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Can the CERAD neuropsychological battery be used to assess cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease?

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) neuropsychological battery was created to assess cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD) but it is widely-used for various dementias. The aim of this study was to analyze the efficacy of using the CERAD battery in th...

Normative values of the Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Tests in a Brazilian population sample: discrete and regression-based norms

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive dysfunction is common in multiple sclerosis. The Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Tests (BRB-N) was developed to assess cognitive functions most-frequently impaired in multiple sclerosis. However, normative values are lacking in Brazil. Therefore, we aimed to p...

Prevalência e fatores associados ao prejuízo cognitivo em idosos de instituições filantrópicas: um estudo descritivo

Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a prevalência e os fatores associados ao prejuízo cognitivo em uma amostra de idosos residentes em instituições filantrópicas. Trata-se de um estudo transversal e descritivo, com 98 idosos institucionalizados. Os dados sociodemográficos e clínicos foram o...

Prevalencia de depresión y factores de riesgo asociados a deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores
Prevalence of depression and risk factors associated to cognitive impairment in elderly

Introducción: el deterioro cognitivo en los adultos mayores constituye un problema de salud que afecta todas las esferas de sus vidas. Objetivo: determinar la prevalencia de depresión y factores de riesgo asociados a deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo t...

The Five Digits Test in the assessment of older adults with low formal education: construct validity and reliability in a Brazilian clinical sample

Abstract Introduction In the assessment of older adults with very low formal education, typical tests of selective attention and inhibitory control are biased by reading abilities. In this sense, we aim to assess the psychometric characteristics of the Five Digits Test (FDT), a numerical Stroop paradig...

Cognitive dysfunction in corticobasal degeneration

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (8), 2017
ABSTRACT Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) was originally described as a distinct clinicopathological entity in 1967. Since then, different phenotypic presentations have emerged as possible manifestations of CBD histopathological findings. In addition, pathophysiological findings and the molecular basis ha...

Disfunción cognitiva en lupus eritematoso sistémico y su asociación con actividad y daño
Cognitive dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus in relation to disease activity and damage

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (4), 2017
El lupus eritematoso sistémico (LES), es una enfermedad reumatológica, que puede presentar en su evolución alteraciones neurocognitivas, con importante compromiso fronto-subcortical. Sin embargo, existe escasa evidencia publicada sobre la relación entre la disfunción cognitiva y la actividad y daño...

Alternativas instrumentales para la exploración cognitiva breve del adulto mayor: más allá del Minimental Test
Instrumental alternatives for brief cognitive exploration in the senior adult: beyond the Minimental Test

Introducción: en Cuba, la esperanza de vida al nacer supera actualmente los 77 años. Esta realidad trae consigo un incremento exponencial en el número de adultos mayores que son diagnosticados con un síndrome demencial. Uno los instrumentos de screening cognitivo más conocido y utilizado es el Minim...

Perfiles cognitivos en pacientes con hipotiroidismo congénito detectado y tratado en forma temprana

Arch. argent. pediatr; 115 (1), 2017
Introducción. Los niños con hipotiroidismo congénito (HC) detectados por pesquisa neonatal y tratados adecuadamente presentarían defectos cognitivos leves. Objetivos. Evaluar el coeficiente intelectual de niños con HC e identificar la presencia de déficits cognitivos específicos. Población y mét...

Cuestionario de actividades de la vida diaria (T-ADLQ): utilidad en pacientes con accidente cerebrovascular menor

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (2), 2017
Background: The inability to carry out activities of daily living (ADL) is prevalent in elderly people and it is associated with hypertension and stroke. Aim: To evaluate ADLs using the T-ADLQ in hypertensive patients with minor stroke. Subjects and Methods: T-ADLQ, Cognitive tests (Minimental and Addenb...