTD patients reported significantly less distress and had correspondingly few facial affective expressions when compared on vignettes of low intensity.
Conclusions.
Patients with bvFTD require a high intensity of emotional stimulus and are significantly hyporesponsive to low-intensity stimuli.
Simple screening or observations of verbal and facial responsiveness to mildly arousing stimuli may aid in differentiating bvFTD from normal subjects and patients with other dementias.
Future studies can investigate whether delivering information with high emotional intensity can facilitate communication with patients with bvFTD.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Carr, Andrew R.& Ashla, Mark M.& Jimenez, Elvira E.& Mendez, Mario F.. 2018. Screening for Emotional Expression in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Pilot Study. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130328
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Carr, Andrew R.…[et al.]. Screening for Emotional Expression in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Pilot Study. Behavioural Neurology No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130328
American Medical Association (AMA)
Carr, Andrew R.& Ashla, Mark M.& Jimenez, Elvira E.& Mendez, Mario F.. Screening for Emotional Expression in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Pilot Study. Behavioural Neurology. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130328
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1130328