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Brazilian version of the European Cross-Cultural Neuropsychological Test Batter...
Araujo,Narahyana B.; Nielsen,Thomas R.; Barca,Maria L.; Engedal,Knut; Marinho,Valeska; Deslandes,Andrea C.; Coutinho,Evandro S.; Laks,JersonObjective: To translate, establish the diagnostic accuracy, and standardize the Brazilian Portuguese version of the European Cross-Cultural Neuropsychological Test Battery (CNTB) considering schooling level. Methods: We first completed an English-Brazilian Portuguese translation and back-translation of the CNTB. A total of 135 subjects aged over 60 years – 65 cognitively healthy (mean 72.83, SD = 7.71; mean edu...
Accuracy of the semantic fluency test to separate healthy old people from patie...
Neves,Tatiana Reis Fabiano; Araújo,Narahyana Bom de; Silva,Felipe de Oliveira; Ferreira,José Vinícius Alves; Nielsen,Thomas Rune; Engedal,KnutABSTRACT Objective Evaluate the accuracy of two semantic categories of the verbal fluency test (supermarket and animal categories) to separate healthy elderly individuals and lower educated Alzheimer’s disease patients. Methods We evaluated 69 older adults with less than 5 years of schooling, consisting of 31 healthy elderly, and 38 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Semantic verbal fluency was evalua...
Diagnosing dementia in lower educated older persons: validation of a Brazilian ...
de Araujo,Narahyana B.; Nielsen,Thomas R.; Engedal,Knut; Barca,Maria L.; Coutinho,Evandro S.; Laks,JersonObjective: To validate the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale for use in Brazil (RUDAS-BR). Methods: We first completed an English-Brazilian Portuguese translation and back-translation of the RUDAS. A total of 135 subjects over 60 years of age were included: 65 cognitively healthy and 70 with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) according to the DSM-IV and Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke/Alzhei...
Towards a Brazilian dementia plan? Lessons to be learned from Europe
Engedal,Knut; Laks,JersonABSTRACT Dementia is a global socio-medical problem. The steepest increase in prevalence occurs in Latin-America and Asia. European governments have implemented dementia plans to improve care. We describe common goals of European dementia plans and discuss the Brazilian situation. Sixteen European countries have governmental dementia plans, another four are set to launch them. These plans have some common goals...
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...
Burnout in familial caregivers of patients with dementia
Truzzi,Annibal; Valente,Letice; Ulstein,Ingun; Engelhardt,Eliasz; Laks,Jerson; Engedal,KnutOBJECTIVES: Familial caregivers of demented patients suffer from high levels of burden of care, but the literature is sparse regarding the prevalence and predictors of burnout in this group. Burnout is composed of three dimensions: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) and reduced personal accomplishment (RPA). We aimed to investigate the associations between burnout dimensions and the caregivers' a...
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...