Aplicação do questionário de mudança cognitiva como método para rastreio de demências

Abstract

À Dra Sônia Maria Dozzi Brucki pela oportunidade de ser minha orientadora. Ao Prof Dr Ricardo Nitrini pelo incentivo a este trabalho e por despertar meu interesse pela pesquisa clínica. A meus amigos e familiares, por estarem juntos neste caminho desde o começo e compreenderem os momentos que nos distanciamos devido às nossas obrigações. À secretária da pós-graduação da Neurologia, Thais Figueira, à secretária do CEREDIC, Simone Oliveira, pela paciência e ajuda para a realização desta tese. À Bioestatística, Mariana Carballo, pelas dicas e orientações a esta tese. Aos colegas que estiveram diretamente ligados à tese ajudando nos atendimentos aos pacientes, condutas e sem os quais esta tese não seria possível; Dr

Auditory Processing Performance of the Middle-Aged and Elderly: Auditory or Cognitive Decline?

“…In terms of cognition, to exclude the presence of cognitive impairments, the participants were required to attain the following cutoff scores, adapted to the participants' educational level, on the Mini-Mental State Exam: .25, .26, or .28 for 1-4 yr, 5-8 yr, and .9 yr of formal schooling, respectively (Folstein et al, 1975;Brucki et al, 2003). In addition, they were also required to not exceed a score of 2 points on the Questionnaire of Cognitive Change (QMC8) (Damin and Brucki, 2011) and a score of 7 points on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults (de Carvalho and Mansur, 2008). Neurological and psychological aspects were investigated using the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (Sheikh and Yesavage, 1986;Almeida and Almeida, 1999).…”

Impact of Educational Level on Performance on Auditory Processing Tests

“…In terms of cognition, to exclude the presence of cognitive impairments, the participants were required to attain the cut-off scores on the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE; Folstein et al, 1975 ; Brucki et al, 2003 ). In addition, they were also required not to exceed a score of 2 points on the Questionnaire of Cognitive Change (QMC8; Damin and Brucki, 2011 ) and a score of 7 points on the Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults (ASHA-FACS; Carvalho and Mansur, 2008 ). Neurological and psychological status was assessed by a psychologist and neurologists and quantified using the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (Sheikh and Yesavage, 1986 ; Almeida and Almeida, 1999 ).…”

Effects of health education in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment

“…Participants were 60 years old or more; had a diagnosis of MCI certified by a doctor; were capable of understanding the information given by the researchers during data acquisition; and were present in more than 75% of the activities. Excluded participants were those who presented severe mental disorders, or other diseases which made their participation impossible; had hearing or visual problems; were illiterate; and/ or scored more than 14 on the QMC22 (Cognitive Changing Questionnaire 22), which can be used either for cognitive screening or to help the differential diagnosis between dementia and MCI (15) .…”

“…In addition, the Cognitive Changing Questionnaire 22 (QMC22) was applied as a screening test. The QMC22 is made up of 22 questions that help to differentiate MCI from dementia with a cut off≥ 14 (15) .…”