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Poor physical fitness is associated with impaired memory, executive function, a...
Monteiro-Junior,Renato S.; Oliveira,Tayrine R.; Leão,Luana L.; Baldo,Marcelo P.; de Paula,Alfredo M.; Laks,JersonObjective: To analyze the association between physical fitness, cognitive function, and depressive symptoms among older adults in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Methods: Seventy-six institutionalized male and female elderly individuals (65 years and older) living in LTCFs participated of this study. Physical fitness (aerobic capacity and strength), cognitive functions (global cognition, short-term and worki...
Cognitive abilities of institutionalized older persons with depressive symptoms
Felício,Laís Francielle Francisca; Leão,Luana Lemos; Souza,Eric Hudson Evangelista e; Machado,Frederico Sander Mansur; Laks,JersonABSTRACT Objective To determine the level of association between depressive symptoms and cognitive abilities of institutionalized older adults. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that enrolled 69 older adults, living in a long-term care facility. Investigation of depressive symptoms in all individuals was performed using the geriatric depression scale. Cognitive verbal fluency, digit span forward (DSF) and...
Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric properties of the Braz...
Howat-Rodrigues,Anna Beatriz Carnielli; Laks,Jerson; Marinho,ValeskaAbstract Objective: To translate and back-translate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Financial Well-Being Scale into Brazilian Portuguese, to assess its cross-cultural semantic equivalence, and to verify the psychometric properties of the final version. Methods: Adaptation of the original scale applied a three-step methodology: translation and back-translation, appreciation of semantic equivalenc...
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in brain diseases - historical foundations
Engelhardt,Eliasz; Sudo,Felipe Kenji; Alves,Gilberto Sousa; Laks,JersonABSTRACT. Neuropsychiatric symptoms, which may appear alone or combined with cognitive and neurological manifestations, are frequent in many brain dysfunctions or lesions due to vascular, traumatic, neurodegenerative, or systemic conditions. Throughout history, many of the most prominent names have contributed to the clinical definition of the currently recognized mental symptoms and syndromes. The present pape...
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...
Floor Maze Test as a predictor of cognitive decline in older adults living in n...
Almeida,Creso Alberto Bem de; Figueiredo,Luiz Felipe da Silva; Plácido,Jéssica; Silva,Felipe de Oliveira; Maciel-Pinheiro,Paulo de TarsoABSTRACT Objective Long-term care facilities (LTCF) are associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and impairment in spatial navigation abilities. Recent studies have demonstrated that spatial navigation as a complex skill, involving cognitive and motor functions, emerging as a new marker for the progression of dementia. The present study aims to compare spatial navigation in healthy, institutionali...
Association among 2-min step test, functional level and diagnosis of dementia
Plácido,Jessica; Ferreira,José Vinicius; Oliveira,Felipe de; Sant’Anna,Paula; Monteiro-Junior,Renato Sobral; Laks,Jerson; Deslandes,Andrea C.ABSTRACT. Aerobic capacity declines significantly throughout life, beginning at the age of 30 years and accelerating from 60 years, where a decline of 17% per decade is expected thereafter. Objective: To investigate the association between aerobic capacity and a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), mild AD or moderate AD in older adults, considering the risk classification of functional loss of the Ste...
Posturographic analysis of older adults without dementia and patients with Alzh...
Sant’Anna,Paula; Silva,Felipe de Oliveira; Rodrigues,Ana Carolina de Mello Alves; Plácido,Jéssica; Ferreira,José ViniciusABSTRACT. Additional clinical tools should be investigated to facilitate and aid the early diagnosis of cognitive decline. Postural control worsens with aging and this may be related to pathological cognitive impairment. Objective: to compare the balance of older adults without dementia in a control group (CG) and with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), to observe the possible association with the independent variables ...
Brazilian Portuguese version of financial risk-taking and tolerance scales: val...
Howat-Rodrigues,Anna Beatriz; Ferreira,José Henrique Benedetti Piccoli; Laks,JersonAbstract Objectives To construct and validate a psychological measure called the Financial Risk-Taking Scale (FRTakS) and to translate, adapt, and validate a psychological measure called the Financial Risk Tolerance Scale (FRTolS) with a Brazilian sample. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to assess evidence of the validity of the scales’ internal structures. We also tested the convergent va...