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Este artigo está licenciado sob forma de uma licença Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional, que permite uso irrestrito, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, desde que a publicação original seja corretamente citada. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.pt_BR Revisão sistemática ISSN 1980-8623 AbstractThe main objective of this systematic review was to identify studies that investigated Animal Hoarding Disorder. In addition, it aimed to verify the sociodemographic characteristics about individuals with this disorder, conditions of the environment and the animals, quantity and species of hoarded animals, the diagnostic criteria and the therapeutic interventions applied. Empirical or documental articles written in English, Spanish or Portuguese were analyzed, with no use of time restrictors. Among 75 articles found 9 were analyzed. It was observed that hoarders were females and approximately hoarded more than 30 animals. The environments were found under unhealthy conditions and cats and dogs were the most hoarded animals. This disorder produces great suffering for the individual, their families and also their animals. It is concluded that due to the lack of empirical studies on the subject, researches need to be made in order to fill this gap and, consequently, to construct intervention strategies.Keywords: Animal Hoarding Disorder; Diagnostic criteria; Characteristics of animal hoarders. Transtorno de acumulação de animais: uma revisão sistemáticaResumo O objetivo principal deste artigo foi identificar estudos que investigaram o transtorno de acumulação de animais. Além disso, buscou verificar as características sociodemográficas dos indivíduos com esse transtorno, as condições do ambiente e dos animais, quantidade e espécies de animais acumulados, critérios diagnósticos e as intervenções terapêuticas utilizadas. Analisou-se artigos empíricos ou documentais, redigidos na língua inglesa, espanhola ou portuguesa, sem restritor de tempo. Dentre os 75 artigos encontrados, analisou-se nove artigos. Observou-se que os acumuladores, são do sexo feminino e acumulam em média, mais de 30 animais. As condições das habitações eram insalubres, e os animais mais acumulados são cães e gatos. O transtorno produz grande sofrimento para o indivíduo, para sua família e também para os animais. Conclui-se que devido à carência estudos empíricos sobre a temática, pesquisas necessitam ser realizadas para sanar essa lacuna e, consequentemente, construir estratégias de intervenções.Palavras-chave: Transtorno de Acumulação de Animais; Critérios diagnósticos; Características de acumuladores de animais. Trastorno de acumulación de animales: una revisión sistemática ResumenEl objetivo principal de este artículo fue identificar estudios que investigaran el trastorno de acumulación de animales. Además, se buscó verificar características sociodemográficas de los individuos con este trastorno, las condiciones del ambiente e de los animales, cantidad y especies de animales acumulados, los criterios diagnósticos y las...

<p>In Brazil, the number of validated and recognized scientific instruments for clinical evaluation of elderly persons is limited. The Older Adult Self-Report (OASR) is a psychopathological rating scale for persons with more than 60 years, which evaluates adaptive functioning and psychopathology. The aim of this study was at investigating OASR construct and criterion validity evidence for Brazilian elderly. The sample included 345 individuals, between 60 and 94 years of age, which were recruited by convenience. Participants responded to a questionnaire containing questions about demographic and health information, the Mini Mental State Examination, the Geriatric Depression Scale short version and the OASR. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and discriminant analysis. The results showed significant associations between the scores of OASR’s subscales, correlating with general cognitive ability and depressive symptoms. Furthermore, OASR was sensitive to identify elderly with significant symptoms of depression. In conclusion, the OASR showed adequate evidence of construct and criterion validity for a sample of Brazilian elderly.</p>

Background: The purpose of this study was to characterize the cognitive performance of individuals with animal hoarding. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, in which 33 individuals between the ages of 29 to 84 (M = 61.39; SD = 12.69) with animal hoarding have been assessed. The participants completed a neurocognitive battery including measures of general cognitive functioning, visual memory and organization, verbal fluency, and verbal reasoning. Results: Data suggest that individuals with animal hoarding have high rates of cognitive deficits related to visual memory and verbal reasoning. Conclusions: Based on the performance tests used, we can suggest the existence of cognitive difficulties related especially to the executive functions of individuals with animal hoarding in this sample.

Este é um artigo de acesso aberto, licenciado por Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0), sendo permitidas reprodução, adaptação e distribuição desde que o autor e a fonte originais sejam creditados.Resumo. O estudo objetivou investigar os efeitos da Terapia Assistida por Animais (TAA) na qualidade de vida em idosos por meio de uma revisão sistemática. Foi realizada a busca de artigos, por dois juízes, nas bases de dados indexadas na Medline, PsycINFO, Embase e Web of Science. Utilizaram--se as recomendações da Declaração Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses para esta revisão. A partir de critérios de inclusão/ exclusão, foram recuperados e analisados oito artigos. Os estudos destacam que a TAA produz melhoria na qualidade de vida dos idosos, e os instrumentos para essa avaliação foram diversificados. Conclui-se que a TAA afeta positivamente a qualidade de vida dos idosos. Palavras-chave:Terapia Assistida por Animais, qualidade de vida, idosos.Abstract. This study investigated the effects of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) on elderly quality of life through a systematic review. Articles were searched by two judges at Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, and Web of Science. This research was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. After the criteria for inclusion and exclusion were applied, eight articles were selected and analyzed. The majority of studies found that AAT has positive effects on quality of life by the elderly, and different instruments were used for such evaluation. Finally, it can be concluded that AAT improves the quality of life among the elderly.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurological disease, resulting from cell degeneration in the substantia nigra, responsible for the production of dopamine.Objective: This study aimed to characterize the cognitive functioning, personality factors and prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Furthermore, this study sought to analyze whether personality factors were predictors of cognitive functioning.Methods: The sample consisted of 30 elderly with PD. Participants completed a sociodemographic data sheet, the NEO-FFI-R (Five Factor Inventory NEO Revised), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the Beta-III, the phonemic verbal fluency test and semantics (Animals), the digits span subtest of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Adults and the Boston Naming Test and the word list of the CERAD battery, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Results: The elderly with PD presented impairment in verbal episodic memory and executive functions. Most of the participants demonstrated low levels of neuroticism. The extraversion factor was positively correlated with executive functions and the openness to experience factor was positively correlated with verbal episodic memory. It was concluded that the elderly with PD presented memory and executive function impairments. The factor that most contributed to performance of the elderly with PD on memory and executive function tasks was the extraversion factor.

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