Premium
P4‐146: Clinical and epidemiologic features in a Brazilian sample of demented patients
Author(s) -
Schultz Rodrigo R.,
Baraldi Karen F.,
Wajman José Roberto
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.2212
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , vascular dementia , neurology , neuropsychology , disease , population , diabetes mellitus , psychiatry , pediatrics , gerontology , cognition , environmental health , endocrinology
complaint scale was also related to poorer performance in the MMSE. Memory complaints were present in the illiterate individuals 75 years who scored under the 15 percentile and for those who had studied from 1-4 years. For these subjects, history of hypertension was related to the higher scores in the test. Having a job at the moment was related to higher scores in the MMSE in the group of individuals 75 years with 5 years of schooling. Conclusions: Many sociodemographic and health variables can influence MMSE performance, with different impact depending on age and schooling. Clinicians should pay attention to the variables that might be associated to a worse MMSE performance.