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Macoir J, Lapierre V, Brouillard MM, Verreault P, Landry M, Hudon C. Quebec French Version of the Hayling Sentence Completion Test: Error Scoring Guidelines, Normative Data for Adults and the Elderly and Validation Study in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2025:acaf014. [PMID: 39976167 DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acaf014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2024] [Revised: 01/21/2025] [Accepted: 01/30/2025] [Indexed: 02/21/2025] Open
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INTRODUCTION Deficits in inhibition have been associated with various clinical conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases. The Hayling Sentence Completion Test (HSCT) is an assessment tool commonly used in clinical settings to measure verbal initiation and prepotent verbal response inhibition. Although it is used by numerous clinical and research groups in Quebec, normative data for the HSCT are not yet available for French-Quebec speakers. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to provide error scoring guidelines and normative data in the adult population of French Quebec for the HSCT-QC (Study 1) and to determine its known-group discriminant validity (Study 2). RESULTS The results of Study 1, based on a sample of 214 healthy individuals aged 50 to 89, indicated that age significantly affected test performance, while educational level and sex did not. As no transformations were able to normalize the score distribution, percentile ranks for HSCT-QC performance were calculated solely based on age. Results from Study 2 demonstrated that the HSCT-QC effectively distinguishes the performance of healthy participants from those with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease. CONCLUSION Norms and psychometric data for the HSCT-QC will be highly beneficial for assessing inhibitory control in French-speaking adults in Quebec, Canada.
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- Joël Macoir
- Faculté de médecine, École des Sciences de la réadaptation, Université Laval, 1050 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
- Centre de recherche CERVO - Brain Research Centre, 2301 Avenue d'Estimauville, Québec (QC), G1J 2G3, Canada
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- Centre de recherche CERVO - Brain Research Centre, 2301 Avenue d'Estimauville, Québec (QC), G1J 2G3, Canada
- Faculté des sciences sociales, École de psychologie, Université Laval, 2325 Rue des Bibliothèques, Québec (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Faculté de médecine, École des Sciences de la réadaptation, Université Laval, 1050 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Centre de recherche CERVO - Brain Research Centre, 2301 Avenue d'Estimauville, Québec (QC), G1J 2G3, Canada
- Faculté des sciences sociales, École de psychologie, Université Laval, 2325 Rue des Bibliothèques, Québec (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Centre de recherche CERVO - Brain Research Centre, 2301 Avenue d'Estimauville, Québec (QC), G1J 2G3, Canada
- Faculté des sciences sociales, École de psychologie, Université Laval, 2325 Rue des Bibliothèques, Québec (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
- CERVO Research Centre, Centre de recherche VITAM, 2480 Chemin de la Canardière, Québec (QC), G1J 2G1, Canada
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- Centre de recherche CERVO - Brain Research Centre, 2301 Avenue d'Estimauville, Québec (QC), G1J 2G3, Canada
- Faculté des sciences sociales, École de psychologie, Université Laval, 2325 Rue des Bibliothèques, Québec (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
- CERVO Research Centre, Centre de recherche VITAM, 2480 Chemin de la Canardière, Québec (QC), G1J 2G1, Canada
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Serafim ADP, Ferreira TC, Saffi F, Durães RSS. Understanding Cognitive Performance, Psychological Factors, and Personality Traits in Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. Psychol Rep 2024:332941241308776. [PMID: 39705508 DOI: 10.1177/00332941241308776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2024]
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) might increase the risk of depression, traumatic stress and affect cognitive performance. We analyzed the cognitive performance, psychological factors, and personality traits of 136 Brazilian women (n = 70 exposed to IPV and n = 66 non-exposed) aged 18 years or older. We utilized clinical interviews, the NEO Personality Inventory, and a neuropsychological testing battery. The statistical analyses employed moderation within variables, resulting in determination coefficients (r2) of 0.15 and 0.35. The husband was the primary aggressor, physical violence was the most frequent (90.6%). Women exposed to IPV exhibited more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, neuroticism, difficulties in visual memory, and visuospatial abilities. The analysis indicated the influence of IPV, neuroticism, PTSD, and depression on the cognitive performance of the exposed to IPV.
