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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Mild cognitive impairment

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Participants across all groups showed significant differences in cognition and functionality. However, emotional recognition abilities did not significantly differ between MCI and mild or moderate AD groups. Most cognitive and neuropsychiatric variables had no significant impact on emotion recognition or social functioning. No differences emerged in patients’ self-evaluations of social and emotional functioning. Caregiver assessments revealed significant differences only between the MCI and moderate AD groups. Participants with MCI and AD displayed expected clinical progression while retaining some emotional recognition and social functioning capabilities.

Key findings

Participants across all groups showed significant differences in cognition and functionality.
However, emotional recognition abilities did not significantly differ between MCI and mild or moderate AD groups.
Most cognitive and neuropsychiatric variables had no significant impact on emotion recognition or social functioning.
No differences emerged in patients’ self-evaluations of social and emotional functioning.
Caregiver assessments revealed significant differences only between the MCI and moderate AD groups.

Why it matters

Emotional recognition abilities did not significantly differ between people with mild cognitive impairment and those with mild or moderate Alzheimer's disease, and most cognitive and neuropsychiatric variables had no significant impact on emotion recognition or social functioning. This is a comparative study of emotional recognition, not a treatment or cure.

Study details

Participants141
Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 37/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology)
Journal's citation record	1 / 4	Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology: journal h-index 105 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	0 / 12	No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	4 / 5	2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	2 / 4	141 participants
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	3 / 3	Studied in people (participant count stated)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	1 / 7	Cited 1 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	0 / 5	0.3 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	1 / 6	Cited 0.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	1 / 6	Cited by 1 other studies in this library
Still being cited	0 / 4	Cited 1 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	2 / 4	Last-listed author Márcia Cristina Nascimento Dourado: h-index 28 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	0 / 3	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: institution h-index 617 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	0 / 3	OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete)
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40326170)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Total	37 / 100	—

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APA 7th

Rangel, R., Belfort, T. T., Brandt, M., Nogueira, M. M. L., & Dourado, M. C. N. (2025). Emotional Recognition: A Comparative Study of People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Self-Report with Caregiver Perspectives. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1177/08919887251338266

Vancouver

Rangel R, Belfort TT, Brandt M, Nogueira MML, Dourado MCN. Emotional Recognition: A Comparative Study of People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Self-Report with Caregiver Perspectives. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 2025. doi:10.1177/08919887251338266. PMID: 40326170.

BibTeX

@article{rangel2025-40326170,
  author  = {Rangel, Rogeria and Belfort, Tatiana T. and Brandt, Michelle and Nogueira, Marcela Moreira Lima and Dourado, Márcia Cristina Nascimento},
  title   = {{Emotional Recognition: A Comparative Study of People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Self-Report with Caregiver Perspectives}},
  journal = {Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1177/08919887251338266},
  pmid    = {40326170},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1177/08919887251338266}
}

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