scholarly journals Correlations between facial expressivity and apathy in elderly people with Neurocognitive Disorders: an exploratory study (Preprint)

10.2196/24727 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radia Zeghari ◽  
Alexandra König ◽  
Rachid Guerchouche ◽  
Garima Sharma ◽  
Jyoti Joshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Neurocognitive Disorders ◽  
Facial Expressivity

scholarly journals 06 - Characterization of risk of depression and suicide in a sample of elderly people in Beja, Portugal – an exploratory study.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sónia Farinha Silva ◽  
Paulo Barbosa ◽  
Maria Teresa Valadas ◽  
Ana Matos-Pires ◽  
Marta Vieira de Melo Centeno Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Exploratory Study

scholarly journals Demand of elderly people for residential care: an exploratory study

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
PMA van Bilsen ◽  
JPH Hamers ◽  
W Groot ◽  
C Spreeuwenberg
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Exploratory Study

Needs, Interests, and Limitations for the Promotion of Health and Exercise by a Web Site for Sighted and Blind Elderly People: A Qualitative Exploratory Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 449-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narcís Gusi ◽  
Josué Prieto ◽  
David Forte ◽  
Ignacio Gomez ◽  
José-Luis González-Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Web Site

scholarly journals Correlations between facial expressivity and apathy in elderly people with Neurocognitive Disorders (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radia Zeghari ◽  
Alexandra König ◽  
Rachid Guerchouche ◽  
Garima Sharma ◽  
Jyoti Joshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Neurocognitive Disorders ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
Average Intensity ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Facial Movements ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
Tablet Device ◽  
Facial Expressivity

BACKGROUND Neurocognitive disorders are often accompanied by behavioral symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and/or apathy. These symptoms can occur very early in the disease progression, and are often difficult to detect and quantify in non-specialized clinical settings. We focus in this study on apathy, one of the most common and debilitating neuropsychiatric symptoms in neurocognitive disorders. Specifically, we investigated whether facial expressivity extracted trough computer vision software correlates with the severity of apathy symptoms in elderly subjects with neurocognitive disorders. OBJECTIVE Specifically, we investigated whether facial expressivity extracted trough computer vision software correlates with the severity of apathy symptoms in elderly subjects with neurocognitive disorders. METHODS 63 subjects (38 females and 25 males) with neurocognitive disorder participated in the study. Apathy was assessed using the Apathy Inventory (AI), a scale which comprises three domains of apathy: loss of interest, loss of initiation and emotional blunting. The higher the scales score, the more severe the apathy symptoms. Participants were asked to recall a positive and a negative event of their life, while their voice and face were recorded through a tablet device. Action Units (AU), which are basic facial movements, were extracted using OpenFace 2.0. 17 AUs (intensity and presence) for each frame of the video were extracted in both positive and negative storytelling. Average intensity and frequency of AU activation were calculated for each participant in each video. Partial correlations (controlling for the level of depression and cognitive impairment) were performed between these indexes and AI subscales. RESULTS Results showed that AU intensity and frequency were negatively correlated with apathy scales scores, in particular with the emotional blunting component. The more severe the apathy symptoms, the less expressivity was displayed from participants while recalling an emotional event in specific emotional and non-emotional AUs. Different AUs showed significant correlations depending on gender of the participant and the task (positive vs negative story), suggesting the importance to assess independently male and female participants. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggest the interest of employing computer vision based facial analysis to quantify facial expressivity and assess the severity of apathy symptoms in subjects with Neurocognitive Disorders. This may thus represent a useful tool for a preliminary apathy assessment in non-specialized settings, and could be used to complement classical clinical scales. Future studies including larger samples should confirm the clinical relevance of this kind on instrument. CLINICALTRIAL N/A

Perceptual Dysfunction in Elderly People with Cognitive Impairment: A Risk Factor for Falls?

2000 ◽  
Vol 63 (6) ◽  
pp. 248-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Buri ◽  
Joanne Picton ◽  
Pam Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Adaptive Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Spatial Disorientation ◽  
Movement Difficulties

Elderly people with cognitive impairment are highly susceptible to falls and are likely to have perceptual dysfunction. However, the possible relationship between falls and perceptual deficits has never been considered. The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate whether perceptual deficits are a risk factor for falls and, if so, which types of perceptual dysfunction may pose the greatest risk. A qualitative approach was adopted, using an interview with therapists and observation of elderly residents in care homes. Interaction with the environment, movement and psychological factors emerged as important markers of perceptual dysfunction related to falls. Spatial disorientation emerged as the most important perceptual risk factor. Occupational therapists and physiotherapists should seek ways to improve spatial orientation in elderly cognitively impaired people who fall or who might fall. Adaptive strategies to help them to interact with the environment and approaches to gait analysis that seek a cognitive-perceptual explanation for movement difficulties may be useful.

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