MARIA DO CARMO SITTA

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

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  • article 8 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Predicting delirium after hip fracture with a 2-min cognitive screen: prospective cohort study
    (2016) FORTES-FILHO, Sileno Queiroz; APOLINARIO, Daniel; MELO, Juliana Araujo; SUZUKI, Itiro; SITTA, Maria Do Carmo; LEME, Luiz Eugenio Garcez
    Background: although the importance of identifying hip fracture patients with high risk for delirium has been well established, considerable controversy exists over the choice of the screening tool. The most commonly used cognitive screeners take an excessive amount of time and include drawing tasks that can be troublesome for individuals with hip fracture who are invariably lying in bed. Objective: to evaluate the properties of the 10-point Cognitive Screener (10-CS), a 2-min bedside tool, for predicting delirium in older adults with hip fracture. Design: prospective cohort study. Setting: a tertiary referral hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Subjects: non-delirious older adults with hip fracture (n = 147). Methods: the 10-CS was administered as a baseline predictor. The test is composed of three-item temporal orientation (date, month, year), category fluency (animals in 1 min) and three-word recall. Incident delirium has been diagnosed according to the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) that was administered daily from admission to discharge. Results: during hospitalisation, 61 (41.5%) patients developed delirium. The 10-CS presented excellent accuracy for predicting delirium, with an area under ROC curve of 0.83 (95% CI 0.76-0.89). After adjusting for demographic and clinical variables, participants with probable cognitive impairment (score <= 5) were more likely to develop delirium (HR = 7.48; 95% CI 2.2-25.4) compared with participants with a normal score. Lower scores on the 10-CS were also independently associated with a longer length of stay. Conclusions: the 10-CS is an easy-to-use bedside tool with adequate properties to stratify the risk of delirium in older adults with hip fracture.
  • article 5 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    A 2-Minute Cognitive Screener for Predicting 1-Year Functional Recovery and Survival in Older Adults After Hip Fracture Repair
    (2022) FORTES-FILHO, Sileno De Queiroz; ALIBERTI, Marlon Juliano Romero; MELO, Juliana de Araujo; APOLINARIO, Daniel; SITTA, Maria do Carmo; SUZUKI, Itiro; GARCEZ-LEME, Luiz Eugenio
    Background: Implementing cognitive assessment in older people admitted to hospital with hip fracture-lying in bed, experiencing pain-is challenging. We investigated the value of a quick and easy-to-administer 10-point Cognitive Screener (10-CS) in predicting 1-year functional recovery and survival after hip surgery. Methods: Prospective cohort study comprising 304 older patients (mean age = 80.3 +/- 9.1 years; women = 72%) with hip fracture consecutively admitted to a specialized academic medical center that supports secondary hospitals in Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil. The 10-CS, a 2-minute bedside tool including temporal orientation, verbal fluency, and three-word recall, classified patients as having normal cognition, possible cognitive impairment, or probable cognitive impairment on admission. Outcomes were time-torecovery activities of daily living (ADLs; Katz index) and mobility (New Mobility Score), and survival during 1-year after hip surgery. Hazard models, considering death as a competing risk, were used to associate the 10-CS categories with outcomes after adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical measures. Results: On admission, 144 (47%) patients had probable cognitive impairment. Compared to those cognitively normal, patients with probable cognitive impairment presented less postsurgical recovery of ADLs (77% vs 40%; adjusted sub-hazard ratio [HR] = 0.44; 95% confidence interval (CI] = 0.32-0.62) and mobility (50% vs 30%; adjusted sub-HR = 0.52; 95% CI = 0.34-0.79), and higher risk of death (15% vs 40%; adjusted HR = 2.08; 95% CI = 1.03-4.20) over 1-year follow-up. Conclusions: The 10-CS is a strong predictor of functional recovery and survival after hip fracture repair. Cognitive assessment using quick and easy-to-administer screening tools like 10-CS can help clinicians make better decisions and offer tailored care for older patients admitted with hip fracture.
  • article 8 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Role of Gait Speed, Strength, and Balance in Predicting Adverse Outcomes of Acutely Ill Older Outpatients
    (2020) FORTES-FILHO, Sileno Queiroz; ALIBERTI, M. J. R.; APOLINARIO, D.; MELO-FORTES, J. A.; SITTA, M. C.; JACOB-FILHO, W.; GARCEZ-LEME, L. E.
    Aim To evaluate the ability of the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) for predicting 1-year adverse outcomes of acutely ill older outpatients. Methods Prospective study with 512 acutely ill older outpatients (79.4 +/- 8.3 years, 63% female) in an acute care day hospital. The SPPB was administered at admission. Participants were classified as low (0-4 points), intermediate (5-8 points), or high (9-12 points) performance. Primary outcomes were new dependence in basic activities of daily living (ADL), hospitalization, and death at 1 year. Cox models tested whether the SPPB predicted outcomes after adjustment for sociodemographic factors, comorbidities and well-known geriatric conditions. We also estimated whether the chair-stand and balance tests improve the SPPB's ability to identify patients at high risk of adverse outcomes. Results Patients with intermediate or low SPPB performance were at higher risk of 1-year new ADL dependence (32% vs 13%: adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]=2.00; 95%CI=1.18-3.37; 58% vs 13%: aHR=3.40; 95%CI=2.00-5.85, respectively), hospitalization (43% vs 29%: aHR=1.56; 95%CI=1.04-2.33; 44% vs 29%: aHR=1.80; 95%CI=1.15-2.82), and death (18% vs 6%: aHR=2.54; 95%CI=1.17-5.53; 21% vs 6%: aHR=2.70; 95%CI=1.17-6.21). Use of all three components (versus gait speed alone) improved predictions of new ADL dependence (Harrell's C=0.73 vs 0.70;P=0.01), hospitalization (Harrell's C=0.60 vs 0.57;P=0.04), and death (Harrell's C=0.67 vs 0.62;P=0.04). Conclusions The SPPB is as a powerful tool for identifying acutely ill older outpatients at high-risk of adverse outcomes. The combination of the three components of the SPPB resulted in better predictive performance than gait speed alone.