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Computerized cognitive stimulation for people with dementia or with mild cognit...
Sobral,Sónia Rolland; Sobral,MargaridaABSTRACT. Many studies have found that non-pharmacological interventions, such as cognitive stimulation (CS), can benefit people with dementia (PWD) or with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The use of the computerized cognitive stimulation (CCS) had proven to be an ally to those who want to detect and mitigate this disease. Objective: The purpose of this paper was to analyze the scientific production in CCS in ...
Cognitive reserve and dementia A scientometric review
Pestana,Maria Helena; Sobral,MargaridaABSTRACT. Research into cognitive reserve (CR) and dementia is advancing rapidly. This paper analyses the intellectual structure, emerging trends and relevant shifts in the development of available knowledge. Data collected from the Web-of-Science produced an expanded network of 564 articles and 12,504 citations in the 1998-2017 period. The co-citation network visualized was characterized by a scientometric rev...
Cognitive reserve and the severity of Alzheimer’s disease
Sobral,Margarida; Pestana,Maria Helena; Paúl,ConstançaAlzheimer´s disease (AD) is a clinical syndrome caused by neurodegeneration and characterized by a progressive deterioration in cognitive ability and capacity for independent living. Cognitive reserve (CR) describes the capacity of the adult brain to cope with the effects of the neurodegenerative process and to minimize the clinical manifestation of pathology of dementia. The aim of this study was to evaluate t...
A importância da quantificação da reserva cognitiva
Sobral,Margarida; Pestana,Maria Helena; Paúl,ConstançaCONTEXTO: A Reserva Cognitiva (RC) é um constructo hipotético usado para informar sobre o envelhecimento cognitivo, que descreve a capacidade do cérebro adulto em lidar com os efeitos de processos neurodegenerativos e é concebida como uma construção dinâmica. OBJETIVOS: (a) Comparar o desempenho da RC (avaliada com Questionário de RC) de um grupo de doentes com Doença de Alzheimer (DA) e de um grupo de pessoas ...
Measures of cognitive reserve in Alzheimer's disease
Sobral,Margarida; Pestana,Maria Helena; Paúl,ConstançaINTRODUCTION: Cognitive reserve (CR), a hypothetical construct used to obtain information about cognitive aging, describes the capacity of the adult brain to cope with the effects of neurodegenerative processes. This study evaluated CR using a CR questionnaire (CRQ) and a set of variables (education, leisure activities, lifelong occupation) that inform CR. It also developed a CR index, validated the CRQ, and ex...
Education, leisure activities and cognitive and functional ability of Alzheimer...
Sobral,Margarida; Paúl,ConstançaABSTRACT Education and participation in leisure activities appear to be highly relevant variables in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and usually form the basis of the Cognitive Reserve construct. Objective: [A] To determine the association between education, cognitive and functional ability of AD patients; [B] To determine the association between participation in leisure activities and cognitive and functional ability...