2005
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-60832005000300005
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Demência de Alzheimer: correlação entre memória e autonomia

Abstract: ResumoDiscute-se neste artigo de revisão a relação entre demência e autonomia, com enfoque particular nas perdas cognitivas e no comprometimento da memória. A doença de Alzheimer (DA) é uma doença neurodegenerativa progressiva que provoca demência, comprometendo, ao longo de sua lenta evolução, a autonomia dos pacientes. A redução da autonomia é o fator determinante da dependência de um cuidador, que se torna indispensável para preservar o provimento das necessidades básicas da vida diária do paciente. É feita… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
4
1

Citation Types

0
13
0
40

Year Published

2009
2009
2019
2019

Publication Types

Select...
5
3

Relationship

0
8

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 54 publications
(57 citation statements)
references
References 9 publications
0
13
0
40
Order By: Relevance
“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disease that causes dementia and, throughout its evolution, compromises patients' autonomy. It is featured by long-term episode and recent memory deficits that may be related to severances in the clinical profile (2) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 2 more Smart Citations
“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disease that causes dementia and, throughout its evolution, compromises patients' autonomy. It is featured by long-term episode and recent memory deficits that may be related to severances in the clinical profile (2) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This instrument presents its scores and is affected by variations according to the subject's educational level and previous abilities. It requires partial preservation of sensoro-motor and language abilities and direct contact between the interviewee and the evaluator (2) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…One of the most valuable fields of research concerning the effects of aging on seniors' quality of life and autonomy is the study of the neuropsychological aspects of cognition 9 , especially, language and other functions involved in the communication process 10 . Language is the basis of the social and cultural evolution of mankind.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, the performance of ADLs is affected either by forgetfulness or by performance deficit 27 . Researchers suggest that a combination of an ADL functional assessment scale and a cognitive test would be useful in individuals with suspected dementia and would consequently increase the sensibility and specificity to investigate the disease in such a heterogeneous population from a cultural and socioeconomic point of view 28 . It is clear, therefore, that the simple measurement of cognitive performance through scales can have several limitations.…”
Section: Construct Validitymentioning
confidence: 99%