Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroimmunological disease that mainly affects young adults, leading to neurological disabilities over the course of their lives. Many psychiatric conditions have been reported in patients with MS, but there are remarkably few studies assessing empathy among these patients. Methods This is a single center, cross-sectional study, of 34 patients with MS and 34 matched control subjects. A specific questionnaire (empathy quotient) was used. Results Patients with MS showed significantly lower levels of empathy. This finding was not correlated with disease duration, degree of disability, drugs for treating MS or lesion load on resonance magnetic imaging. Conclusion Decreased empathy is a frequent condition in patients with MS and should be addressed in order to diminish the psychosocial burden of this neurological disease. |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathyempathymultiple sclerosispsychologyABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroimmunological disease that mainly affects young adults, leading to neurological disabilities over the course of their lives. Many psychiatric conditions have been reported in patients with MS, but there are remarkably few studies assessing empathy among these patients. Methods This is a single center, cross-sectional study, of 34 patients with MS and 34 matched control subjects. A specific questionnaire (empathy quotient) was used. Results Patients with MS showed significantly lower levels of empathy. This finding was not correlated with disease duration, degree of disability, drugs for treating MS or lesion load on resonance magnetic imaging. Conclusion Decreased empathy is a frequent condition in patients with MS and should be addressed in order to diminish the psychosocial burden of this neurological disease.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO2016-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016001200982Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.74 n.12 2016reponame:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)instname:Academia Brasileira de Neurologiainstacron:ABNEURO10.1590/0004-282x20160154info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlmeida,Marcos Barbosa deGoing,Luana CarramiloFragoso,Yara Dadaltieng2016-12-12T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0004-282X2016001200982Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/anphttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revista.arquivos@abneuro.org1678-42270004-282Xopendoar:2016-12-12T00:00Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online) - Academia Brasileira de Neurologiafalse |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy Almeida,Marcos Barbosa de empathy multiple sclerosis psychology |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis present low levels of empathy |
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Almeida,Marcos Barbosa de |
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Almeida,Marcos Barbosa de Going,Luana Carramilo Fragoso,Yara Dadalti |
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Going,Luana Carramilo Fragoso,Yara Dadalti |
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Almeida,Marcos Barbosa de Going,Luana Carramilo Fragoso,Yara Dadalti |
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empathy multiple sclerosis psychology |
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empathy multiple sclerosis psychology |
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ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroimmunological disease that mainly affects young adults, leading to neurological disabilities over the course of their lives. Many psychiatric conditions have been reported in patients with MS, but there are remarkably few studies assessing empathy among these patients. Methods This is a single center, cross-sectional study, of 34 patients with MS and 34 matched control subjects. A specific questionnaire (empathy quotient) was used. Results Patients with MS showed significantly lower levels of empathy. This finding was not correlated with disease duration, degree of disability, drugs for treating MS or lesion load on resonance magnetic imaging. Conclusion Decreased empathy is a frequent condition in patients with MS and should be addressed in order to diminish the psychosocial burden of this neurological disease. |
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