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Análise comparativa entre CAMCOG, Fluência Verbal e o CASI-Short em idosos sem escolaridade

José Eduardo Martinelli,J. Cecato,José Maria Montiel,D. Bartholomeu,Flávia Ogava Aramaki

Published 2013 in Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences

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Several tests exist to diagnose Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and it is highly important that the disease is discovered as early as possible. Choice of neuropsychological tests may vary according to the patients' schooling since the latter may affect the cognitive performance. Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) is a brief screening tool for cognitive abilities. CASI-S, which comprises registration, temporal orientation, verbal fluency and word retrieval, is an abridged version of this instrument. Current analysis deals with the cognitive performance of illiterate elderly people for the tests Cambridge Cognitive Examination, Verbal Fluency and an abridged version of CASI. Methods: Thirty-eight illiterate elderly people attended to at the Outpatient Geriatric Clinic in Jundiai, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, were evaluated. Casi-S, CAMCOG, Verbal Fluency, GDS and Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire were employed. Correlation test analyses revealed that Casi-S correlated significantly with the CAMCOG test (r = 0.82; p < 0.0001). A moderate and significant coefficient exists between FV test, animal version (r = 0.59; p < 0.0001) and fruit version (r = 0.69; p < 0.0001). Conclusion: Casi-S is advantageous in its application to illiterate elderly people since it is simple to use and does not require reading or writing for its execution.

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