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Health Psychology Program, Methodist University of São Paulo, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
- Department of Social and Work Psychology, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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Dong Y, Ritto AP, Damiano RF, Coli AG, Hadade R, Rocca CCDA, Serafim ADP, Guedes BF, Nitrini R, Imamura M, Forlenza OV, Busatto Filho G. Memory complaints after COVID-19: a potential indicator of primary cognitive impairment or a correlate of psychiatric symptoms? Transl Psychiatry 2024; 14:455. [PMID: 39461945 PMCID: PMC11513141 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-03154-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 09/02/2024] [Accepted: 10/09/2024] [Indexed: 10/28/2024] Open
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Cognitive impairment and symptoms of psychiatric disorders have been reported frequently as features of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. This study aims to investigate subjective memory complaints in COVID-19 survivors and determine if these are more strongly associated with objective cognitive impairment related to sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection or with symptoms of psychiatric conditions. A total of 608 COVID-19 survivors were evaluated in-person 6-11 months after hospitalization, with 377 patients assigned to a "no subjective memory complaint (SMC)" group and 231 patients assigned to an SMC group based on their Memory Complaint Scale scores. Follow-up evaluations included an objective cognitive battery and scale-based assessments of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. We found the perception of memory impairment in COVID-19 survivors to be more strongly associated to core symptoms of psychiatric conditions rather than to primary objective cognitive impairment. Univariate analysis indicated significant differences between the "no SMC" and SMC groups, both for the psychiatric symptom evaluations and for the cognitive evaluations (p < 0.05); however, the psychiatric symptoms all had large partial eta-squared values (ranging from 0.181 to 0.213), whereas the cognitive variables had small/medium partial eta-squared values (ranging from 0.002 to 0.024). Additionally, multiple regression analysis indicated that only female sex and depressive and post-traumatic stress symptoms were predictors of subjective memory complaints. These findings may help guide clinical evaluations for COVID-19 survivors presenting with memory complaints while also serving to expand our growing understanding of the relationship between COVID-19, subjective memory complaints, and the risk of cognitive decline.
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- Yiling Dong
- The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Fonoaudiologia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Neurologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Neurologia, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Legal, Bioética, Medicina do Trabalho e Medicina Física e Reabilitação, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo HCFMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Monnier C, Bayard S. Child-Hayling test for French school-aged children: psychometric properties and normative data. Child Neuropsychol 2024:1-18. [PMID: 39359060 DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2024.2409095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 09/20/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024]
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The Hayling Completion Sentence Test (HSCT) is dedicated to assess inhibition of the dominant response and includes two conditions, an automatic condition in which the participants are asked to complete sentences properly and an inhibition condition in which the participants were asked to produce a word completely unrelated to the sentence. The aim of our study was 1) to adapt, 2) to evaluate the psychometric properties and 3) to standardize the HSCT into a French-school-aged pediatric population. We developed the Child-Hayling Test, a child adaptation of the adult French version of the HSCT. The reliability and validity of the Child-Hayling Test were then evaluated in a sample of 134 children aged 6-11 years. In the inhibition condition, children had lower response latency, as they get older. No effect of gender was observed. Reliability indices were low to moderate. Concerning the convergent and divergent validity, response latencies in the Child-Hayling Test correlated with latency scores in the Barre-Joe inhibition test, whereas the Child-Hayling Test scores were not related to children's lexical abilities. The Child-Hayling Test was then administered to 393 typically developing 6- to 11-year-old children. Normative data were calculated in the inhibition condition using a regression-based approach. Regression equations to calculate Z scores are provided for clinical use. In addition, we proposed a clear guideline on how to score children's inhibition responses. The Child-Hayling Test provides a useful tool for assessing prepotent response inhibition in children and can be recommended for use in clinical research and practice.
