ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the epidemiological profile of patients seen at a dementia outpatient clinic. Methods A retrospective study conducted by medical record review searching data on sex, race, age, schooling level, and diagnosis of patients seen from 2008 to 2015. Results A total of 760 p...
Distribución por Edad,
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/diagnóstico,
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/epidemiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Disfunción Cognitiva/diagnóstico,
Disfunción Cognitiva/epidemiología,
Demencia/diagnóstico,
Demencia/epidemiología,
Escolaridad,
Hospitales Privados/estadística & datos numéricos,
Registros Médicos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Pacientes Ambulatorios/estadística & datos numéricos,
Prevalencia,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Distribución por Sexo
Objetivo: avaliar o processo de educação permanente na capacitação de agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS) para a detecção de pessoas com demência na fase leve. Método: descritivo, comparando o desempenho dos sujeitos antes e após a oficina de aprendizagem. Após a aprovação pelo Comitê de ...
As demências rapidamente progressivas são condições que impactam a vida do paciente, entretanto nem sempre são consideradas durante a investigação da síndrome demencial. Este relato descreve uma paciente portadora de artrite reumatoide em uso crônico de corticoterapia que evoluiu com um quadro d...
ABSTRACT Background It has been proposed that Vitamin D helps reduce the accumulation of cerebral β-amyloid-42 by innate immune stimulation and phagocytosis activation. An association between low Vitamin D levels and Alzheimers dementia (AD) has been established. We determined the association bet...
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/sangre,
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/epidemiología,
Cognición,
Disfunción Cognitiva/sangre,
Disfunción Cognitiva/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Demencia/sangre,
Demencia/etiología,
Función Ejecutiva/fisiología,
México,
Centros de Atención Terciaria,
Vitamina D/análogos & derivados,
Vitamina D/sangre,
Deficiencia de Vitamina D/complicaciones,
Deficiencia de Vitamina D/epidemiología
Objective: Aging studies regularly assume that years of education are a protective factor for baseline cognition. In developing countries with specific sociocultural issues, this relationship may not work as expected, and an unmet need remains for alternative resilience factors. This study aimed to analy...
Factores de Edad,
Envejecimiento Cognitivo/fisiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Demencia/fisiopatología,
Demencia/prevención & control,
Escolaridad,
Inteligencia/fisiología,
Memoria a Largo Plazo/fisiología,
Pruebas de Estado Mental y Demencia,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Ocupaciones,
Valores de Referencia,
Resiliencia Psicológica
ABSTRACT Dementia is a constant concern for the public health system. Also, it impacts family members who provide informal care, often culminating in overload due to the emotional stress and physical distress of caregivers. Objective: This systematic review aimed to identify the consequences of Burnout ...
A narrative review was made on orthostatic hypotension and cognitive impairment / dementia. The PubMed and PsycInfo databases were used and the original studies published in English between 2013 and 2018 were identified. The keywords used during the search were the following: "orthostatic hypotension", "...
Resumen: La enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob (ECJ) es una patología neurodegenerativa transmisible, producida por una proteína anómala infectante denominada prion. Junto con el kuru, el insomnio familiar fatal y el síndrome de Gerstmann-Stráussler-Scheinker, configura el grupo de las llamadas encefal...
O objetivo deste artigo foi investigar acerca da Reserva Cognitiva (RC) e da Abertura à Experiência (AE) em idosos sem demência. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de campo, descritiva, correlacional e quantitativa, da qual participaram 31 idosos divididos em dois grupos: Saudável e Comprometimento Cognitivo L...
ABSTRACT Functional capacity (FC) is a mediator between neuropsychological functions and real-world functioning, but there is a lack of evidence of its correlation in community-dwelling older adults. Objective: The study aim was to determine the FC level of community-dwelling older adults using the UCSD ...
