The subjective perception of past, present, and future time in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: The relationship between dementia and time perception impairment is unknown. AIM: This study aims to explore subjective perception of the passage of time in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). METHODS: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 AD patients. Grounded theory, a qu...

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Autores principales: Shiromaru-Sugimoto, Azusa, Murakami, Hidetomo, Futamura, Akinori, Honma, Motoyasu, Kuroda, Takeshi, Kawamura, Mitsuru, Ono, Kenjiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6257359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538476
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S186081
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The relationship between dementia and time perception impairment is unknown. AIM: This study aims to explore subjective perception of the passage of time in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). METHODS: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 AD patients. Grounded theory, a qualitative research methodology, was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Based on interview transcripts, five categories were designated: {Live according to a private clock}, {The past comes up}, {Move back and forth between the present and the past}, {Cannot imagine the future}, and {Bid farewell to this world as early as tomorrow}. DISCUSSION: Our results suggest that AD patients alternate past and present without complete awareness and cannot imagine a future other than one ending in death.

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