Introducción: Se ha señalado antes del diagna que el deterioro cognitivo comienza 20 años antes del diagnóstico de la demencia. Además de la edad, diversos factores médicos, socioeconómicos y conductuales pueden estar asociados al declive cognitivo. El objetivo de esta revisión sistemática es re...
Dentre as diferentes e recentes formas de intervenções não-farmacológicas para pacientes com demência realizadas no Brasil, não foram encontrados estudos que investigaram o efeito de um protocolo de caratê em pacientes com este quadro clínico, mais especificamente em idosos com diagnóstico de de...
ABSTRACT:
Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease dementia is a challenge in clinical settings. A comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation is time-consuming and expensive; brief instruments for cognitive evaluation must be easier to administer and provide a reliable classification.
OBJECTIVE: To study the va...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and epilepsy are common disorders in the elderly. Evidence demonstrates that patients with AD have an increased risk of developing epilepsy and seizures. OBJECTIVE: To review epidemiological, clinical and treatment aspects of epilepsy and AD. METHODS: We reviewed databases (PubME...
The occurrence of dementia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was only widely recognized in the late 20th century. Hitherto, it was believed that dementia was a rare event due to the fortuitous association with other diseases. In 1924, Kostantin Nikolaevich Tretiakoff and Moacyr de Freitas Amorim rep...
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify in the recent scientific literature, information on health care provided to people with dementia, dementia costs and its resource implications for public health. METHODS: This was a systematic review of the literature in which the articles were consulted from the d...
Through an integrative literature review involving the CINAHL, Cochrane, Embase, LILACS, PsycINFO, PubMed databases, tools available in the literature for assessing pain in individuals with severe dementia were identified along with versions validated for use in Brazil. We found 1501 relevant articles wh...
The majority of people with dementia worldwide live in developing countries. Studies from the developed world have reported an association between lower educational attainment and dementia, but there are few data from the developing world where literacy and educational levels are frequently much lower. I...
A higher level of educational attainment constitutes a protective factor against cognitive decline in the elderly. Nevertheless, the elements underpinning this association are yet not fully understood. OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to compare cognitively impaired illiterate elderly subject...
Evidence suggests that education protects from dementia by enhancing cognitive reserve. However, this may be influenced by several socio-demographic factors. Rising numbers of dementia in India, high levels of illiteracy and heterogeneity in socio-demographic factors provide an opportunity to explore thi...
