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Verbal fluency in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment in individu...
Tessaro,Bruna; Hermes-Pereira,Andressa; Schilling,Lucas Porcello; Fonseca,Rochele Paz; Kochhann,Renata; Hübner,Lilian CristineABSTRACT. Verbal fluency (VF) has contributed to building cognitive maps as well as differentiating healthy populations from those with dementia. Objectives: To compare the performance of healthy controls and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in two semantic VF tasks (animals/clothes) and a phonemic VF task (letter P). Also, to analyze the relationship between the freque...
The effect of intentionality on verbal memory assessment over days
Kochhann,Renata; Beber,Bárbara Costa; Ferreira,Patrícia; Holz,Maila Rossato; Ruschel,Rafael; Pádua,Analuiza Camozzato de; Godinho,Cláudia da CunhaABSTRACT Background: Intentionality to remember is associated with better performances in episodic memory retrieval. The practice effect has better performance in memory retrieval. However, little is known about the effect of intentionality on memory over days and the influence of age, gender, and level of education on it as well as on practice effect. Objectives: To verify the effect of intentionality and prac...
Age-related differences in conversational discourse abilities A comparative study
Pereira,Natalie; Gonçalves,Ana Paula Bresolin; Goulart,Mariana; Tarrasconi,Marina Amarante; Kochhann,Renata; Fonseca,Rochele PazABSTRACT. Conversational discourse (CD) is among the most complex tasks in everyday life and relies on multiple cognitive domains (communicative and executive abilities). Alterations in discourse comprehension and production are often present in pathological aging. However, there is still a need to identify changes in healthy aging. Objective: This study aimed to compare young and older adults for the frequency...
Acurácia do Desempenho Funcional em Idosos Saudáveis, com Comprometimento Cogni...
Fransen,Natalia Lemos; Holz,Maila; Pereira,Andressa; Fonseca,Rochele Paz; Kochhann,RenataResumo Estabelecer o continuum de declínio cognitivo e funcional no envelhecimento normal para o patológico é desafiador. Nesta transição está o Comprometimento Cognitivo Leve (CCL), definido por prejuízo sutil na cognição e funcionalidade. Quando o prejuízo funcional aumenta preenche critérios para demência. Assim, determinar a acurácia diagnóstica da avaliação funcional é imprescindível. Com isso o objetivo f...
Qualidade de vida pós-unidades de terapia intensiva: protocolo de estudo de coo...
Robinson,Caroline Cabral; Rosa,Regis Goulart; Kochhann,Renata; Schneider,Daniel; Sganzerla,Daniel; Dietrich,Camila; Sanchez,Évelin CarneiroRESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a prevalência de incapacidades físicas, cognitivas e psiquiátricas, fatores associados e sua relação com qualidade de vida em pacientes sobreviventes de internação em unidades de terapia intensiva brasileiras. Métodos: Um estudo de coorte prospectivo multicêntrico está sendo conduzido em dez unidades de terapia intensiva adulto clínico-cirúrgicas representativas das cinco regiões geopol...
Influence of age and education on the processing of clustering and switching in...
Pereira,Andressa Hermes; Gonçalves,Ana Bresolin; Holz,Maila; Gonçalves,Hosana Alves; Kochhann,Renata; Joanette,Yves; Zimmermann,NicolleABSTRACT Verbal fluency (VF) is a widely used tool in neuropsychological assessment. Objective: We aimed to investigate the influence of age and educational level on clustering and switching in three VF modalities: phonemic (PVF), semantic (SVF) and unconstrained (UVF). We evaluated type of cluster, mean cluster size, and quantity of clusters, intersections, and returns. A total of 260 healthy subjects were ass...
Cognitive performance in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer'...
Holz,Maila Rossato; Kochhann,Renata; Ferreira,Patrícia; Tarrasconi,Marina; Chaves,Márcia Lorena Fagundes; Fonseca,Rochele PazABSTRACT. Background: White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are commonly associated with vascular dementia and poor executive functioning. Notwithstanding, recent findings have associated WMH with Alzheimer's disease as well as other cognitive functions, but there is no consensus. Objective: This study aimed to verify the relationship between WMH and cognitive performance in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Al...
The Clock Drawing Test: Performance differences between the free-drawn and inco...
Beber,Bárbara Costa; Kochhann,Renata; Matias,Bruna; Chaves,Márcia Lorena FagundesABSTRACT Background: The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is a brief cognitive screening tool for dementia. Several different presentation formats and scoring methods for the CDT are available in the literature. Objective: In this study we aimed to compare performance on the free-drawn and "incomplete-copy" versions of the CDT using the same short scoring method in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and dementia patients,...
Validity of the Brazilian version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnai...
Camozzato,Ana Luiza; Godinho,Claudia; Kochhann,Renata; Massochini,Graziela; Chaves,Marcia LorenaThe NPI-Q (Neuropsychiatry Inventory-Questionnaire) was developed to facilitate the evaluation of neuropsychiatric symptoms. This study evaluated the internal consistency, the test-retest reliability of the Brazilian NPI-Q version and its convergent validity with the original NPI.MethodThe NPI-Q and the NPI were administered to 64 caregivers of dementia patients. Thirteen informants were asked to complete a sec...
Verbal and visuospatial executive functions in healthy elderly: The impact of e...
Branco,Laura Damiani; Cotrena,Charles; Pereira,Natalie; Kochhann,Renata; Fonseca,Rochele PazABSTRACT Objective: To assess the predictive role of education and frequency of reading and writing habits (FRWH) on the cognitive flexibility, inhibition and planning abilities of healthy elderly individuals. Methods: Fifty-seven healthy adults aged between 60 and 75 years with 2 to 23 years of formal education were assessed as to the frequency with which they read and wrote different types of text, as well as...