2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2008000500005
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Abstract: -Objective:To present socio-demographic characteristics, mean scores of tests and scales applied to patients with dementia and discuss the relationship between test scores, clinical diagnoses and the severity of dementia. Method: Patients (n=113) were diagnosed according to the DSM-IV criteria, and the diagnostic work-up included physical and neurological examination, auxiliary exams, cognitive and functional tests, and the evaluation of neuropsychiatric symptoms. Results: Mean age was 74.0 years. Alzheimer's … Show more

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“…Concerning the prevalence of different types of dementia, most part of Brazilian studies have found AD as the prevalent type of dementia, followed by VD [4][5][6]8,9,[19][20][21]24 , in contrast our study. Vascular Dementia is predominant over the sample, with 17.5%.…”
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“…Concerning the prevalence of different types of dementia, most part of Brazilian studies have found AD as the prevalent type of dementia, followed by VD [4][5][6]8,9,[19][20][21]24 , in contrast our study. Vascular Dementia is predominant over the sample, with 17.5%.…”
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“…Concerning to the mean age in the sample, the result showed a sample of younger people than that of several other studies that showed medians higher than 70 years old 5,19,[23][24][25] , despite of most of them were older than 60 years (67.5%). The study by Silva and Damasceno 9 , also in a tertiary care service showed similar results to ours.…”
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“…All over the country, few outpatient units mostly from the university [7][8][9][10] , have trained specialists and have given assistance to older persons with dementia and other related disorders, whereas primary and tertiary care are still difficult to find.…”
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