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- Catherine Monnier
- Department of Psychology, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier EPSYLON EA 4556, F34000, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Psychology, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier EPSYLON EA 4556, F34000, Montpellier, France
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Lojo-Seoane C, Facal D, Delgado-Losada ML, Rubio-Valdehita S, López-Higes R, Frades-Payo B, Pereiro AX. Normative scores for attentional tests used by the Spanish consortium for ageing normative data (SCAND) study: Trail Making Test, Digit Symbol and Letter Cancellation. Clin Neuropsychol 2023; 37:1766-1786. [PMID: 36772821 DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2023.2173304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Objective: This paper reports normative data for different attentional tests obtained from a sample of middle-aged and older native Spanish adults and considering effects of age, educational level and sex. Method: 2,597 cognitively intact participants, aged from 50 to 98 years old, participated voluntarily in the SCAND consortium studies. The statistical procedure included conversion of percentile ranges into scaled scores. The effects of age, education and sex were taken into account. Linear regressions were used to calculate adjusted scaled scores. Results: Scaled scores and percentiles corresponding to the TMT, Digit Symbol and Letter Cancellation Task are shown. Additional tables show the values to be added to or subtracted from the scaled scores, for age and education in the case of the TMT and Letter Cancellation Task measures, and for education in the case of the Digit Symbol subtest. Conclusions: The current norms provide clinically useful data for evaluating Spanish people aged 50 to 98 years old and contribute to improving detection of initial symptoms of cognitive impairment.
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- Cristina Lojo-Seoane
- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social, Work and Differential Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Kenji Sudo F, Pinto TP, G Q Barros-Aragao F, Bramati I, Marins TF, Monteiro M, Meireles F, Soares R, Erthal P, Calil V, Assuncao N, Oliveira N, Bondarovsky J, Lima C, Chagas B, Batista A, Lins J, Mendonca F, Silveira de Souza A, Rodrigues FC, de Freitas GR, Kurtz P, Mattos P, Rodrigues EC, De Felice FG, Tovar-Moll F. Cognitive, behavioral, neuroimaging and inflammatory biomarkers after hospitalization for covid-19 in Brazil. Brain Behav Immun 2023; 115:S0889-1591(23)00318-5. [PMID: 39492430 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2023.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/05/2024] Open
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Post-COVID-19 Condition (PCC) refers to a multisystemic syndrome that persists for months after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cognitive deficits, fatigue, depression, and anxiety are common manifestations of the condition, but the underlying mechanisms driving these long-lasting neuropsychiatric features are still unclear. We conducted a prospective multi-method investigation of post-hospitalization COVID-19 patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After months from hospital admission (mean = 168.45 ± 90.31 days; range = 75.00-365.00 days), COVID-19 survivors (n = 72) presented significant difficulties in tests tapping global cognition, episodic memory, working memory and inhibitory control relative to controls and to validated normative scores. A considerable proportion of participants suffered from fatigue (36.1 %), anxiety (27.8 %), and depressive symptoms (43.1 %). Elevated blood levels of TNF-α, during hospitalization, and TNF-α and IL-1β, at follow-up, correlated with changes in brain microstructural diffusion indices (β = 0.144, p = 0.005). These neuroimaging markers were associated with decreased episodic memory (β = -0.221, p = 0.027), working memory (β = -0.209, p = 0.034) and inhibitory control (β = -0.183, p = 0.010) at follow-up. Severity of depressive symptoms correlated with deficits in global cognition in post-COVID-19 cases (β = -0.366, p = 0.038). Our study provides preliminary evidence that long-term cognitive dysfunction following COVID-19 may be mediated by brain microstructural damage, triggered by persistent neuroinflammation. In addition, depressive symptoms may contribute to prolongated global cognitive impairments in those cases.
