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Evaluating subjective cognitive decline: a systematic review of tools available for evaluating cognitive complaints in Portuguese

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) is a perception that is not objectively measured in screening tests. Although many tools are available for evaluating SCD, no single gold standard is available for classifying individuals as presenting SCD, in the Portuguese-speaking population. T...

High prevalence of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) in São Paulo City, Brazil

Rev. bras. neurol; 57 (1), 2021
INTRODUCTION: HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) are the subject of many studies, some of them reporting a prevalence of up to 50 percent. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with HIV neurocognitive disorders (HAND) in a cohort of HIV-1-infected patients in São Pau...

Avaliação psicológica e neuropsicológica em matemática: análise de publicações científicas (2013-2019)

Aval. psicol; 20 (1), 2021
O presente estudo consiste na revisão de pesquisas que avaliam o desempenho e a compreensão da matemática, por meio de instrumentos psicológicos e neuropsicológicos, publicadas entre 2013-2019 nos bancos de dados SciELO, Portal de Periódicos CAPES e Google Acadêmico. A busca detectou 174 artigos, ...

Batería de evaluación de cognición social en psicología forense: adaptación y validación

Aval. psicol; 20 (1), 2021
El objetivo del estudio fue adaptar y validar una batería de instrumentos para evaluar subdominios de la cognición social con población forense en Colombia y México a partir de una selección de instrumentos utilizados en neuropsicología clínica. Se revisó la pertinencia de los subdominios que com...

Older adults with epilepsy: memory complaints and objective neuropsychological performance

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (2), 2021
ABSTRACT Introduction: People with epilepsy frequently complain of poor memory. Objective: To assess the occurrence of memory complaints in older adults with epilepsy (OAE) and whether it is associated with clinical variables, objective cognitive performance, and quality of life (QoL). Methods: The Me...

Diabetes and hypertension are associated with lowered cognitive performance among middle-aged Brazilian adults: cross-sectional analyses nested in the longitudinal Pró-Saúde study

Säo Paulo med. j; 139 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular risk factors are frequently associated with lowered cognitive performance among elderly people, but rarely among middle-aged adults. OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between cardiovascular risk factors (age, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol use, hyperte...

Swallowing in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: Swallowing and feeding problems may occur with the progression of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and can impair the anticipatory and oral preparatory phases of swallowing. Objective: To characterize swallowing problems and the feeding situation of patients with...

Análise da fluência verbal semântica em idosos altamente escolarizados

Audiol., Commun. res; 26 (), 2021
RESUMO Objetivo comparar o desempenho de idosos saudáveis com alta escolaridade nas análises quantitativas e qualitativas do Teste de Fluência Verbal Semântica, nas categorias "animais" e "frutas", comparar o desempenho de subgrupos de participantes (com escolaridade alta e muito alta) em ambas as c...

Treinamento cognitivo e auditivo acusticamente não controlado para população idosa: um estudo de caso

Audiol., Commun. res; 26 (), 2021
RESUMO O objetivo do trabalho foi criar um protocolo de treinamento auditivo e cognitivo para idosos e analisar a sua eficácia. O estudo foi realizado em três etapas: (1) seleção de materiais, compreendendo materiais existentes e outros confeccionados pelos autores; (2) análise de juízes especialis...

Psychometric properties of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX): a study with Brazilian older adults

Psico USF; 26 (spe), 2021
This study aimed to verify the psychometric properties of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) through exploratory factor analysis (EFA), evidence of reliability, and convergent validity, in a sample of neurologically preserved older adults. Participants were 345 older adults who answered, in addition to...