Excessive TV watching in patients with frontotemporal dementia

Ji Soo Shin; Michael Sunmin Kim; Nicholas Sunyong Kim; Geon Ha Kim; Sang Won Seo; Eun Joo Kim; Kenneth M. Heilman; Duk L. Na

doi:10.1080/13554794.2012.701638

Excessive TV watching in patients with frontotemporal dementia

Ji Soo Shin, Michael Sunmin Kim, Nicholas Sunyong Kim, Geon Ha Kim, Sang Won Seo, Eun Joo Kim, Kenneth M. Heilman, Duk L. Na

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Abstract

The "environmental dependency syndrome" refers to a loss of personal autonomy such that a person's environment almost entirely controls their actions. The goal of this study is to learn if patients with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) exhibit prolonged TV watching, a behavior which may be a symptom of environmental dependency. We recruited 40 patients with FTD and 48 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and asked these participants' caregivers about TV watching behaviors including total viewing time and channel/show preference, along with other behaviors indicative of environmental dependency. Compared to AD patients, FTD patients watched TV for a longer time. In addition, the patients who watched more TV showed more signs of environmental dependency. Increased TV watching may be a sign of environmental dependency, however further research is needed to explore other hypotheses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	489-496
Number of pages	8
Journal	Neurocase
Volume	19
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2012.701638
State	Published - Oct 2013

Keywords

Environmental dependency
Frontotemporal dementia
TV watching
Utilization behavior

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