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Knowledge and attitudes in dementia held by general practitioners in the primar...
Mayoral,Vânia Ferreira de Sá; Villas Boas,Paulo José Fortes; Jacinto,Alessandro FerrariABSTRACT Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Despite alarming evidence on dementia prevalence, the condition is still underdiagnosed by general practitioners (GPs) in primary care. Early detection of the disease is beneficial for patients and relatives, who should be provided comprehensive guidance on dealing with dementia complications, covering medical, family and ...
Internação hospitalar de pessoas idosas de um grande centro urbano brasileiro e...
Silva,Renan Lucas da; Bonando,Bruno Matida; Santos,Gerson de Souza; Jacinto,Alessandro Ferrari; Vitorino,Luciano MagalhãesResumo Objetivo Avaliar a frequência de Internação Hospitalar (IH) nos últimos doze meses em pessoas idosas atendidos na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) e seus fatores associados por meio de uma Avaliação Geriátrica Ampla (AGA). Métodos Estudo transversal, com amostra aleatória de 400 pessoas idosas atendidas em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde (UBS). A avaliação da frequência de IH por pelo menos 24 horas foi autor...
COVID-19: challenges in long-term care facilities for older adults in Hispanic ...
Wachholz,Patrick Alexander; Jacinto,Alessandro Ferrari; Melo,Ruth Caldeira de; Dinamarca-Montecinos,José Luis; Boas,Paulo José Fortes Villas<p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> Little is known about management and mitigation of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities (LTCF) for older adults in Latin America.<br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To describe how the management of LTCF in Hispanic American countries plan and adapt their routines for coping with COVID-19 and whether they have been able to fulfill recommendations published by the World Health Organization (WHO).<br>...
Older adults with dementia: knowledge and attitudes of physicians in health units
Steiner,Ana Beatriz Quintes; Jacinto,Alessandro Ferrari; Citero,Vanessa de AlbuquerqueABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe the knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners of the basic health network of the city of São Paulo in relation to patients with dementia and identify patterns of attitudes. METHODS: A total of 10% of the basic health units in the city of São Paulo (n = 45) were randomly distributed into six regional health coordination centers. Up to two general practitioners were intervie...
Assessment of functional health literacy in Brazilian carers of older people
Almeida,Kaoana Maria Vieira de; Toye,Christine; Silveira,Liciana Vaz de Arruda; Slatyer,Susan; Hill,Keith; Jacinto,Alessandro FerrariABSTRACT. Individuals with low health literacy have less knowledge of their own health condition. Carers play a key role in older people’s activities of daily living. Objective: to evaluate the performance of carers of older people using the S-TOFHLA (Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults) and to identify caregiver characteristics associated with low functional health literacy. Methods: a cross-sec...
Cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese of the Dementia Knowledge Ass...
Piovezan,Marcelo; Miot,Hélio Amante; Garuzi,Miriane; Jacinto,Alessandro FerrariABSTRACT The Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool Version Two (DKAT2) was developed to measure caregivers’ knowledge about the trajectory of dementia and assess changes in the knowledge before and after educational programs. The DKAT2 is a 21-item tool with questions about several aspects of dementia. The possible answers for each question are “yes”, “no” or “don't know”. The maximum score is 21. Objective: The a...
Frequency of dementia among elderly admitted to a Geriatrics Inpatients Sector ...
Thomazi,Rafael; Silveira,Liciana Vaz de Arruda; Boas,Paulo José Fortes Villas; Jacinto,Alessandro FerrariABSTRACT Patients with dementia are commonly admitted to inpatient sectors. The aim of this study was to describe the frequency of dementia among elderly inpatients admitted to the Geriatrics Sector of a Brazilian Tertiary University Hospital, and to identify associations between dementia and clinical and sociodemographic factors. Methods: All patients admitted to the Geriatrics Sector of a public Brazilian uni...
Validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Australian ...
Borges,Marcus Kiiti; Jacinto,Alessandro Ferrari; Citero,Vanessa AlbuquerqueAbstract The ANU-ADRI is a self-report tool that assesses risk for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Objective: To validate an adapted Portuguese version of this instrument and to carry out the reliability Test-Retest of the ANU-ADRI in Brazil. Methods: In this longitudinal study, the sample was formed (n=100) by two groups (A and B): each comprising 50 patients assisted by GPs (general practitioners) or specialists in...
Common mental disorder among family carers of demented older people in Brazil
Duarte,Evelise Saia Rodolpho; Silveira,Liciane Vaz de Arruda; Cítero,Vanessa de Albuquerque; Jacinto,Alessandro FerrariABSTRACT Objective: Population aging is a global phenomenon associated with a rising prevalence of chronic degenerative diseases such as dementia. Dementia poses a challenge not only for patients but also their family caregivers who, in exercising this role, are at higher risk of mental illness. The present study investigated the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) in family caregivers of demented elder...
Use of medications is strongly associated with worse self-perceived health in i...
Costa,Fernanda Nascimento; Silveira,Liciana Vaz de Arruda; Jacinto,Alessandro Ferrari<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> This study aimed to investigate self-perceived health among a sample of institutionalized and a sample of community-dwelling elderly in two cities of the São Paulo State, Brazil: Bauru and Botucatu.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Ninety-five elderly individuals from ten long-term care homes from Bauru, SP and Botucatu, SP and 101 community-dwelling elderly users of three centers for the elderly in Bau...