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- Felipe Kenji Sudo
- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Department of Speech and Hearing Pathology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Bloco K, 2 andar, sala 49, Cidade Universitária, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Department of Neurology, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Rua Miguel de Frias, 9, Icaraí, 24220-900 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Hospital Copa Star, Rua Figueiredo de Magalhães, 700, Copacabana, 22031-012 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Paulo Niemeyer State Brain Institute (IECPN), R. do Rezende, 156, Centro, 20231-092, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Venceslau Bras, 71, fundos, Botafogo, 22290-140, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Centro Universitário Augusto Motta - UNISUAM, Avenida Paris, 84, Bonsucesso, 21041-020 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences & Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Botterell Hall, Room 563, 18 Stuart Street, Kingston ON K7L 3N6, Canada; Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Bloco B33, Cidade Universitária, 21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30, Botafogo, 22281-100 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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de Alcântara C, Cruzeiro MM, França MC, Alencar MA, Jaeger A, de Araújo CM, da Gama NAS, Camargos ST, de Souza LC. A comparative study of cognitive and behavioral profiles between sporadic and type 8 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle Nerve 2023; 68:316-322. [PMID: 37424512 DOI: 10.1002/mus.27927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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INTRODUCTION/AIMS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) type 8 (ALS8) is caused by VAPB gene mutations. The differences between neuropsychological and behavioral profiles of patients with sporadic ALS (sALS) and those with ALS8 are unclear. We aimed to compare cognitive performance and behavioral aspects between sALS and ALS8 patients. METHODS Our study included 29 symptomatic ALS8 patients (17 men; median age 49 years), 20 sALS patients (12 men; median age 55 years), and 30 healthy controls (16 men; median age 50 years), matched for sex, age, and education. Participants underwent neuropsychological assessments focused on executive functions, visual memory, and facial emotion recognition. Behavioral and psychiatric symptoms were evaluated using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Cambridge Behavioral Inventory. RESULTS Clinical groups (sALS and ALS8) exhibited lower global cognitive efficiency and impaired cognitive flexibility, processing speed, and inhibitory control compared with controls. ALS8 and sALS showed similar performance in most executive tests, except for poorer verbal (lexical) fluency in those with sALS. Apathy, anxiety, and stereotypical behaviors were frequent in both clinical groups. DISCUSSION sALS and ALS8 patients demonstrated similar deficits in most cognitive domains and had comparable behavioral profiles. These findings should be considered in the care of patients.
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- Cássia de Alcântara
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Neurociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Neurociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Departamento de Psicologia, Faculdade de Filosofia e de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Neurociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Neurociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Neurociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Salem AAGG, Ferreira da Silva P, Felizardo D, Holz MR, Fonseca RP. Does the frequency of reading and writing habits contribute to executive functions, intelligence, and learning in adolescents with healthy development? APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. CHILD 2023; 12:34-44. [PMID: 35129415 DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2022.2026222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The influence of the frequency of reading and writing habits (FRWH) on cognition has been investigated by several studies in the literature. However, the implications of FRWH on executive development, intelligence, and academic achievement are not yet clear in adolescents with healthy development. The aim was to verify whether there are differences in executive functions, intelligence, and academic achievement between adolescents with high and low FRWH. Moreover, we aimed to investigate if there are differences in the parental FRWH between adolescents with high and low FRWH. The sample was composed of 47 healthy adolescents, n = 24 with high FRWH and n = 23 with low FRWH. Adolescents with higher FRWH had better performance on measures of vocabulary, Speech Act analysis, and Oral Narrative Discourse. Therefore, a high FRWH has a positive influence on the cognitive development of healthy adolescents, especially with regard to pragmatic language. However, adolescents with low FRWH performed better than those with a high FRWH on an automatic counting task. The interpretation of cognitive performance and academic achievement scores in neuropsychological assessment should consider the FRWH of parents and adolescents. This factor should be targeted by early stimulation interventions to help adolescents achieve the highest possible levels of global development.
