ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The elderly population faces many difficulties as a result of the aging process. Conceptualize and evaluate their life quality is a challenge, being hard to characterize the impact on daily activities and on functional capacity. The stroke is one of the most disabling neurological di...
Background: The inability to carry out activities of daily living (ADL) is prevalent in elderly people and it is associated with hypertension and stroke. Aim: To evaluate ADLs using the T-ADLQ in hypertensive patients with minor stroke. Subjects and Methods: T-ADLQ, Cognitive tests (Minimental and Addenb...
Background: Sequelae after a stroke are common and may lead to disability. Aphasia - defined as an acquired language disturbance - can cause important limitations in quality of life. Aim: To describe the epidemiological features of patients who had an aphasia after a first episode of ischemic stroke and ...
Afasia/epidemiología,
Isquemia Encefálica/epidemiología,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/epidemiología,
Distribución por Edad,
Afasia/etiología,
Isquemia Encefálica/complicaciones,
Chile/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Incidencia,
Pronóstico,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/complicaciones
ABSTRACT One in six patients admitted for stroke was previously demented. These patients have less access to appropriate stroke care, although little is known about their optimal management. Objective To determine how pre-stroke cognitive impairment can be detected, its mechanism, and influence on outc...
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the frequency of shoulder pain following stroke. Methods Stroke patient function was evaluated using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Scale for Upper Limb Function in Stroke (SULFS). Function scores were examined and compared between the shoulder pain group ...
RESUMO Introdução A prática clínica fonoaudiológica no ambiente hospitalar mostra que existe alta prevalência de disfagia em pacientes pós-acidente vascular cerebral. Objetivo Verificar se o tempo de ocorrência e o tipo do acidente vascular cerebral, o hemicorpo acometido por hemiplegia, a grav...
RESUMO Objetivo O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a associação entre os resultados das escalas de funcionalidade e severidade da disfagia determinadas a partir de exames de videofluoroscopia em pacientes pós-AVC. Método Estudo observacional, retrospectivo e descritivo, com análise de 109 exame...
RESUMO Objetivo O Acidente Vascular Encefálico é um importante problema de Saúde Pública, com alto índice de mortes e sequelas, tais como alterações de linguagem. As mudanças conceituais da saúde, ao longo do tempo, levaram à incorporação de aspectos funcionais e sociais como propõe a Organ...
RESUMO Objetivo Este estudo tem o objetivo de identificar as evidências de validade baseadas no conteúdo e nos processos de resposta de um instrumento de Rastreamento para disfagia orofaríngea no Acidente Vascular Encefálico (RADAVE). Método Os critérios para elaborar os itens do instrumento fora...
Cognición,
Trastornos de Deglución/diagnóstico,
Trastornos de Deglución/etiología,
Trastornos de Deglución/fisiopatología,
Tamizaje Masivo/métodos,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Estándares de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Factores de Riesgo,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/complicaciones,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/fisiopatología,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios/normas,
Traducciones,
Trastornos de la Voz/diagnóstico,
Trastornos de la Voz/etiología,
Trastornos de la Voz/fisiopatología
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Stroke has a high burden of disability and mortality. The aim here was to evaluate epidemiology, risk factors and prognosis for stroke in the EMMA Study (Study of Stroke Mortality and Morbidity). DESIGN AND SETTINGS: Prospective community-based cohort carried out in Ho...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Escolaridad,
Hospitales Universitarios/estadística & datos numéricos,
Entrevistas como Asunto,
Morbilidad,
Prevalencia,
Pronóstico,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/complicaciones,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/mortalidad,
Análisis de Supervivencia,
Tasa de Supervivencia
