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Psychometric properties of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Children's Rev...
Magalhães, Sabrina de Sousa; Miranda, Diana Kraiser; Paula, Jonas Jardim de; Miranda, Débora Marques de; Romano-Silva, Marco AurélioBackground: Children and adolescents are considered a population at risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic event. The Children's Revised Impact Scale (CRIES-8) is a self-report scale with 8 items that investigates avoidance and intrusion behaviors related to posttraumatic stress symptoms. Objective: The study consisted of translation and transcultural adaptation of CRIES-8 to...
Assessing knowledge: psychometric properties of the BAMS semantic memory battery
Bertola, Laiss; Malloy-Diniz, Leandro FernandesBackground: Semantic memory is a cultural influenced cognitive domain that is responsible for our knowledge about words and the world. Semantic Memory Battery (BAMS) is a new battery that evaluate semantic memory based on a compendium of tasks, including verbal fluency, naming, conceptualization, categorization, general questions, and word definitions, and was designed to consider cultural aspects. Objectives: ...
Brazilian Portuguese transcultural adaptation of Barkley Deficits in Executive ...
Godoy, Victor Polignano; Mata, Fernanda Gomes Da; Conde, Bárbara Romaneli; Souza, Caroline Antunes de Oliveira e; Martins, Ana Luiza GuimarãesBackground Considering the importance of Executive Functions to clinical and nonclinical situations, Barkley proposed a new theory of executive functioning based on an evolutionary neuropsychological perspective and clinical research using large samples of clinical and community identified adults and children as well as children with ADHD followed to adulthood. Objective The present study aims to adapt the Bark...
The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) on the differential diagnosis of ...
Cotta, Mariana Fonseca; Malloy-Diniz, Leandro Fernandes; Nicolato, Rodrigo; de Moares, Edgar Nunes; Rocha, Fábio Lopes; de Paula, Jonas JardimThis paper aims at reviewing the literature on the use of Rey’s Verbal Auditory Learning Test (RAVLT) with respect to its potential contribution to the differential diagnosis between normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease. We researched articles published in the last ten years, indexed in the databases of PubMed and Lilacs, which were designed to evaluate the use of the RAVLT in the diagnosis of dementia, particu...
Reliability and construct validity of the Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning Test in ...
Paula, Jonas Jardim de; Melo, Larissa Pacheco Cunha; Nicolato, Rodrigo; Moraes, Edgar Nunes de; Bicalho, Maria Aparecida; Hamdan, Amer CavalheiroBACKGROUND: The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) is widely used for the assessment of episodic memory. However, there are few studies in Brazil assessing its psychometric properties. OBJECTIVES: To search for evidence of reliability and construct validity of the RAVLT, and to assess the influence of age, schooling, gender, and depressive symptoms on test performance. METHODS: One hundred twenty-six hea...
Normative study of the Token Test (short version): preliminary data for a sampl...
Moreira, Lafaiete; Schlottfeldt, Carlos Guilherme; Paula, Jonas Jardim de; Daniel, Marisa Teixeira; Paiva, Andreza; Cazita, Viviane; Coutinho, GabrielINTRODUCTION: The preservation of oral comprehension in the elderly is correlated with the preservation of their cognitive functions. Oral comprehension is a key feature for communication and its evaluation allows for the identification of more specific cognitive deficits, in addition to facilitating the development of more effective, early intervention strategies. OBJECTIVE: Provide contemporary standards for ...
Psychometric properties of a brief neuropsychological protocol for use in geria...
Paula, Jonas Jardim de; Schlottfeldt, Carlos Guilherme; Moreira, Lafaiete; Cotta, Mariana; Bicalho, Maria Aparecida; Romano-Silva, Marco AurélioBACKGROUND: The increase in life expectancy and proportion of elderly in the population is causing an increase in dementia prevalence rates. The correct, early dia gnosis of dementia is very important to clinical treatment and to improved prognosis. Therefore, it is necessary to adapt and develop assessment tools for the differential diagnosis between pathological and normal aging processes. OBJECTIVE: Assess t...
Physical activity and performance in executive function tasks in healthy older ...
Moreira, Andreza Giuliane Guimarães; Malloy-Diniz, Leandro Fernandes; Fuentes, Daniel; Correa, Humberto; Lage, Guilherme MenezesBACKGROUND: Physical activity seems to produce positive effects on many cognitive processes in elderly people. Nevertheless, little is known about the impact of sequential physical activity, such as dancing, on the executive functions in older adults. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, in elderly people, the relation between the type of physical practice and the performance in executive functions. METHODS: Thirty five old...
Impulsiveness and traffic accidents
Araújo, Marcus Maximilliano; Malloy-Diniz, Leandro Fernandes; Rocha, Fábio LopesBACKGROUND: Injuries due to road traffic accidents are a major public health problem as well as one of the main causes of death among young males aged 15 to 44 years. OBJECTIVES: This paper reviews the relation between impulsiveness and risk driving behavior and between impulsiveness and traffic accidents. METHODS: Bibliographic review. Sources: MedLine (1966 to 2006), Cochrane databases, LILACS, Desastres, Psy...