ABSTRACT

Objective : The purpose of study was to clear the existence of social cognition disorder in CVA and dementiapatients and to suggest the necessity of evaluating and treating social cognition problems. Methods : For this purpose, 18 normal, 10 CVA, and 10 dementia subjects were administered‘Social SkillsScales’, the‘independent Living Skill Survey’and the‘Cartoon Task’. The average grades from the threeevaluation tools were compared for the three groups at the cognition level. Results : The average grades of each evaluation tool among three groups showed significantdifferences(p<.01). The correlation exists between MMSE-K and SSS(r=.40, p<.05) and the‘CartoonTask’(r=.57, p<.01) was existed.Conclusion : These results indicate that CVA and dementia patients may have a social cognition disorder andsuggest that occupational therapists specialize in cognitive rehabilitation should study the evaluation andtreatment methods for social cognition disorders.