Recognition of facial happy and sad expressions in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and their correlation with cognitive function
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20240318-01423
- VernacularTitle:阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停患者识别面部快乐和悲伤表情的能力及其与认知功能的关系
- Author:
Haiyan HU
1
;
Yang ZHANG
1
;
Jingyun DANG
1
Author Information
1. 郑州大学第一附属医院老年呼吸睡眠科，郑州 450046
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive;
Facial expression;
Cognition;
Positive classification advantage;
Reaction time
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2025;31(3):379-383
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the ability of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to recognize facial happy and sad expressions and their correlation with cognitive function.Methods:Convenience sampling was used to select 45 OSA patients in the Geriatric Respiratory Sleep Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from February to September 2023 as the observation group, while 45 volunteers without OSA were recruited as the control group. General Information Questionnaire, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Chinese Facial Affective Picture System (CFAPS), and Facial Expression Suite were used to investigate the study participants. E-prime 2.0 software was used to measure the reaction time and subjective intensity of participants' recognition of happy and sad expressions.Results:A total of 90 questionnaires were distributed, 90 valid questionnaires were recovered, and the effective recovery rate was 100.00%. The reaction time to happy expressions was shorter than that to sad expressions in control group ( P<0.05). The OSA group had a shorter reaction time to sad expressions than the control group ( P<0.05), and the reaction intensity scores of sad expressions of all intensities were higher than those of the control group ( P<0.05) .Intensity scores of sad expressions is negatively correlated with MoCA scores in OSA group. Conclusions:Patients with OSA have a high sensitivity to expressions of sadness, as evidenced by short reaction times, high perceived reaction intensity, and a correlation with cognitive function. OSA patients may misunderstand their social partners' intentions and emotional states, leading to social barriers.
