NSC Nursing
Emotion regulation among Alzheimer's patients: Current evidence and implications for patient - centered care: A Narrative Review
By Ahmed Hisham Ismail Mousa Mattar.
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NSC Nursing
By Ahmed Hisham Ismail Mousa Mattar.
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Emotion regulation is a set of processes and strategies that allow people to control the strength, length, and expression of their emotional responses in order to achieve adaptive functioning and desired outcomes. Alterations in cognitive and emotional functioning in Alzheimer's disease can impair emotion regulation and contribute to emotional distress and decreased well-being. Importantly, emotion regulation should be regarded as a unique aspect of emotional functioning rather than as a component of broader neuropsychiatric symptoms.
This narrative review aimed to summarize the current evidence on emotion regulation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and to examine its clinical relevance for Alzheimer’s disease care and nursing practice. Material and Methods: A narrative review of the pertinent literature on emotion regulation, emotional processing, and Alzheimer's disease was carried out. Evidence from review articles and empirical investigations on emotional functioning, emotion management techniques, decision-making, and emotion-oriented therapies was analyzed. The available information was thoroughly analyzed to identify key conclusions, regions of consistency and discrepancy, and present gaps in the research.
The existing evidence suggests that patients with Alzheimer's disease may have difficulty controlling their emotions, albeit the extent and form of these challenges varies by individual and clinical circumstance. Changes have been found in both antecedent-focused and response-focused emotion control mechanisms. At the same time, some areas of emotional functioning may be relatively unaffected by cognitive disability. Emotion-oriented therapies may help to reduce emotional discomfort and maintain emotional well-being; however, the evidence is mixed, and only a few research have specifically examined emotion regulation as an independent outcome.
Emotion modulation is an important yet understudied aspect of Alzheimer's care. Recognizing and assessing emotional functioning can assist nurses and other healthcare workers in developing personalized, person-centered interventions to maintain emotional well-being and reduce discomfort. More study is needed to better understand the mechanisms behind emotion regulation in Alzheimer's disease, develop suitable evaluation tools, and test the efficacy of tailored therapies in various care settings.
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