Fatores associados à demência e ao déficit cognitivo em idosos atendidos pela estratégia de saúde da família no município de Porto Alegre

• Autor(a) principal: Borges Filho, José Celestino
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_RS
• Texto Completo: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/2712
• topic: GERIATRIA; GERONTOLOGIA; IDOSOS; PSICOLOGIA COGNITIVA; DEMÊNCIA; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

The international literature shows that population aging is a global phenomenon and is occurring more rapidly in developing countries like Brazil. Advancing age is a recognized risk factor for the development of dementia. Dementia is a disease associated with aging that lead more directly to physical disability, the continuous attention and a progressive burden to the healthcare system for the patients and their relatives. In our environment, prevalence of this disease is scarce, especially in populations with low education and income. We had the aims of diagnosing dementia and cognitive decline; estimate their prevalence, and examine their associations with socio-demographic and clinical profile among the elderly enrolled in the Family Health Strategy in Porto Alegre (FHS / POA). The study is cross-sectional design. The sample was composed of random individuals 60 years or older, enrolled in the FHS / POA. It presents the results of 459 individuals collected until December 2012 who completed the evaluation specialist at São Lucas Hospital of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. In the final sample 59.5% were female, 30.1% had between 70 and 79 years and 7.8% were 80 years or older. Ages ranged from 60 to 103 years, with a mean of 68.6 and standard deviation of 7.1. The prevalence of dementia was 9.6% (95% CI = 6.9 to 12.3). The predictors of cognitive impairment were age, marital status, smoking history, history of bipolar disorder. The predictors of dementia were age, income, and history of cerebrovascular disease. A protective factor for cognitive deficits found in this study is subjective complaint of headache in the last year. Replicating findings of association and the pursuit of causal relationship in longitudinal studies are needed, especially for the most relevant findings associated with cognitive deficits found in this study: a positive association with bipolar disorder and negatively with the complaint of headache.