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Quality of life in young onset dementia: an updated systematic review
Baptista,Maria Alice Tourinho; Santos,Raquel Luiza; Kimura,Nathália; Lacerda,Isabel Barbeito; Johannenssen,Aud; Barca,Maria Lage; Engedal,KnutIntroduction 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. The literature search was undertaken on July 5, 2015, using Cochrane, PubMed, SciELO, PsycINFO, Scopus and Thom...
Impaired cognition in depression and Alzheimer (AD): a gradient from depression...
Araujo,Narahyana Bom de; Moraes,Helena Sales; Silveira,Heitor; Arcoverde,Cynthia; Vasques,Paulo Eduardo; Barca,Maria Lage; Knapskog,Anne-BritaObjective To assess cognition in major depressed (MD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and depression in AD elderly. Method Subjects were evaluated by Mini Mental, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Rey Complex Figure, Digit Span, Similarities, Trail Making A/B, Verbal Fluency and Stroop. One-way ANOVA and multivariate models were used to compare the performance of each group on neuropsychological tests. Results We e...
Education does not equally influence all the Mini Mental State Examination subs...
Laks,Jerson; Coutinho,Evandro Silva Freire; Junger,Washington; Silveira,Heitor; Mouta,Raphael; Baptista,Elienai Maria Rubim; Contino,Ana Lucia BarrosOBJECTIVE: Mini-Mental State Examination cutoffs have been presented for schooling levels to screen cognitive impairment. However, items may behave differently with regards to education. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of education on MMSE subscales and items. METHOD: Community-dwelling participants aged 65 years or more (n = 990, females = 637, age = 74.1 years, range 65-108) were stratif...