| Title: | Social well-being following stroke |
| Lead Institution: | Georgetown University |
| Principal investigator: | Ms Katherine O'Connell |
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Some individuals who have experienced a stroke find it challenging to maintain their social relationships and emotional connections. While the cause of these difficulties is not yet known, research shows that stroke survivors who report better social well-being also have improved clinical outcomes, which indicates the importance of maintaining social relationships after a stroke. Unfortunately, social difficulties may often go undetected and untreated by rehabilitation centers. This research project aims to help determine which stroke patients may be most at risk of experiencing social difficulties. Because the symptoms of a stroke depend on which area of the brain is impacted, this research will use brain imaging data to help determine whether stroke lesion location is associated with social well-being after stroke. Right-hemisphere strokes more frequently impact brain regions that are important for socioemotional processing (including right superior posterior temporal gyrus and right inferior frontal gyrus) and we hypothesize that lesions to these areas will be associated with worse social well-being. Results may help improve prognosis after stroke and guide future research to explore more targeted rehabilitation options. This work also aims to increase public awareness of social difficulties that may follow a stroke.1 Publication
| Pub ID | Title | Author(s) | Year | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14161 | Right hemisphere stroke is linked to reduced social connectedness in the UK Biobank cohort | Katherine O'Connell (+2) | 2024 | Scientific Reports |
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