Body Image and Emotional Status in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury
Emotional experiences can lead to a real or distorted self-representation. After brain damage, altered self-perception of one’s own body image is frequent. This study evaluates the relationship of mood disorders and lesion sites on body image in a cohort of ABI patients. A total of 46 patients (26 m...
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| author | Viviana Lo Buono Francesco Corallo Lilla Bonanno Angelo Quartarone Maria Cristina De Cola |
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| description | Emotional experiences can lead to a real or distorted self-representation. After brain damage, altered self-perception of one’s own body image is frequent. This study evaluates the relationship of mood disorders and lesion sites on body image in a cohort of ABI patients. A total of 46 patients (26 men, 20 women) without severe physical impairments were found eligible for this study. Patients underwent Beck’s Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety to assess mood disorders, whereas the Body Image Scale and Human Figure Drawing were used to evaluate body dissatisfaction and implicit body image. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment was used to assess patients’ cognitive condition. We found a moderate correlation between depression and body image (r = 0.48), as well as between anxiety and body image (r = 0.52), and the regression model also reported the right lesion site as a predictive variable for body image score. In addition, the regression model built by Human Figure Drawing scores showed anxiety, cognitive functioning, and a marital status of single to be significant predictors. The study confirmed that participants with acquired brain injury have deficits in body representation associated with mood disorders, regardless of the side of the lesions. A neuropsychological intervention could be useful for these patients to improve their cognitive performance and learn to manage emotional dysfunction in order to increase their self-perception of body image and improve their quality of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94693f2c023e4385b192bafadf3a619e2023-11-18T11:00:33ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832023-06-011212407010.3390/jcm12124070Body Image and Emotional Status in Patients with Acquired Brain InjuryViviana Lo Buono0Francesco Corallo1Lilla Bonanno2Angelo Quartarone3Maria Cristina De Cola4IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, 98124 Messina, ItalyIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, 98124 Messina, ItalyIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, 98124 Messina, ItalyIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, 98124 Messina, ItalyIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, 98124 Messina, ItalyEmotional experiences can lead to a real or distorted self-representation. After brain damage, altered self-perception of one’s own body image is frequent. This study evaluates the relationship of mood disorders and lesion sites on body image in a cohort of ABI patients. A total of 46 patients (26 men, 20 women) without severe physical impairments were found eligible for this study. Patients underwent Beck’s Depression Inventory and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety to assess mood disorders, whereas the Body Image Scale and Human Figure Drawing were used to evaluate body dissatisfaction and implicit body image. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment was used to assess patients’ cognitive condition. We found a moderate correlation between depression and body image (r = 0.48), as well as between anxiety and body image (r = 0.52), and the regression model also reported the right lesion site as a predictive variable for body image score. In addition, the regression model built by Human Figure Drawing scores showed anxiety, cognitive functioning, and a marital status of single to be significant predictors. The study confirmed that participants with acquired brain injury have deficits in body representation associated with mood disorders, regardless of the side of the lesions. A neuropsychological intervention could be useful for these patients to improve their cognitive performance and learn to manage emotional dysfunction in order to increase their self-perception of body image and improve their quality of life.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/12/4070acquired brain injurybody imageself-perceptiondepressionanxiety |
| spellingShingle | Viviana Lo Buono Francesco Corallo Lilla Bonanno Angelo Quartarone Maria Cristina De Cola Body Image and Emotional Status in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury Journal of Clinical Medicine acquired brain injury body image self-perception depression anxiety |
| title | Body Image and Emotional Status in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_full | Body Image and Emotional Status in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_fullStr | Body Image and Emotional Status in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Body Image and Emotional Status in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_short | Body Image and Emotional Status in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury |
| title_sort | body image and emotional status in patients with acquired brain injury |
| topic | acquired brain injury body image self-perception depression anxiety |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/12/4070 |
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