KAROLINA GOUVEIA CESAR
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/15 - Laboratório de Investigação em Neurologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/15 - Laboratório de Investigação em Neurologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Prevalence of depressive symptoms among elderly in the city of Tremembé, Brazil: Preliminary findings of an epidemiological study(2013) CÉSAR, Karolina G.; TAKADA, Leonel T.; BRUCKI, Sonia M.D.; NITRINI, Ricardo; NASCIMENTO, Luiz Fernando C.; OLIVEIRA, Maira O.; GOMES, Camila M.S.; ALMEIDA, Milena C.S.; PORTO, Fábio H.; SENAHA, Mirna L.H.; BAHIA, Valéria S.; YASSUDA, Mônica S.; SILVA, Thaís B.L.; IANOF, Jéssica N.; SPÍNDOLA, Lívia; SCHMIDT, Magali T.; JORGE, Mário S.; VALE, Patrícia H.F.; CECCHINI, Mário A.; CASSIMIRO, Luciana; SOARES, Roger T.; GONÇALVES, Márcia Rúbia; MARTINS, Ana Caroline S.; ROCHA, Elisângela; DARÉ, PatríciaABSTRACT Depression is a heterogeneous mental disease classified as a set of disorders, which manifest with a certain duration, frequency and intensity. The prevalence of depression in the elderly ranges from 0.5 to 16%. Objective To establish, in an epidemiological study, the prevalence of significant depressive symptoms in the population aged 60 years or older. Methods: Results of a cross-sectional epidemiological study, involving home visits, being carried out in the city of Tremembé, Brazil, were reported. The sample was randomly selected by drawing 20% of the population over 60 years from each of the city's census sectors. In this single-phase study, the assessment included clinical history, physical and neurological examination, cognitive evaluation, the Cornell scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire for psychiatric symptoms. Scores greater than or equal to 8 on the Cornell scale were taken to indicate the presence of depressive symptoms. Results: A total of 455 elders were assessed, and of these 169 (37.1%) had clinically significant depressive symptoms (CSDS). Depression prevalence was higher among women (p<0.001) and individuals with lower education (p=0.033). The Chi-square test for trends showed a significant relationship where lower socioeconomic status was associated with greater likelihood of depressive symptoms (p=0.005). Conclusion: The prevalence of depressive symptoms was high in this sample of the population-based study and was associated with female gender, low educational level and socioeconomic status. The assessment of the entire population sample must be completed.
- Performance of the Visual Analogue Scale of Happiness and of the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia in the Tremembé Epidemiological Study, Brazil(2014) CÉSAR, Karolina G.; BRUCKI, Sonia M.D.; TAKADA, Leonel T.; NASCIMENTO, Luiz Fernando C.; GOMES, Camila M.S.; ALMEIDA, Milena C.S.; OLIVEIRA, Maira O.; PORTO, Fábio H.G.; SENAHA, Mirna L.H.; BAHIA, Valéria S.; SILVA, Thaís Bento L.; IANOF, Jéssica N.; SPÍNDOLA, Lívia; SCHMIDT, Magali T.; JORGE, Mário S.; VALE, Patrícia H.F.; CECCHINI, Mário A.; CASSIMIRO, Luciana; SOARES, Roger T.; GONÇALVES, Márcia R.; SMID, Jerusa; PORTO, Claudia S.; CARTHERY-GOULART, Maria Teresa; YASSUDA, Mônica S.; MANSUR, Letícia L.; NITRINI, RicardoDepression is a major growing public health problem. Many population studies have found a significant relationship between depression and the presence of cognitive disorders. OBJECTIVE: To establish the correlation between the Visual Analogue Scale of Happiness and the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia in the population aged 60 years or over in the city of Tremembé, state of São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: An epidemiological survey involving home visits was carried out in the city of Tremembé. The sample was randomly selected by drawing 20% of the population aged 60 years or older from each of the city's census sectors. In this single-phase study, the assessment included clinical history, physical and neurological examination, cognitive evaluation, and application of both the Cornell Scale and the Analogue Scale of Happiness for psychiatric symptoms. The presence of depressive symptoms was defined as scores greater than or equal to 8 points on the Cornell Scale. RESULTS: A total of 623 subjects were evaluated and of these 251 (40.3%) had clinically significant depressive symptoms on the Cornell Scale, with a significant association with female gender (p<0.001) and with lower education (p=0.012). One hundred and thirty-six participants (21.8%) chose the unhappiness faces, with a significant association with age (p<0.001), female gender (p=0.020) and low socioeconomic status (p=0.012). Although there was a statistically significant association on the correlation test, the correlation was not high (rho=0.47). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of depressive symptoms was high in this sample and the Visual Analogue Scale of Happiness and Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia should not be used as similar alternatives for evaluating the presence of depressive symptoms, at least in populations with low educational level.
