Alterações cognitivas em pacientes idosos com insuficiência cardíaca
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2017-04-24
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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Among the various diseases that affect the elderly stand out from them cardiovascular disease
among them heart failure (HF). Recently seeks to check for cognitive impairment associated with
physical and psychological damage commonly known in the IC. We analyzed a population of
patients with heart failure in order to compare their cognitive performance with that of individuals
with normal aging in paired age. It was also verified whether there was any more specific
impairment of some cognitive function in these HF patients. Through neuropsychological tests it
was compared to 78 elderly and 37 in the control group (mean age 68.3 ± 6.3), 41 clinical group
with mean age of 68.6 ± 6.9). The subjects were matched to the level of education with a
predominance of elderly people with 0-4 years of education (65.9% in the Clinical Group and
59.5% in the control group). We used 11 neuropsychological tests covering the cognitive functions:
attention, language, memory, mood and executive function. The results showed significant
differences mainly in executive functions which include planning capacity, organization,
alternation and evocation of Previously stored information. Cognitive performance in other
functions was similar between the groups. The data collected when indicating cognitive impairment
in individuals with HF, suggest that new studies be performed with this population since the
impairments in cognitive abilities have implications in the daily life of the individual, in their
independence and quality of life, as well as in adherence to treatment.
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AFIUNE, F. G. Alterações cognitivas em pacientes idosos com insuficiência cardíaca. 2017. 73 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências da Saúde) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2017.