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- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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de Brito Aranha REL, Torro-Alves N, Andrade SM, de Oliveira EA, da Silva BNV, da Fonseca ÉKG, Lima dos Santos GE, Guedes NM, dos Santos Falcão Silva T, Fernández-Calvo B. Effects on pain and cognition of transcranial direct current stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in women with chronic migraine. Neurophysiol Clin 2022; 52:333-338. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2022.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Henríquez F, Cabello V, Baez S, de Souza LC, Lillo P, Martínez-Pernía D, Olavarría L, Torralva T, Slachevsky A. Multidimensional Clinical Assessment in Frontotemporal Dementia and Its Spectrum in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Narrative Review and a Glance at Future Challenges. Front Neurol 2022; 12:768591. [PMID: 35250791 PMCID: PMC8890568 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.768591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the third most common form of dementia across all age groups and is a leading cause of early-onset dementia. The Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) includes a spectrum of diseases that are classified according to their clinical presentation and patterns of neurodegeneration. There are two main types of FTD: behavioral FTD variant (bvFTD), characterized by a deterioration in social function, behavior, and personality; and primary progressive aphasias (PPA), characterized by a deficit in language skills. There are other types of FTD-related disorders that present motor impairment and/or parkinsonism, including FTD with motor neuron disease (FTD-MND), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal syndrome (CBS). The FTD and its associated disorders present great clinical heterogeneity. The diagnosis of FTD is based on the identification through clinical assessments of a specific clinical phenotype of impairments in different domains, complemented by an evaluation through instruments, i.e., tests and questionnaires, validated for the population under study, thus, achieving timely detection and treatment. While the prevalence of dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is increasing rapidly, there is still a lack of standardized instruments and consensus for FTD diagnosis. In this context, it is important to review the published tests and questionnaires adapted and/or validated in LAC for the assessment of cognition, behavior, functionality, and gait in FTD and its spectrum. Therefore, our paper has three main goals. First, to present a narrative review of the main tests and questionnaires published in LAC for the assessment of FTD and its spectrum in six dimensions: (i) Cognitive screening; (ii) Neuropsychological assessment divided by cognitive domain; (iii) Gait assessment; (iv) Behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms; (v) Functional assessment; and (vi) Global Rating Scale. Second, to propose a multidimensional clinical assessment of FTD in LAC identifying the main gaps. Lastly, it is proposed to create a LAC consortium that will discuss strategies to address the current challenges in the field.
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- Fernando Henríquez
- Geroscience Center for Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile
- Memory and Neuropsychiatric Clinic (CMYN) Neurology Department, Hospital del Salvador and Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory (LANNEC), Physiopathology Department – Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM), Neuroscience and East Neuroscience Departments, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Laboratory for Cognitive and Evolutionary Neuroscience (LaNCE), Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Geroscience Center for Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile
- Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory (LANNEC), Physiopathology Department – Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM), Neuroscience and East Neuroscience Departments, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Universidad de los Andes, Departamento de Psicología, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Geroscience Center for Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Neurología Sur, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Unidad de Neurología, Hospital San José, Santiago, Chile
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- Geroscience Center for Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile
- Memory and Neuropsychiatric Clinic (CMYN) Neurology Department, Hospital del Salvador and Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Center for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience (CSCN), School of Psychology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile
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- Memory and Neuropsychiatric Clinic (CMYN) Neurology Department, Hospital del Salvador and Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory (LANNEC), Physiopathology Department – Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM), Neuroscience and East Neuroscience Departments, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCYT), Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva Foundation, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Geroscience Center for Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile
- Memory and Neuropsychiatric Clinic (CMYN) Neurology Department, Hospital del Salvador and Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory (LANNEC), Physiopathology Department – Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBM), Neuroscience and East Neuroscience Departments, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
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Mônego BG, Fonseca RP, Teixeira AL, Barbosa IG, Souza LCD, Bandeira DR. Transtorno Depressivo Maior: Um Estudo Comparativo sobre Cognição Socioemocional e Funções Executivas. PSICOLOGIA: TEORIA E PESQUISA 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/0102.3772e38217.pt] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a cognição socioemocional e as funções executivas em pacientes com Transtorno Depressivo Maior unipolar. A amostra incluiu 22 pacientes entre 36 e 93 anos de idade (M = 59,32; DP = 12,89) e 23 indivíduos controles entre 30 e 81 anos de idade (M = 63,00; DP = 13,56). Além de dados demográficos, foram avaliados sintomas de ansiedade e de depressão, empatia, teoria da mente, reconhecimento de emoções, controle inibitório, flexibilidade cognitiva e fluência verbal. Não houve diferença estatística significativa entre os grupos quanto à idade e à escolaridade. Os pacientes apresentaram significativamente mais ansiedade, depressão e angústia pessoal do que os controles. Indivíduos com sintomas depressivos mais graves apresentaram menor velocidade de processamento.
