Neuropsychological rehabilitation of memory applied to dementia: an intra-subject non-controlled study

• Autor(a) principal: DA-SILVA, Sérgio Leme
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: PEREIRA, Danilo Assis, VELOSO, Fabrízio, SATLER, Corina Elizabeth, ARANTES, Adriana, GUIMARÃES, Renato Maia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/8876
• topic: Dementia; Depression; Aged; Memory; Neuropsychological rehabilitation; Demência; Depressão; Idoso; Memória; Reabilitação neuropsicológica

In this intra-subject non-controlled study, twenty-one elderly patients with Alzheimer Disease or other forms of dementia participated in a neuropsychological rehabilitation program involving gardening and colored cues. At the end of the neuropsychological rehabilitation program, improved scores were noted in the following tests: Mini Mental State Examination (Z=-1.98, p<0.05); Wechsler Verbal Performance Scale subtest [(Z=-2.09) p<0.05]; Wechsler Memory Scale (Associated Pairs with Delayed Recall) [(Z=-2.07) p<0.05] and in the Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale [(Z=-3.02) p<0.00]. It was also demonstrated that patients who learnt the contextual cues (reminiscences and flags) saw a significant reduction in the Geriatric Depression Scale. Depression Scale scores were lower in those who correctly free-recalled this association (F=2.12, p=0.14). Use of anticholinesterase drugs in the 4th and 12th weeks was associated with a reduction in the Geriatric Depression Scale, but not for those in the 30th week following the neuropsychological rehabilitation program.