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Aspectos cognitivos y legales en personas mayores: "Sano Juicio"

Rev. méd. Chile; 148 (8), 2020
In Chile, 7.1% of people aged over 60 years have some type of cognitive disorder. The frequency of the latter increases to 13% in people between 75-79 years and 36.2% in people over 85 years. The concept of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia have evolved over time. The 5th edition of the Diagno...

Floor Maze Test as a predictor of cognitive decline in older adults living in nursing homes

J. bras. psiquiatr; 69 (2), 2020
OBJETIVO: Pesquisas em instituições de longa permanência para idosos (ILPI) mostram uma associação entre o aumento de risco de declínio cognitivo e o comprometimento das habilidades de navegação espacial dos idosos. A navegação espacial pode ser definida como uma habilidade complexa, que depend...

Factores de riesgo asociados a pacientes con enfermedad de Alzheimer y sus cuidadores principales
Risk Factors Associated to Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and their Main Caregivers

Introducción: La demencia es una enfermedad crónica, y la enfermedad de Alzheimer su causa más frecuente, ambas asociadas a factores genéticos y ambientales. La enfermedad de Alzheimer es un trastorno exclusivo del sistema nervioso central en el que se produce una lenta destrucción y atrofia de la c...

Prevalence of dementia in patients seen at a private hospital in the Southern Region of Brazil

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...

MoCA Test: normative and diagnostic accuracy data for seniors with heterogeneous educational levels in Brazil

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (11), 2019
ABSTRACT The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) has been described as a good tool to detect cognitive impairment. The ideal MoCA cutoff score is still under debate. The aim was to provide MoCA norms and accuracy data for seniors with a lower education level, including illiterates. Methods: Data origin...

Rastreio cognitivo em estruturas residenciais para pessoas idosas no Concelho de Miranda do Corvo, Portugal

Resumo Com o objetivo de efetuar o rastreio do perfil cognitivo dos residentes em Estruturas Para Idosos no Concelho de Miranda do Corvo, avaliaram-se 174 participantes recorrendo ao Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (n=96) e ao diagnóstico de demência reportado nos prontuários dos pacientes (n=78)...

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...

Diagnostic criteria and prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in older adults living in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a disorder in which the patient presents a cognitive decline, but without negative impact on the activities of daily living. Objective To carry out a systematic review of published studies that analyzed the prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment...

The validity and reliability of the CAMDEX-DS for assessing dementia in adults with Down syndrome in Brazil

Objective: Alzheimer's disease occurs at a higher prevalence and an earlier age in individuals with Down syndrome (DS) than typically developing individuals. However, diagnosing dementia in individuals with intellectual disability remains a challenge due to pre-existing cognitive deficits. The aim of thi...