2005
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000400034
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Diagnóstico de doença de Alzheimer no Brasil: avaliação cognitiva e funcional. Recomendações do Departamento Científico de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Envelhecimento da Academia Brasileira de Neurologia

Abstract: RESUMO -As heterogeneidades educacional e cultural da população brasileira condicionam características p e c u l i a res ao diagnóstico da doença de Alzheimer (DA) no Brasil. Este consenso teve o objetivo de recomendar condutas baseadas em evidências para este diagnóstico. Foram avaliados sistematicamente artigos sobre o diagnóstico de DA no Brasil disponíveis no PUBMED ou LILACS. Para a avaliação cognitiva global recomendou-se o Mini-Exame do Estado Mental; avaliação da memória: re c o rdação tardia do CERAD … Show more

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“…However, the only completed community survey on dementia in Brazilian elderly used this instrument as a screening tool 18 . Even though the Brazilian Academy of Neurology recommends PFAQ as a screening tool for functional impairment 20 , this instrument still needs to be adapted to the Brazilian context.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…However, the only completed community survey on dementia in Brazilian elderly used this instrument as a screening tool 18 . Even though the Brazilian Academy of Neurology recommends PFAQ as a screening tool for functional impairment 20 , this instrument still needs to be adapted to the Brazilian context.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has been used in previous Brazilian studies to assess cognitive and functional impairment 14,18,19 and was recently recommended by the Brazilian Academy of Neurology as a tool to screen ADL in community samples 20 . Performance in all activities is assessed by 10 questions with the score ranging from 0 to 3, according to increasing severity.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The following cut-off points were used: 18 points illiterate, 21 points between one and three years of education, 24 points between four and seven years of education and 26 points eight years of education or more. Caregivers were selected based on the elderly patients (14) .…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…É muito sensível a todo tipo de dano cerebral, apontando, precocemente, os processos de deterioração. O teste foi recomendado pelo Departamento Científico de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Envelhecimento, da Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (Nitrini et al, 2005) para o rastreio das demências. Aliado a testes como o Mini-Exame do Estado Mental (Brucki, Nitrini, Caramelli, Bertolucci, & Okamoto, 2003) tem sido aplicado para determinar quais idosos apresentariam risco elevado para quadros demenciais e necessitariam de exames mais aprofundados.…”
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