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Resende EDPF, Hornberger M, Guimarães HC, Gambogi LB, Mariano LI, Teixeira AL, Caramelli P, de Souza LC. Different patterns of gray matter atrophy in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia with and without episodic memory impairment. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2021; 36:1848-1857. [PMID: 33527441 DOI: 10.1002/gps.5503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Differentiating patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) from Alzheimer's disease (AD) is important as these two conditions have distinct treatment and prognosis. Using episodic impairment and medial temporal lobe atrophy as a tool to make this distinction has been debatable in the recent literature, as some patients with bvFTD can also have episodic memory impairment and medial temporal lobe atrophy early in the disease. OBJECTIVES To compare brain atrophy patterns of patients with bvFTD with and without episodic memory impairment to that of patients with AD. METHODS We analyzed 19 patients with bvFTD, 21 with AD and 21 controls, matched by age, sex, and years of education. They underwent brain MRI and the memory test from the Brief Cognitive Battery (BCB) to assess episodic memory. We then categorized the bvFTD group into amnestic (BCB delayed recall score <7) and non-amnestic. RESULTS The amnestic bvFTD group (n = 8) had significant gray matter atrophy in the left parahippocampal gyrus, right cingulate and precuneus regions compared with the nonamnestic group. Compared with AD, amnestic bvFTD had more atrophy in the left fusiform cortex, left insula, left inferior temporal gyrus and right temporal pole, whereas patients with AD had more atrophy in the left hippocampus, left frontal pole and left angular gyrus. CONCLUSIONS There is a group of amnestic bvFTD patients with episodic memory dysfunction and significant atrophy in medial temporal structures, which poses a challenge in considering only these features when differentiating bvFTD from AD clinically.
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- Elisa de Paula França Resende
- Grupo de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências da, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Grupo de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Grupo de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Grupo de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Grupo de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências da, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Grupo de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências da, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Zimmermann N, Pontes MC, Kochhann R, Prigatano GP, Fonseca RP. Patient Competency Rating Scale-Brazilian Revised Version (PCRS-R-BR): Normative and Psychometric Data in 154 Healthy Individuals. Brain Inj 2020; 35:138-148. [PMID: 33372816 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2020.1861651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Background Patient Competency Rating Scale (PCRS-R-BR) is a clinical tool to evaluate the degree of competence in cognitive skills perceived by patients with brain injuries. However, no studies have investigated the influence of sociodemographic variables on self-report and self-awareness of healthy individuals.Aim This study aimed to (1) present normative data from the PCRS-R-BR in a healthy adult Brazilian sample; and (2) investigate psychometric properties of the scaleMethod One hundred and fifty-four adults that were divided in three age groups and two education groups and their informants completed the PCRS-R-BR.Results Score on the PCRS-R-BR Patient's Form differed as a function of age with younger adults reporting less competency than older individuals. An education effect was found on Attention/Working memory Factor on the Informant's PCRS-R-BR with informants of higher education adults reporting better competency than lower education individuals. A gender effect was observed on the Informant's Form. The Informant's Form scores of informants of women were higher than the scores provided by the informants of men. PCRS-R-BR showed adequate consistency coefficients and six factors.Conclusion PCRS-R-BR scores showed acceptable validity evidence and provides information regarding how age and gender effects may influence ratings in a Brazilian sample.
