Association of education and cognitive status in Brazilian elderly institutionalized patients with schizophrenia

Vega, Ursula; Silberman, Cláudia Débora; Laks, Jérson; Braga, Raphael J.; Burdick, Katherine E.

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2005.05.012

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“…The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) 1 is widely used as a screening test for dementia and other cognitive disorders 2,3 . However, the role of education in MMSE performance, considered controversial by some authors, may make it difficult to assess some specific populations 4,5,6 .…”

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Mini-Mental State Examination norms in a community-dwelling sample of elderly with low schooling in Brazil

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The objective of this study was to assess Mini-Mental State Examination norms of a functionally normal sample of community-dwelling elderly. Illiterate and low-educated subjects who scored less than 5 on the Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire (PFAQ) [n = 397; female = 269; mean age = 72.15 (SD = 7.24) years] had the 5th, 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles calculated according to age (65-74; 75-84 years). Overall MMSE score was 21.97 (SD = 4.48). Mean MMSE for illiterate younger individuals was 19.46 (SD = 3.47), and the quartile distribution was 14, 17, 19, and 21. MMSE of subjects with 1-8 years of schooling was 23.90 (3.87), and the distribution was 15, 22, 24, and 27. MMSE of older illiterate subjects was 18.11 (SD = 3.63), and the distribution of scores was 13, 16, 18, and 20, whereas subjects with 1-8 years of schooling scored 23.81 (SD = 4.01) and the distribution was 15, 22, 24, and 27. These MMSE normative data may help improve the detection of cognitive impairment in Brazil, mainly in the primary clinical setting.

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“…Though South Africa is a developing country; these findings are more or less in agreement with the situation in more developed countries 52 such as the USA, the Czech Republic and Japan 21 , while it is in strong contrast with findings in some developing countries such as Nigeria and India. 2,21 The majority of the participants were never married. Bhugra et al 22 reported the same trend among African-Caribbeans suffering from schizophrenia in London.…”

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Schizophrenia among Sesotho speakers in South Africa

Mosotho¹,

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Calitz³

2011

Afr. J. Psych

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Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical presentation of schizophrenia among Sesotho speakers. Method: A sample of 100 participants diagnosed with schizophrenia was evaluated using the Psychiatric Interview Questionnaire. Results: Core symptoms of schizophrenia among Sesotho speakers do not differ significantly from other cultures. However, the content of psychological symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations is strongly affected by cultural variables. Somatic symptoms such as headaches, palpitations, dizziness and excessive sweating were prevalent among the Sesothospeaking participants suffering from schizophrenia. Conclusion: In South Africa, as is the case throughout the African continent, health professionals are still trained in Western models, especially DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10. Certain changes should be made to these models to account for cultural differences that were found in this research.

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“…Educational level (years of schooling) may also be associated to lower cognitive performance. In a Brazilian study 19 using the MMSE, the authors evaluated cognition in 73 elderly schizophrenic institutionalized patients and found a significant association between years of schooling and MMSE performance. Findings in this study showed that even a very low level of formal education was associated to better cognitive performance in the sample assessed.…”

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Cognitive performance of long-term institutionalized elderly patients with schizophrenia: A case control study

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Schwarzbold

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Cognitive impairment is inherent to the ageing process. Several studies suggest that patients with late-life schizophrenia have more marked cognitive impairment.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to compare the cognitive performance of elderly institutionalized patients with schizophrenia and institutionalized elderly control patients without neurological or psychiatric diseases, matched for age, educational level and institutionalization time.MethodsThe Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly (CAMCOG) was used to test 10 institutionalized elderly patients with schizophrenia. Results were compared with those of 10 institutionalized control patients with history of Hansen’s disease.ResultsPatients with schizophrenia showed a worse performance in terms of total CAMCOG score and on its subtests of orientation, language, abstraction, and memory (p≤0.05). Patients with schizophrenia also disclosed a non-significant trend toward lower scores on the MMSE and on calculus.ConclusionFindings demonstrated that schizophrenia was associated to worse cognitive impairment in long-term institutionalized elderly patients compared with institutionalized patients without neurological or psychiatric diseases.

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Association of education and cognitive status in Brazilian elderly institutionalized patients with schizophrenia

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

Mini-Mental State Examination norms in a community-dwelling sample of elderly with low schooling in Brazil

Mini-Mental State Examination norms in a community-dwelling sample of elderly with low schooling in Brazil

Schizophrenia among Sesotho speakers in South Africa

Cognitive performance of long-term institutionalized elderly patients with schizophrenia: A case control study

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