Title :

“My sympathetic clinician”: perception of sympathy by patients with Alzheimer’s disease increases when asked to provide autobiographical memories

Author(s) :

El Haj, Mohamad [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire [LPPL]
Allain, Philippe [Auteur]
Service de neurologie [Angers]
Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire [LPPL]
Antoine, Pascal [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Chapelet, Guillaume [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes = Nantes University Hospital [CHU Nantes]
The Enteric Nervous System in gut and brain disorders [U1235] [TENS]
Kapogiannis, Dimitrios [Auteur]
Boutoleau-bretonnière, Claire [Auteur]
Service de neurochirurgie [CHU Nantes]
Gallouj, Karim [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Gustave Dron [Tourcoing]

Journal title :

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Abbreviated title :

Aging Clin Exp Res

Volume number :

34

Pages :

1295-1301

Publisher :

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Publication date :

2022-01-29

ISSN :

1720-8319

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

Background and aims Autobiographical memory serves to recall past personal experiences and share them with others, promoting social bonding and communication. In this study, we investigated whether encouraging patients ...
Show more >Background and aims Autobiographical memory serves to recall past personal experiences and share them with others, promoting social bonding and communication. In this study, we investigated whether encouraging patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to share autobiographical memories during formal neuropsychological testing may boost the patient–clinician relationship, and more specifically, the neuropsychologist’s level of sympathy as perceived by patients. Methods We invited patients with mild AD to perform neuropsychological testing in two conditions. In one condition, we invited patients to retrieve and share two autobiographical memories after testing, while in a control condition, the testing session ended without asking patients to retrieve and share any autobiographical memories. After the two conditions, patients were invited to rate the neuropsychologist’s level of sympathy towards them. Results Analysis demonstrated that patients perceived a higher level of sympathy when their neuropsychologist invited them to retrieve and share past personal experiences. Discussion By inviting patients with AD to retrieve past personal experiences, clinicians can promote a sense of sharing, create a social bond and, consequently, enhance the therapeutic relationship. In other words, by inviting patients with AD to share autobiographical memories, clinicians can promote a “social glue” with their patients, boosting mutual sympathy and patients’ well-being.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193

Research team(s) :

Équipe Dynamique Émotionnelle et Pathologies (DEEP)

Submission date :

2023-12-31T16:30:46Z
2023-12-31T18:28:04Z
2024-01-10T08:45:58Z
2024-03-25T13:34:28Z