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- The study aimed to evaluate how often patients who suffered a minor ischemic stroke have trouble recognizing emotions visually in the subacute phase.
- It involved 112 minor stroke patients in a teaching hospital, using the Ekman 60 Faces Test to assess their visual emotion recognition and general cognitive abilities.
- The results showed that 25% of these patients had impaired emotion recognition, which was mostly tied to general cognitive issues, but some with normal cognition still struggled, indicating other influencing factors like mood.
Article Abstract
Objective: To assess the prevalence of impaired visual emotion recognition in patients who have experienced a minor ischemic stroke in the subacute phase and to determine associated factors of impaired visual emotion recognition.
Design: A prospective observational study.
Setting: Stroke unit of a teaching hospital.
Participants: Patients with minor ischemic stroke (N=112).
Interventions: Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures: Patients with minor stroke underwent a neuropsychological assessment in the subacute phase for visual emotion recognition by the Ekman 60 Faces Test and for general cognition. Univariable linear regression analyses were performed to identify associated factors of emotion recognition impairment.
Results: In 112 minor stroke patients, we found a prevalence of 25% of impaired visual emotion recognition. This was significantly correlated with impaired general cognition. Nevertheless, 10.9% of patients with normal general cognition still had impaired emotion recognition. Mood was negatively associated. Stroke localization, hemisphere side, and sex were not associated.
Conclusion: Impaired visual emotion recognition is found in about one-quarter of patients with minor ischemic stroke.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.10.024 | DOI Listing |
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