Introdução: Os déficits cognitivos são comuns em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca
crônica. Estudam apontam que estratégias de estimulação cognitiva são importantes para
melhoria do autocuidado, depressão, capacidade funcional e cognição, no entanto, não
existem estudos que tenham avali...
Introducción: Las representaciones sociales son construcciones que pueden determinar las conductas que las personas mayores llevan a cabo, entre ellas, la conducta de autocuidado. El objetivo de esta investigación fue describir las representaciones emergentes de salud, enfermedad y calidad de vida y su...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the association between the characteristics of the support network and cognitive performance of older caregivers and compare characteristics between caregivers and non-caregivers. Methods: we evaluated 85 older caregivers and 84 older non-caregivers registered with prima...
AIM: to verify the cognitive ability, style and quality of life of elderly primary care users. METHOD: a cross-sectional, correlational, analytical and descriptive study with a quantitative approach. A total of 252 semi-structured questionnaires were applied to the urban elderly, containing sociodemograp...
Objective: To evaluate the functional capacity, cognition and mood in three different care models for older adults. Method: A cross-sectional study conducted in 2014 with 140 older adults (37 institutionalized, 53 hospitalized and 50 outpatients). The MMSE, Clock Drawing Test (CDT), Activities of Daily ...
