Abstract Psychological evaluation instruments need to demonstrate their usefulness to respond to social problems and according to the reality of people. This study aimed to find evidence of convergent validity of the interpersonal relationship indicators and the cognitive triad of the Zulliger in the Com...
ABSTRACT. Background. Atherosclerosis in cerebral blood vessels, especially those which compose the Circle of Willis, can lead to reduced supply of oxygen and nutrients to different cortical structures, affecting cognitive function. Objective: To analyze whether cardiovascular risk factors negatively i...
ABSTRACT. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q) is an informant-based instrument that measures the presence and severity of 12 Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in patients with dementia, as well as informant distress.
Objective: To measure the psychometric properties of the NPI-Q and the pr...
Pacientes com lesão cerebrovascular de hemisfério direito (LHD) tendem a apresentar déficits comunicativos. Este estudo visou a investigar o processamento comunicativo de pacientes com acidente vascular cerebral (AVC) de hemisfério direito. A amostra incluiu 100 participantes: 25 com LHD, 25 com AVC ...
Introducción: La esquizofrenia es una enfermedad compleja con graves repercusiones funcionales, por lo que amerita un tratamiento que vaya más allá de los fármacos. Desarrollo del tema: Se requiere un enfoque que, considerando el proceso de diátesis estrés, incluya la rehabilitación, estrategias p...
Carencia Psicosocial,
Esquizofrenia,
Terapéutica,
Susceptibilidad a Enfermedades,
Psicotrópicos,
Preparaciones Farmacéuticas,
Manifestaciones Neuroconductuales,
Estrategias de Salud,
Características de la Residencia,
Adaptación a Desastres,
Atención
Neuropsychiatric symptoms and caregiver burden are highly prevalent in older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD).OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between neuropsychiatric symptoms and caregiver burden in a community-based sample from São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: A total of 1,563 randomly-selected ...
Vascular Dementia (VaD) and Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) are increasingly common worldwide. Nevertheless, the clinical-neuropsychiatric profile of these patients at presentation is still poorly characterized in developing countries. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to characterize the prevalence of neuropsychi...
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of dementia constitute one of the most related factors to caregiver burden and patients' early institutionalization. Few studies in Brazil have examined which symptoms are associated with higher levels of caregiver distress. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the caregiver distress re...
Behavioural disturbances in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are thought to reflect mainly atrophy of cortical regions. Recent studies suggest that subcortical brain regions, in particular the striatum, are also significantly affected and this pathology might play a role in the generation of behavioural sym...
El objeto de este artículo es tomar como referencia el modelo depredador-presa de Lotka y Volterra para abordar el funcionamiento cognitivo, particularmente la clasificación como operación mental. Se utiliza la regresión logística y se determina un modelo de funcionamiento de la clasificación en ni...