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- Nicolle Zimmermann
- Neuropsychology Service, Paulo Niemeyer State Brain Institute, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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- Neuropsychology Service, Paulo Niemeyer State Brain Institute, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Cognitive and neurophysiological assessment of patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy in Brazil. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8610. [PMID: 32451417 PMCID: PMC7248115 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65307-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is a syndrome caused by cirrhosis, with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Its diagnosis is based on abnormal results of cognitive and neurophysiological tests, but there are no universally available criteria, especially in Brazil, where local testing standards are required. The objective of the present study was to compare the performance of the mini-mental state examination (MMSE), Rey’s auditory-verbal learning test (RAVLT), psychometric score of hepatic encephalopathy (PHES), topographic mapping of brain electrical activity (TMBEA) and long-latency auditory evoked potential (P300) in the detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in Brazil. From 224 patients with cirrhosis included in the global sample, 82.5% were excluded due to secondary causes responsible for cognitive or neurophysiological dysfunction. The final sample consisted of 29 cirrhotics, with predominance of A5 Child-Pugh classification, and 29 controls paired in critical variables such as age, educational level, gender, professional category, scores suggestive of mild depression, association with compensated type 2 diabetes mellitus and sociodemographic characteristics. Overall, performance on cognitive tests and TMBEA did not show a statistically significant difference. There was a marked difference in P300 latency adjusted for age, with patients with cirrhosis showing a mean of 385 ± 78 ms (median of 366.6 ms) and healthy volunteers exhibiting a mean of 346.2 ± 42.8 ms (median of 348.2 ms) (p < 0.01). These findings suggest that, in the earliest stages of cirrhosis, age-adjusted P300 latency was superior to cognitive assessment and TMBEA for detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy.
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Carvalho GA, Caramelli P. Normative data for middle-aged Brazilians in Verbal Fluency (animals and FAS), Trail Making Test (TMT) and Clock Drawing Test (CDT). Dement Neuropsychol 2020; 14:14-23. [PMID: 32206193 PMCID: PMC7077863 DOI: 10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-010003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Normative studies of neuropsychological tests were performed in Brazil in recent
years. However, additional data are needed because of the heterogeneity of
education of the Brazilian population.
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 8 is not a pure motor disease: evidence from a neuropsychological and behavioural study. J Neurol 2019; 266:1980-1987. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-019-09369-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ouvrard C, Berr C, Meillon C, Ribet C, Goldberg M, Zins M, Amieva H. Norms for standard neuropsychological tests from the FrenchCONSTANCEScohort. Eur J Neurol 2019; 26:786-793. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.13890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- C. Ouvrard
- University Bordeaux Inserm Bordeaux Population Health Research Center UMR 1219 F‐33000 Bordeaux France
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- Neuropsychiatry Epidemiological and Clinical Research Inserm U1061 University Montpellier Montpellier France
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- University Bordeaux Inserm Bordeaux Population Health Research Center UMR 1219 F‐33000 Bordeaux France
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- UMS 011 Inserm‐UVSQ Population‐based Epidemiological Cohorts Unit Villejuif France
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- UMS 011 Inserm‐UVSQ Population‐based Epidemiological Cohorts Unit Villejuif France
- Paris Descartes University Paris France
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- UMS 011 Inserm‐UVSQ Population‐based Epidemiological Cohorts Unit Villejuif France
- Paris Descartes University Paris France
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- University Bordeaux Inserm Bordeaux Population Health Research Center UMR 1219 F‐33000 Bordeaux France
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