Efeitos de um programa de estimulação cognitiva multidisciplinar intergeracional

Abstract

Objectives: To ascertain and compare the performance of adult and elderly participants in attention, memory, mood and metamemory assessments, before and after participating in the intergenerational multidisciplinary cognitive stimulation program. Method: The medical records of 79 male and female patients, aged 40 years and older, were selected between 2008 and 2012. Each participant had at least 11 years of schooling and complained of subjective memory deficiencies. Dementia, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -DSM-IV-TR, was ruled out as a cause of such complaints among the patients. The results of cognitive test evaluations, mood scale and subjective memory complaint questionnaire scores were assembled, before and after patient participation in the stimulation program, which consisted of twenty 100 minute sessions that were conducted in a large hospital in the city of São Paulo. Results: There was an improvement in patient performance, not only regarding attention tests but also memory tests ( p<0,001); however, no improvement was detected regarding metamemory. There was a reduction in symptoms of depression ( p=0,014) and anxiety ( p<0,001). Immediate associative learning improved greatly among elderly participants ( p=0,022), whereas the reduction in symptoms of anxiety and depression ( p=0,019) was greater among adult participants ( p=0,022). Conclusions: Study results showed that Intergenerational Multidisciplinary Cognitive Stimulation program improved the cognitive performance and the mood of adult and elderly participants who complained of subjective memory deficiencies.

Impact of cognitive stimulation on depression, anxiety, cognition and functional capacity among adults and elderly participants of an open university for senior citizens

“…4 The results of a literature review demonstrated the promising and significant effects of CS on healthy elderly individuals, particularly in relation to memory, attention, executive function and the speed of processing. 32 Another study 33 sought to ascertain and compare the performance of adults and elderly individuals (n=79) in tests of attention, memory, mood and metamemory before and after 20 sessions of multidisciplinary cognitive stimulation in a large hospital in the city of São Paulo. The authors reported improvements in the performance of the participants in the attention and memory tests ( p<0.001), as well as a reduction in symptoms of depression ( p=0.014) and anxiety ( p<0.001).…”

Oficina “MemorIdade”: impactos na cognição e queixa de memória em idosos de um Centro de Convivência

“…Indicam melhora no estado cognitivo global (Apóstolo, Cardoso, Marta, & Amaral, 2011;Souza, & Chaves, 2005), na atenção, memória de trabalho, linguagem, praxia, solução de problemas e funções executivas (Irigaray, Gomes Filho, & Schneider, 2012); na nomeação, fluência, desenho do relógio (Lira, Rugene, & Mello, 2011); melhor velocidade de processamento e utilização de estratégias (Teixeira-Fabrício, et al, 2012); melhor atenção e memória, redução dos sintomas depressivos e ansiosos, mas sem mudanças na metamemória (Gil, Busse, Shoji, Martinelli, & Mercadante, 2015); alterações positivas na memória episódica e uso da categorização (Carvalho, Neri, & Yassuda, 2010); e em três subtestes de uma medida cognitiva: códigos, aritmética e completar figuras (Golino, & Flores-Mendoza, 2016).…”

Evaluating subjective cognitive decline: a systematic review of tools available for evaluating cognitive complaints in Portuguese

“…One study used both a questionnaire and a single question to classify individuals with memory complaints, and the results were compared 21 . Two questionnaires could not be found online (Forgetfulness frequency scale 16 and Sunderland everyday memory questionnaire 22 ), despite an extensive search of the literature. Jacinto et al 23 used a single question to classify individuals in the Subject Memory Complaints group (yes or no) and measured its correlation with the diagnosis established by cognitive neurologists using a short form of the IQ-CODE.…”

“…The adapted version of the questionnaire on forgetfulness described by Lima-Silva 24 was used specifically in one study and could not be found in the search online. Similarly, the questionnaire used by Gil 22 could not be found and, thus, both tools were excluded from the critical review.…”