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Microcephaly measurement in adults and its association with clinical variables
Costa,Nicole Rezende da; Mancine,Livia; Salvini,Rogerio; Teixeira,Juliana de Melo; Rodriguez,Roberta Diehl; Leite,Renata Elaine ParaizoABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To establish a microcephaly cut-off size in adults using head circumference as an indirect measure of brain size, as well as to explore factors associated with microcephaly via data mining. METHODS In autopsy studies, head circumference was measured with an inelastic tape placed around the skull. Total brain volume was also directly measured. A linear regression was used to determine the asso...
Development of a word accentuation test for predicting cognitive performance in...
Gil,Gislaine; Magaldi,Regina Miksian; Busse,Alexandre Leopold; Ribeiro,Elyse Soares; Brucki,Sonia Maria Dozzi; Yassuda,Mônica SanchesABSTRACT The Word Accentuation Test (WAT) has been used to predict premorbid intelligence and cognitive performance in Spanish-speaking populations. It requires participants to read a list of words without the accent marks that indicate the stressed syllable. Objective: As Portuguese pronunciation is also strongly based on accent marks, our aim was to develop a Brazilian version of the WAT. Methods: An initial ...
Hypertension is the underlying cause of death assessed at the autopsy of indivi...
Coelho,Juliana Chaves; Ferretti-Rebustini,Renata Eloah de Lucena; Suemoto,Claudia Kimie; Leite,Renata Elaine Paraizo; Jacob-Filho,WilsonABSTRACT Objective: To analyze hypertension and its relationship with the causes of death identified by the autopsy. Method: Cross-sectional study analyzed 356 participants belonging to the Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group, over 50 years of age, autopsied at the Sao Paulo Autopsy Service between 2004 to 2014. A clinical interview was conducted with the informant of the deceased. Hypertension was defined by rep...
Clinical and laboratory characteristics associated with referral of hospitalize...
Arcanjo,Suelen Pereira; Saporetti,Luis Alberto; Curiati,José Antonio Esper; Jacob-Filho,Wilson; Avelino-Silva,Thiago JunqueiraABSTRACT Objective To investigate clinical and laboratory characteristics associated with referral of acutely ill older adults to exclusive palliative care. Methods A retrospective cohort study based on 572 admissions of acutely ill patients aged 60 years or over to a university hospital located in São Paulo, Brazil, from 2009 to 2013. The primary outcome was the clinical indication for exclusive palliative car...
Comparison between subjective and objective evaluations of self-care performanc...
Figueredo,Delcina Jesus; Jacob-Filho,WilsonABSTRACT Objetive To identify the functional status in self-care performance of elderly inpatients, through subjective and objective evaluations. Methods Fifty-five pairs of elderly and their respective caregivers of both sexes were submitted to subjective (self-rating and rating by caregivers) and objective assessment. The Performance Test of Activities of Daily Living and items in the Instrumental Activities ...
Applicability of the Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy Patients with Diabetes in...
Souza,Jonas Gordilho; Apolinario,Daniel; Farfel,José Marcelo; Jaluul,Omar; Magaldi,Regina Miksian; Busse,Alexandre Leopold; Campora,FláviaABSTRACT Objective To translate, adapt and evaluate the properties of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Spoken Knowledge in Low Literacy Patients with Diabetes, which is a questionnaire that evaluate diabetes knowledge. Methods A cross-sectional study with type 2 diabetes patients aged ≥60 years, seen at a public healthcare organization in the city of Sao Paulo (SP). After the development of the Portuguese ...
Factors associated with morphometric brain changes in cognitively normal aging
Ferretti-Rebustini,Renata Eloah de Lucena; Jacob-Filho,Wilson; Suemoto,Claudia Kimie; Farfel,José Marcelo; Leite,Renata Elaine ParaisoOBJECTIVE: Cognitive impairment is associated with reductions in brain weight and volume. The factors related to morphometric brain changes in cognitively normal aging remain unknown. We aimed to identify which clinical factors are associated with morphometric brain changes in cognitively normal aging. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 414 subjects, ≥50 years old submitted to clinical assessment and brain aut...
Validity of the Katz Index to assess activities of daily living by informants i...
Ferretti-Rebustini,Renata Eloah de Lucena; Balbinotti,Marcos Alencar Abaide; Jacob-Filho,Wilson; Rebustini,Flávio; Suemoto,Claudia KimieAbstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the evidences of construct validity of the Katz Index for the retrospective assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) by informants, to assist neuropathological studies in the elderly. METHOD A cross-sectional study analyzed the functional ability of ADL measure by the Katz Index, of 650 cases randomly selected from the Brazilian Brain Bank of the Ageing Brain Study Group (BBB...
Potentially inappropriate medications among elderly Brazilian outpatients
Faustino,Christine Grützmann; Passarelli,Maria Cristina Guerra; Jacob-Filho,WilsonCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES In Brazil, few studies have investigated the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) among elderly outpatients. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of PIMs prescribed for elderly outpatients, identify the PIMs most commonly involved, and investigate whether age, sex and number of medications are related to prescription of such medications. DESIGN AND SETTING Ob...
Impact of a program to promote health and quality of life of elderly
Tamai,Silvia Affini Borsoi; Paschoal,Sergio Márcio Pacheco; Litvoc,Julio; Machado,Adriana Nunes; Curiati,Pedro Kallas; Prada,Luis FelipeABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effect on quality of life of elderly people enrolled in GAMIA – Multidisciplinary Care Group to Outpatient Elderly Subjects (Grupo de Assistência Multidisciplinar ao Idoso Ambulatorial) of the Geriatric Department, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo. Methods: Between 2000 and 2002, 83 elderly participants of GAMIA were assessed by the Worl...