The authors report the prevalence of dementia in a community-dwelling Brazilian elderly
population and correlate prevalence data with educational and socioeconomic levels. The …

Verbal fluency tests are used as a measure of executive functions and language, and can
also be used to evaluate semantic memory. We analyzed the influence of education, gender …

In July 2019, a group of multidisciplinary dementia researchers from Brazil and the United
Kingdom (UK) met in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, to discuss and propose …

Cognitive evaluation in developing countries is a difficult undertaking due to low levels of
schooling and particularly the illiteracy still frequent in the elderly. This study was part of the …

Patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may present cognitive deficits within the first
24 h after trauma, herein called “acute phase,” which in turn may lead to long-term functional …

Doença de Alzheimer, demência vascular, demência com corpos de Lewy e demência
frontotemporal são as quatro causas mais freqüentes de demência na prática clínica. O …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scoring obtained by an instrument, which evaluates the ability
to read and understand items in the health care setting, according to education and age …

The authors report the incidence of dementia in a community-dwelling Brazilian population.
In 1997, 1656 individuals aged 65 years or more, the majority being of very low educational …

As heterogeneidades educacional e cultural da população brasileira condicionam
características peculiares ao diagnóstico da doença de Alzheimer (DA) no Brasil. Este …

OBJETIVOS: Avaliar o desempenho na fluência verbal em nossa população e verificar a
influência da idade e escolaridade. MÉTODOS: Foram entrevistados 336 indivíduos sem …