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July 9, 2024
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The impact of breast cancer on social cognition in female Colombian patients

Publicated to:BMC psychology. 10 (1): 303- - 2022-12-13 10(1), DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-01005-1

Authors: Palacio, Nicole; Nicole Romero, Daniela; Mateo Bernal, Andres; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Daniela; Solarte-Bothe, Daniel; del Pilar Garcia, Maria; Murillo, Raul; Santamaria-Garcia, Hernando; Baez, Sandra

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Hosp Univ San Ignacio, Ctr Javeriano Oncol, Bogota, Colombia - Author
Hosp Univ San Ignacio, Ctr Memoria & Cognic Intellectus, Bogota, Colombia - Author
McGill Univ, Integrated Program Neurosci, Montreal, PQ, Canada - Author
Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Doctorado Neurociencias, Bogota, Colombia - Author
Pontificia Univ Javeriana, Fac Med, Bogota, Colombia - Author
Texas State Univ, Masters Program Psychol Res, San Marcos, TX USA - Author
Univ Los Andes, Dept Psicol, Carrera 1 18A-12, Bogota 111711, Colombia - Author
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Abstract

Background: The high prevalence of female breast cancer is a global health concern. Breast cancer and its treatments have been associated with impairments in general cognition, as well as structural and functional brain changes. Considering the social challenges that some of these patients face, it is important to understand the socio-emotional effects of breast cancer as well. Nevertheless, the impact of breast cancer on social cognition has remained underexplored. The objective of this study was to assess social cognition domains and other relevant cognitive and emotional variables (executive functions, anxiety, or depression) in females with breast cancer.Methods: The participants were 29 female patients diagnosed with breast cancer and 29 female healthy controls. We assessed emotion recognition, theory of mind, empathy, and moral emotions. We also included measures of general cognitive functioning, quality of life, anxiety, and depression. Linear multiple regressions were performed to assess whether the group (patients or controls), GAD-7 scores, emotional and social subscales of EORTC QLQ-C30, and IFS scores predicted the social cognition variables (EET, RMET, MSAT).Results: Patients with breast cancer showed impairments in emotion recognition and in affective theory of mind. In addition, patients had lower scores in some executive functions. Only theory of mind between group differences remained significant after Bonferroni correction. Emotion recognition was associated with executive functioning, but anxiety levels were not a significant predictor of the changes in social cognition.Conclusions: Social cognition impairments, especially in theory of mind, may be present in breast cancer, which can be relevant to understanding the social challenges that these patients encounter. This could indicate the need for therapeutic interventions to preserve social cognition skills in patients with breast cancer.

Keywords

Breast cancerBreast neoplasmsCancerCognitionEmotion recognitionEmotional expressionEmotionsEortc qlq-c30European-organizationExecutive functionsEyes testFemaleFollow-upHormone-therapyHumansImpairmentNeuropsychological testsPrefrontal cortexQuality of lifeQuality-of-lifeSocial cognitionTheory of minTheory of mindWome

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal BMC psychology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Medicine (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-08-05:

  • WoS: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 47.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 68 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Canada; Colombia; United States of America.