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Alexithymia in Alzheimer’s Disease by Arroyo-Anlló, Eva Ma ;Souchaud, Corinne ;Ingrand, Pierre ;Chamorro Sánchez, Jorge ;Melero Ventola, Alejandra ;Gil, Roger is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Alexithymia in Alzheimer’s Disease about?
Alexithymia is widely recognized as the inability to identify and express emotions. It is a construct which consists of four cognitive traits such as difficulty in identifying feelings, describing feelings to others, externally oriented thinking, and limited imaginative capacity. Several studies have linked alexithymia to cognitive functioning, observing greater alexithymia scores associated with poorer cognitive abilities. Despite Alzheimer’s disease (AD) being a neurodegenerative pathology characterized by cognitive troubles from the early stages, associated to behavioral and emotional disturbances, very few investigations have studied the alexithymia in AD. These studies have shown that alexithymia scores—assessed with Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS)—were greater in AD patients than healthy participants. The objective of the study was to investigate if the alexithymia was present in patients with mild AD. We hypothesized that the AD group would show more alexithymia features than the control group. We evaluated 54 subjects, including 27 patients diagnosed with mild AD and 27 normal healthy controls, using the Shalling Sifneos Psychosomatic Scale (SSPS-R) and a neuropsychological
Who reads Alexithymia in Alzheimer’s Disease?
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- Author
- Arroyo-Anlló, Eva Ma ;Souchaud, Corinne ;Ingrand, Pierre ;Chamorro Sánchez, Jorge ;Melero Ventola, Alejandra ;Gil, Roger
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)