ABSTRACT Objective To validate the Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate – Portuguese in demented elderly and to analyze its measurement properties. Methods We evaluated 50 elderly with dementia, residing in a nursing home and with limited communication abili...
Demencia/complicaciones,
Dimensión del Dolor/normas,
Dolor/etnología,
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/complicaciones,
Brasil,
Hogares para Ancianos,
Casas de Salud,
Dolor/diagnóstico,
Dimensión del Dolor/instrumentación,
Psicometría,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados
ABSTRACT. Caregiving has an important influence on the prognosis of dementia, particularly regarding the management strategy implemented. Therefore, evaluating which characteristics of caregivers can influence the choice of a particular strategy for managing dementia is needed.
Objective: To evaluate the...
ABSTRACT Many areas in the cortex are active during reading of narrative material, and these activations in the brain produce significant changes in connectivity. Following previous results showing cognitive benefits in memory domains of a narrative training program in nursing home patients living with d...
ABSTRACT Dementia is a global socio-medical problem. The steepest increase in prevalence occurs in Latin-America and Asia. European governments have implemented dementia plans to improve care. We describe common goals of European dementia plans and discuss the Brazilian situation. Sixteen European countr...
ABSTRACT Purpose The purpose of this paper was to assess the use of the Metalinguistic Skills Stimulation Program in Theory of Mind (ToM) in people with dementia. Methods An experimental research design was developed. Forty-two subjects, 28 women and 14 men, aged 61 to 87 participated in the study. The...
ABSTRACT We report the case of a 73-year-old male patient with Alzheimer's disease who underwent 10-daily transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) sessions. tDCS was applied over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as an adjuvant to the traditional treatment that the patient was receiving, whic...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To assess cognitive performance differences among primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients, normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) patients, and healthy control (C) subjects. Methods: A total of 60 participants (20 POAG, 20 NTG, and 20 C subjects) were included in this study. A detailed oph...
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Cognición,
Demencia/diagnóstico,
Demencia/fisiopatología,
Glaucoma de Ángulo Abierto,
Glaucoma de Baja Tensión,
Escala del Estado Mental/estadística & datos numéricos,
Fibras Nerviosas/fisiología,
Retina/anatomía & histología,
Retina/fisiopatología,
Células Ganglionares de la Retina/fisiología,
Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica/métodos
Introduction Young onset dementia (YOD) develops before 65 years of age and has specific age-related adverse consequences for quality of life (QoL). We systematically examined factors related to the QoL of people with YOD and their caregivers. Method This systematic review used the PRISMA methodology. T...
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) is relatively frequent among HIV-infected patients and is often underdiagnosed. Assessment of HAND in daily clinical practice is challenging and different tools have been proposed. Objective : To evaluate risk factors and compare different screening tools fo...
