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Features associated with cognitive impairment and dementia in a community-based...
Guimarães,Henrique Cerqueira; Cascardo,Jorge Luiz; Beato,Rogério Gomes; Barbosa,Maira Tonidandel; Machado,Thais Helena; Almeida,Mariana Alves deABSTRACT A higher level of educational attainment constitutes a protective factor against cognitive decline in the elderly. Nevertheless, the elements underpinning this association are yet not fully understood. Objective: The primary aim of this study was to compare cognitively impaired illiterate elderly subjects with cognitively preserved counterparts, according to demographics, comorbidities, lifetime habits...
Brief intervention for agrammatism in Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia: A ...
Machado,Thais Helena; Campanha,Aline Carvalho; Caramelli,Paulo; Carthery-Goulart,Maria TeresaThe non-fluent and agrammatic variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia (NFPPA) is characterized by reduced verbal production with deficits in building grammatically correct sentences, involving dysfunctions in syntactic and morphological levels of language. There are a growing number of studies about non-pharmacological alternatives focusing on the rehabilitation of functional aspects or specific cognitive impair...
Nonpharmacological interventions for cognitive impairments following primary pr...
Carthery-Goulart,Maria Teresa; Silveira,Amanda da Costa da; Machado,Thais Helena; Mansur,Leticia Lessa; Parente,Maria Alice de Mattos PimentaABSTRACT This study provided a systematic review on nonpharmacological interventions applied to patients diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) and its variants: Semantic (SPPA), Nonfluent (NFPPA) and Logopenic (LPPA) to establish evidence-based recommendations for the clinical practice of cognitive rehabilitation for these patients. Methods: A PubMed and LILACS literature search with no time restrict...
Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (DRS): Normative data for the Brazilian middle-age...
Foss,Maria Paula; Carvalho,Viviane Amaral de; Machado,Thais Helena; Reis,Geraldo Cássio dos; Tumas,Vitor; Caramelli,Paulo; Nitrini,RicardoABSTRACT Objective: To expand norms for the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (DRS) for the Brazilian middle-age and elderly populations. Methods: The DRS was administered to 502 individuals without cognitive deficits, 312 women and 190 men, aged 50 years or over and with educational level ranging from 0 to 13 years or more. The sample was composed of subjects who participated in other studies, from Caeté (Minas Ger...
Normative data for healthy elderly on the phonemic verbal fluency task - FAS
Machado,Thais Helena; Fichman,Helenice Charchat; Santos,Etelvina Lucas; Carvalho,Viviane Amaral; Fialho,Patrícia Paes; Koenig,Anne MariseAbstract Phonemic verbal fluency tests assess the production of words beginning with specific letters. Of these letters, the most frequently used are F, A and S. It is a sensitive test for assessing frontal lobe functions. Objective: To provide normative data for the elderly Brazilian population on the FAS test and to investigate the effects of age and schooling on test performance. Methods: The individuals wer...
Dementia caregiver burden in a Brazilian sample: Association to neuropsychiatri...
Fialho,Patrícia Paes Araujo; Koenig,Anne Marise; Santos,Etelvina Lucas dos; Guimarães,Henrique Cerqueira; Beato,Rogério Gomes; Carvalho,Viviane AmaralAbstract Taking care of elderly demented individuals, especially when they present behavioral changes, can be very exhaustive for both family and caregivers. Generally, this leads to changes in the family lifestyle, and the caregiver must deal with a range of problems. Information on this topic in Latin America, including Brazil, remains scarce. Objective: To investigate the relationship between the presence of...