- Primary progressive aphasia: Classification of variants in 100 consecutive Brazilian cases(2013) SENAHA, Mirna Lie Hosogi; CARAMELLI, Paulo; BRUCKI, Sonia M.D.; SMID, Jerusa; TAKADA, Leonel T.; PORTO, Claudia S.; CÉSAR, Karolina G.; MATIOLI, Maria Niures P.; SOARES, Roger T.; MANSUR, Letícia L.; NITRINI, RicardoABSTRACT Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative clinical syndrome characterized primarily by progressive language impairment. Recently, consensus diagnostic criteria were published for the diagnosis and classification of variants of PPA. The currently recognized variants are nonfluent/agrammatic (PPA-G), logopenic (PPA-L) and semantic (PPA-S). Objective: To analyze the demographic data and the clinical classification of 100 PPA cases. Methods: Data from 100 PPA patients who were consecutively evaluated between 1999 and 2012 were analyzed. The patients underwent neurological, cognitive and language evaluation. The cases were classified according to the proposed variants, using predominantly the guidelines proposed in the consensus diagnostic criteria from 2011. Results: The sample consisted of 57 women and 43 men, aged at onset 67.2±8.1 years (range of between 53 and 83 years). Thirty-five patients presented PPA-S, 29 PPA-G and 16 PPA-L. It was not possible to classify 20% of the cases into any one of the proposed variants. Conclusion: It was possible to classify 80% of the sample into one of the three PPA variants proposed. Perhaps the consensus classification requires some adjustments to accommodate cases that do not fit into any of the variants and to avoid overlap where cases fit more than one variant. Nonetheless, the established current guidelines are a useful tool to address the classification and diagnosis of PPA and are also of great value in standardizing terminologies to improve consistency across studies from different research centers.
- Declínio cognitivo subjetivo, comprometimento cognitivo leve e demência - diagnóstico sindrômico: recomendações do Departamento Científico de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Envelhecimento da Academia Brasileira de Neurologia(2022) SMID, Jerusa; STUDART-NETO, Adalberto; CÉSAR-FREITAS, Karolina Gouveia; DOURADO, Marcia Cristina Nascimento; KOCHHANN, Renata; BARBOSA, Breno José Alencar Pires; SCHILLING, Lucas Porcello; BALTHAZAR, Márcio Luiz Figueiredo; FROTA, Norberto Anízio Ferreira; SOUZA, Leonardo Cruz de; CARAMELLI, Paulo; BERTOLUCCI, Paulo Henrique Ferreira; CHAVES, Márcia Lorena Fagundes; BRUCKI, Sonia Maria Dozzi; NITRINI, Ricardo; RESENDE, Elisa de Paula França; VALE, Francisco Assis CarvalhoABSTRACT This consensus, performed by the Brazilian Academy of Neurology (BAN) will approach practically how to evaluate patients with cognitive complaints and how to clinically and etiologically diagnose the three clinical syndromes associated with the different stages of cognitive decline: subjective cognitive decline (SCD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia. This BAN consensus discusses SCD diagnosis for the first time, updates MCI and dementia diagnoses, recommends the adequate cognitive tests and the relevant etiological work-up and care of patients with cognitive decline at different levels of care within the Brazilian Unified Health System. We also review the main assessment instruments used in Brazil and Latin America.