| Literature DB >> 24861068 |
Luzia Sousa Ferreira1, Maria do Socorro Pereira Pinho1, Moisés Wesley de Macedo Pereira2, Aparecido Pimentel Ferreira3.
Abstract
Aging exposes the individuals to a number of limitations, such as the physical, nutritional and cognitive, which can cause them to hospitalization in long-stay institutions. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate to evaluate the cognitive profile of elderly institutionalized through three instruments. Sixty institutionalized elderly people in long-stay institutions underwent assessment through the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Trail Making Test and the Clinical Dementia Rating. It was found that the percentage of seniors with cognitive impairment by the MMSE was 30% of the sample, being more prevalent in women (36.2% of cognitive loss) compared to men (7.7% of cognitive loss). There was no consistency between the results obtained by the MMSE with the other instruments tested.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24861068 DOI： 10.5935/0034-7167.20140033
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Bras Enferm ISSN： 0034-7167