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Actividad física y tiempo sedente se asocian a sospecha de deterioro cognitivo en población adulta mayor chilena

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (10), 2019
Background: Lifestyle factors could promote healthy ageing. Aim: To investigate the association between physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior and cognitive impairment in Chilean older adults. Material and Methods: We included 1,390 participants from the National Health Survey (2009-2010). The Mini...

A prática da contenção em idosos: revisão integrativa

Resumo Objetivo Analisar as evidências da literatura sobre a prática da contenção em idosos. Métodos Revisão integrativa de literatura, com busca dos estudos primários publicados de 2013 a 2017, realizada nas bases de dados eletrônicas LILACS e MEDLINE, nos meses de maio e junho de 2018. As b...

Perfil clínico neuropsicológico del deterioro cognitivo subtipo posible Alzheimer
Clinical and Neuropsychological Profile of Possible Alzheimer subtype neurocognitive disorder

Medisan; 23 (5), 2019
Introducción: La enfermedad de Alzheimer se presenta con diferentes fenotipos neuropsicológicos y se considera que el deterioro de la memoria es su afectación más sobresaliente; no obstante, estudios recientes sugieren que los trastornos en las funciones ejecutivas pueden constituir marcadores muy t...

Decreased plasmatic spermidine and increased spermine in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease patients

Abstract Background Current evidence suggests that upregulation of polyamines system plays a role both in cognitive deficit and synaptic loss observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Objective The aim of this study was to determine the plasmatic concentration of polyamines in mild cognitive impairment (...

Prefrontal symptomatology in People with Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis: Clinical Utility and Psychometric Properties of Prefrontal Symptoms Inventory (PSI)

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (10), 2019
The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a multisystemic disorder. It is considered a neuromuscular disease but also involves cognitive (executive functions, social cognition, attention, memory and language), emotional or behavior changes in over 50% of the reported cases and to of frontotemporal diagn...

Subjective memory complaint and its relationship with cognitive changes and physical vulnerability of community-dwelling older adults

Dement. neuropsychol; 13 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT. Memory complaint (MC) is common in older adults and can be confirmed by people close to them, such as family members and caregivers. Studies show an association between MC and cognitive impairment and, hence, physical vulnerability may exacerbate MC. However, the relationship between MC and phy...

Subjective cognitive impairment, cognitive disorders and self-perceived health: The importance of the informant

Dement. neuropsychol; 13 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT There is great divergence of results in the literature regarding the clinical relevance and etiology of subjective cognitive impairment (SCI). Currently, SCI is studied as a pre-clinical symptom of Alzheimer's disease, before establishing a possible diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). ...

Accuracy of mobility tests for screening the risk of falls in patients with mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer's disease

ABSTRACT Identifying gait and balance disorders in the earlier stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) could reduce or prevent falls in older adults. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine which mobility tests best discriminate the risk of falls in MCI and mild AD. F...

Differences in quality of life and cognition between the elderly and the very elderly hemodialysis patients

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (3), 2019
Abstract Introduction: In the last decades, there was an expressive increase in the number of elderly patients with chronic kidney disease starting hemodialysis. Thus, our goal was to evaluate the profile of the elderly in chronic hemodialysis and to compare the cognition and quality of life of the youn...