DANIEL KREMPEL AMADO

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Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico

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  • article 7 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Oxford Cognitive Screen – Brazilian Portuguese version (OCS-Br) A pilot study
    (2018) RAMOS, Claudia Cristina Ferreira; AMADO, Daniel Krempel; BORGES, Conrado Regis; BERGAMASCHI, Eduardo; NITRINI, Ricardo; BRUCKI, Sonia Maria Dozzi
    ABSTRACT Cognitive impairment is very common in stroke patients and underdiagnosed. Symptoms such as language, praxis, visuospatial, visuoconstructive and memory impairment are prominent. The screening cognitive tests available do not address some specific characteristics of stroke patients and have major limitations in relation to the most impaired cognitive domains. Objective: To test the applicability of a Brazilian version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen in a convenience sample of individuals with normal cognition. Methods: Thirty neurologically healthy participants underwent the OCS-Br in this pilot study. Results: The mean score on each task was: naming: 3.4 (SD=0.72) (maximum value of 4); semantics: 3 (SD=0) (maximum 3); orientation: 4 (SD=0) (maximum 4); visual field: 4 (SD=0) (maximum 4); sentence reading: 14.53 (SD: 1) (maximum 15); number writing: 2.86 (0.6) (maximum 3); calculation: 3.8 (SD=0.48) (maximum 4); and accuracy on the broken hearts test: 47.3 (3.3) (maximum 50). The scores obtained were similar to those of the English original sample. Conclusion: We observed similar values on each separate OCS task in comparison to the original test, confirming that the Brazilian Portuguese version is comparable to other studies.
  • article 27 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Knowledge about Alzheimer's disease in the Brazilian population
    (2018) AMADO, Daniel Krempel; BRUCKI, Sonia Maria Dozzi
    Dementia is a very common disease, but the general population's knowledge about its main etiology, Alzheimer's disease (AD), is still poor, leading to delayed seeking of healthcare services, less prevention of disease by lifestyle changes and more difficulty in managing the care of the demented. Objective: To measure knowledge about AD in a Brazilian sample, taking into account some demographic variables. Methods: A link to a self-administered online questionnaire was sent by email and via other social media to anyone older than 18 years old. Our questionnaire contained sociodemographic questions and the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS), a well-established scale comprising 30 ""true or false"" questions about AD. Results: 1,414 people (1,076 females), with a mean age of 42.3 years (SD +/- 14.1), and 87.4% having more than 11 years of schooling, answered the online questionnaire. The mean total score for the ADKS was 21.6 out of 30 points (SD +/- 3.73); however when we excluded health professionals (36.4% of the sample), it dropped to 20.5/30 (SD +/- 3.51). The scores were positively influenced by educational level, professional skills (better for health professionals, mainly physicians) and by age (younger than 65 years). Being a caregiver or family member did not influence the knowledge about disease. Discussion: Despite the high prevalence of AD, few studies have been conducted in Brazil regarding the population's knowledge about the disease. Our study revealed a lack of information about AD in our country, even in relatives and caregivers of demented patients.