| Revista: | Archives of clinical psychiatry |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000431174 |
| Autores: | Fabricio, Daiene de Morais1 Alexandre, Tiago da Silva2 Chagas, Marcos Hortes Nisihara1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Departamento de Psicologia, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Departamento de Gerontologia, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Año: | 2019 |
| Periodo: | Nov-Dic |
| Volumen: | 46 |
| Número: | 6 |
| Paginación: | 151-155 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | Cognitive impairment and frailty are important problems affecting the elderly population. Frail elderly present worse overall cognitive performance. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate general and domain-specific cognitive performance among non-frail, pre-frail, and frail elderly persons. Methods This is a cross-sectional study in which 267 elderly persons living in São Carlos, SP were divided into three groups according to the frailty criteria defined by Fried et al. Cognitive performance was evaluated with a battery of cognitive tests covering domains such as memory, attention, language, and executive functioning. A multinomial logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, and education was performed to evaluate the association between performance in cognitive domains and levels of frailty. Results Frailty was significantly associated with lower scores on the global cognitive test (RRR = 0.86; IC 95% 0.78-0.96; p < 0.01), word list memory (RRR = 0.92; IC 95% 0.86-0.99; p = 0.02), and figure list recognition (RRR = 0.78; IC 95% 0.62-0.99; p = 0.04). Pre-frailty was associated with lower scores on the word list memory (RRR = 0.92; IC 95% 0.86-1.00; p = 0.04) and naming test (RRR = 0.82; IC 95% 0.69-0.99; p = 0.03). Discussion Frailty syndrome can influence general cognition and specific domains such as memory and language. Prospective studies will be fundamental to evaluate the causal relation between frailty and cognition |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Psiquiatría, Geriatría, Salud mental, Ancianos, Disfunción cognitiva, Fragilidad |
| Keyword: | Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Mental health, Aged, Cognitive impairment, Frailty |
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