Journal of Cardiac Arrhythmias, 2013 Há estudos que demonstraram associaçao entre disfunçao autonômica e demência, inclusive em comparaçao com grupo controle. Já a análise espectral da frequência cardíaca entre idosos com e sem demência e com intolerância ortostática (IO) nao foi bem ...
Rose Mary Ferreira Lisboa da Silva +3 more
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Clinical Frailty Scale for Critically Ill Patients in Spain and Concurrent Validity With FRAIL-Es. [PDF]
Nurs OpenABSTRACT Aims To adapt the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) into Spanish and assess its concordance with the Spanish version of the FRAIL scale (FRAIL‐Es) in the context of intensive care. Design Validation study of frailty assessment scales in critically ill patients. Methods The study was conducted in two phases. The first phase consisted of translating,
Arias-Rivera S +25 more
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Adaptation and feasibility assessment of an intervention using mHealth and care navigation systems for people living with demencia and their caregivers in Peru [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract Background Dementia is a complex health condition that poses challenges not only to people living with dementia (PLWD) but to their families, the health system and society as a whole. Even though there is still no cure for dementia, different interventions are showing substantial contribution.
Flores M +4 more
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Influence of behavioral and psychological symptoms on caregiver burden for different types of dementia: clinical experience in Lima, Peru [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract Background People caring of individuals with dementia are prone to suffering from burden. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) may have an impact on caregiver burden. In Latin American countries there is lack of research on caregiver burden. We aimed to determine which BPSD have the greatest impact on caregiver burden among
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Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2023 Introdução: O aumento da esperança de vida trouxe maior prevalência de doenças crónicas, merecendo destaque as que atingem estádios avançados e que requerem cuidados paliativos.
Luís Pires +2 more
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Effect of monthly training meetings about level of knowledge for dementia caregivers in Lima, Peru: preliminary results [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract Background Dementia is considered a public health problem due to the exponential increase in cases in recent years, as it not only has an impact on health services, but also affects the social and economic level, especially in low and middle income countries.
Custodio B +5 more
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The role of the RUDAS can facilitate in differentiating dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer’s disease in an urban Peruvian population [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract Background Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) differ in their cognitive characteristics. Subscales of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) provide an opportunity to test these cognitive domains across the two conditions.
Custodio N +9 more
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Floor‐effect in the performance of the Spanish‐language MoCA by cognitively unimpaired Peruvian individuals with low educational background [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract Background The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) stands as a prominent cognitive impairment screening tool, finding widespread use globally and existing in official versions across 14 languages, including Spanish. Despite this, the challenges emerge due to the extensive variations within the Spanish language, which is not only the fourth ...
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Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2022 RESUMO Atualmente não há tratamento curativo para as demências neurodegenerativas ou para a demência vascular, mas algumas intervenções farmacológicas e não farmacológicas podem contribuir para aliviar os sintomas, retardar a progressão da doença e ...
Paulo Caramelli +17 more
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Como diagnosticar as quatro causas mais freqüentes de demência? [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2002 Doença de Alzheimer, demência vascular, demência com corpos de Lewy e demência frontotemporal são as quatro causas mais freqüentes de demência na prática clínica.
Paulo Caramelli +1 more
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