Facial Emotion Recognition Across Various Age Groups in a Healthy Egyptian Population.
Nabil Rohaiem, S., Rasheedy, D., Shawky Mohammedin, A., Shaltoot, H., R. Mohamed, E., G.Saber, H., Ibrahim, H., Abdelazeem, M., Hassan, A., Gamal, N., Aly, M., Tawfik, H. (2024). Facial Emotion Recognition Across Various Age Groups in a Healthy Egyptian Population.. EKB Journal Management System, 11(2), 40-55. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2024.427639
Shaimaa Nabil Rohaiem; Doha Rasheedy; Ahmed Shawky Mohammedin; Heba Shaltoot; Enas R. Mohamed; Heba G.Saber; Hany Ibrahim; Marwa Abdelazeem; Abeer Hassan; Nesma Gamal; Menna Aly; Heba Tawfik. "Facial Emotion Recognition Across Various Age Groups in a Healthy Egyptian Population.". EKB Journal Management System, 11, 2, 2024, 40-55. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2024.427639
Nabil Rohaiem, S., Rasheedy, D., Shawky Mohammedin, A., Shaltoot, H., R. Mohamed, E., G.Saber, H., Ibrahim, H., Abdelazeem, M., Hassan, A., Gamal, N., Aly, M., Tawfik, H. (2024). 'Facial Emotion Recognition Across Various Age Groups in a Healthy Egyptian Population.', EKB Journal Management System, 11(2), pp. 40-55. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2024.427639
Nabil Rohaiem, S., Rasheedy, D., Shawky Mohammedin, A., Shaltoot, H., R. Mohamed, E., G.Saber, H., Ibrahim, H., Abdelazeem, M., Hassan, A., Gamal, N., Aly, M., Tawfik, H. Facial Emotion Recognition Across Various Age Groups in a Healthy Egyptian Population.. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 11(2): 40-55. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2024.427639

Facial Emotion Recognition Across Various Age Groups in a Healthy Egyptian Population.

The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology
Article 4, Volume 11, Issue 2, October 2024, Pages 40-55    PDF (345.23 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejgg.2024.427639
Authors
Shaimaa Nabil Rohaiem* ; Doha Rasheedy; Ahmed Shawky Mohammedin; Heba Shaltoot; Enas R. Mohamed; Heba G.Saber; Hany Ibrahim; Marwa Abdelazeem; Abeer Hassan; Nesma Gamal; Menna Aly; Heba Tawfik
Geriatrics and Gerontology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
Background:  The world’s population is significantly increasing in populations of all age groups, including older adults. Social cognition deficits are common in various neuropsychiatric illnesses in all age groups, particularly the older adult population, who commonly experience cognitive impairment. However, social cognition assessment remains an underexplored area of research in Egypt. So, the current study aims to obtain normative data for the Arabic version of the Faces Emotion Recognition test for the Egyptian population, as a reference for future clinical and research use in the older adult population in Egypt.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 241 community-dwelling Egyptian adults aged over 20. Participants were requested to complete an online survey comprising demographic information questions, patient health questionnaire 2 (PHQ2) questions, instructions for completing the Faces Test, and the 20 test items.
Results: The mean score of the Faces test is 17.42 (SD = 1.59), with a range from 10 to 20 and a median of 18. Most of the faces achieved optimal recognition percentages by study participants; however, regarding faces 8 (distress) and 18 (interested), only 49.4% and 62.2% of participants, respectively, recognised those two faces correctly. Performance on the Faces test varies significantly, with younger participants achieving higher mean scores compared to older adult individuals.
Conclusion: Facial emotional recognition varies across different age groups. Participants of all age groups in our study had lower item recognition rates than anticipated compared to prior normative data. 
 
Keywords
social cognition; emotional perception; older adults; Face test; Facial expression
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