ABSTRACT Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Despite alarming evidence on dementia prevalence, the condition is still underdiagnosed by general practitioners (GPs) in primary care. Early detection of the disease is beneficial for patients and relatives, who s...
Abstract Introduction The prediction of the impact of olfactory impairment on cognitive decline in older adults has been different among different age groups. Objective This meta-analysis sought to estimate the predictive power of olfactory impairment on cognitive decline during follow-up in older adul...
Resumo Estudo qualitativo descritivo-analítico desenvolvido em um setor de atenção primária à saúde organizada pela Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF). Realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com cinco profissionais de saúde: dois médicos, uma enfermeira e dois agentes comunitários de saúd...
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) is a group treatment in which people with mild to moderate dementia participate in 14 activity and discussion sessions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CST was adapted for online delivery, as virtual-CST (V-CST). To determine the acceptability of online delivery, we pilo...
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand nursing workers' experiences with the nursing care provided to elderly individuals with dementia living in a long-term care facility. Method: comprehensive qualitative study conducted in a long-term care facility located in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, from July...
A doença renal crônica é uma condição clínica caracterizada pela
queda progressiva da função renal, interferindo na homeostase
de todo o corpo, incluindo o sistema nervoso central. Nesses
pacientes, o comprometimento cognitivo é um achado comum,
em comparação com a população geral, e mais fr...
Disfunción Cognitiva/etiología,
Diálisis Renal/métodos,
Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/terapia,
Demencia/etiología,
Pruebas de Estado Mental y Demencia,
Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/diagnóstico,
Demencia/diagnóstico,
Disfunción Cognitiva/diagnóstico,
Diálisis Renal/psicología,
Diálisis Renal/efectos adversos,
Estudios de Cohortes,
Estudios Transversales,
Metaanálisis como Asunto
Our study aimed at determining the economic burden of leisure-time physical inactivity in hospitalizations due to dementia in Brazil. In this national-wide descriptive study, we used secondary data from the Brazilian Health Informatics Department and from the latest Brazilian National Health Survey (2013...
Abstract: We aim to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ethnoracial disparities in hospitalizations due to dementia and its related outcomes, in Brazil. A longitudinal panel study was carried out with data extracted from the Hospital Information Systems of the Brazilian Unified National He...
Hermes-Pereira, Andressa;
Ferreira, Patrícia;
Santos, Matheus Canellas Fonseca Barbosa dos;
Fagundes, Pedro Alves;
Gonçalves, Ana Paula Bresolin;
Rados, Dimitris Varvaki;
Castilhos, Raphael Machado;
Schilling, Lucas Porcello;
Chaves, Márcia Lorena Fagundes;
Umpierre, Roberto;
Kochhann, Renata;
Schumacher-Schuh, Artur Francisco.
OBJECTIVE: The burden felt by informal caregivers of patients with dementia is a source of physical, emotional, and financial
problems. Face-to-face interventions for caregivers have accessibility limitations that may prevent them from receiving
adequate care. Telehealth tools can be a solution to this p...
