Alzheimer's disease: a review from the pathophysiology to diagnosis, new perspectives for pharmacological treatment

P dos Santos, C Leide, PF Ozela… - Current medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Dementia is characterized by the impairment of cognition and behavior of people over 65
years. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder in the …

[HTML][HTML] O uso do Mini-Exame do Estado Mental em pesquisas com idosos no Brasil: uma revisão sistemática

DM Melo, AJG Barbosa - Ciência & saúde coletiva, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Resumo O Mini Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM) é o teste de rastreio cognitivo mais
utilizado no mundo. No Brasil, diferentes versões e pontos de corte do MEEM têm sido …

The Mini Mental State Examination: Review of cutoff points adjusted for schooling in a large Southern Brazilian sample

R Kochhann, JS Varela, CSM Lisboa… - Dementia & …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
The increase in life expectancy can influence the prevalence of dementias in the population.
Instruments that evaluate cognitive functions such as the Mini Mental State Examination …

Validity of the clinical dementia rating scale for the detection and staging of dementia in Brazilian patients

MLF Chaves, AL Camozzato, C Godinho… - Alzheimer Disease & …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic value and agreement analyses
between Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) and dementia diagnostic criteria (gold standard) …

Burnout in familial caregivers of patients with dementia

A Truzzi, L Valente, I Ulstein, E Engelhardt… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVES: Familial caregivers of demented patients suffer from high levels of burden of
care, but the literature is sparse regarding the prevalence and predictors of burnout in this …

Central hypersomnia and chronic insomnia: expanding the spectrum of sleep disorders in long COVID syndrome-a prospective cohort study

AEF Moura, DN Oliveira, DM Torres… - BMC neurology, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Long-onset COVID syndrome has been described in patients with COVID-19
infection with persistence of symptoms or development of sequelae beyond 4 weeks after …

[HTML][HTML] Brazilian adaptation of the Addenbrooke's cognitive examination-revised (ACE-R)

VA Carvalho, P Caramelli - Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract The Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R) is a highly sensitive
and specific tool for the detection of mild dementia. It is particularly useful in differentiating …

[HTML][HTML] Family caregivers of elderly with dementia Relationship between religiosity, resilience, quality of life and burden

CFC Pessotti, LC Fonseca, GMAS Tedrus… - Dementia & …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
There are gaps in knowledge regarding how the family caregiver deals with the burden of
caring for elderly people with dementia. Objective: To evaluate the family caregivers' …

[PDF][PDF] Doença de Alzheimer: revisão da epidemiologia e diagnóstico

I Aprahamian, JE Martinelli, MS Yassuda - Rev Bras Clin Med, 2009 - researchgate.net
RESUMO JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A doença de Alzheimer é um problema de saúde
pública em razão do envelhecimento populacional. Há diversos fatores de risco e proteção …

Scoring systems for the Clock Drawing Test: A historical review

B Spenciere, H Alves… - Dementia & …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is a simple neuropsychological screening
instrument that is well accepted by patients and has solid psychometric properties. Several …