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Ribeirão Preto; s.n; maio 2013. 148 p.
Thesis in Portuguese | Index Psychology - Theses | ID: pte-58121

ABSTRACT

A Doença Falciforme (DF) constitui patologia hematológica que leva a diversas complicações sistêmicas, sobretudo sequelas neurológicas e déficits cognitivos. Algumas pesquisas têm correlacionado exames de Imagem por Ressonância Magnética (IRM) e Doppler Transcraniano (DTC) com avaliações neuropsicológicas em crianças com DF, sinalizando prejuízos cognitivos específicos e déficit intelectual geral que tendem a predispor ao baixo desempenho acadêmico e maior índice de retenção escolar. No Brasil há alta prevalência dessa doença, tornando-se importante a realização de estudos em crianças, visto que o diagnóstico precoce de dificuldades neuropsicológicas possibilita intervenções de caráter preventivo e formulação de programas de reabilitação em quadros de disfunção cerebral. Objetivo: Caracterizar o desempenho neuropsicológico e comportamental de crianças com DF, na faixa de 7 a 12 anos. Pretende-se avaliar e descrever as principais funções cognitivas (atenção/função executiva, aprendizagem e memória, linguagem, processamento visoespacial, função sensoriomotora) e possíveis dificuldades comportamentais e correlacionar esses resultados com variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas. Método: Participaram dessa pesquisa 60 crianças, compondo dois grupos de 30 voluntários (clínico e controle), pareados em função do sexo, origem escolar e idade. Foram utilizados como instrumentos de avaliação psicológica: QI Estimado do WISC III e Matrizes Progressivas Coloridas de Raven, NEPSY II - Avaliação Neuropsicológica do Desenvolvimento e o Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). O Grupo Clínico realizou exame neurológico clínico, IRM, DTC e hemograma. Resultados: As crianças com DF apresentaram significativos prejuízos no desempenho intelectual geral e déficits em diversos domínios neuropsicológicos específicos, principalmente função executiva,...(AU)


The Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a haematological pathology that leads to several systemic complications, especially neurological sequelae and cognitive deficits. Some studies have correlated exams of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography with neuropsychological assessment in children with SCD, indicating specific cognitive impairments and general intellectual deficit that tend to predispose to poor academic performance and higher rates of school retention. In Brazil there is a high prevalence of this disease, making it important to conduct studies in children, since early diagnosis of neuropsychological difficulties enables preventive interventions and formulation of rehabilitation programs in frames of brain dysfunction. Objective: To characterize the behavioral and neuropsychological performance of children with SCD, in the range 7-12 years. Aims to assess and describe the main cognitive functions (attention / executive function, learning and memory, language, visuospatial processing, sensorimotor function) and possible behavioral difficulties and to correlate these results with clinical and sociodemographic variables. Method: In this study, participated 60 children, also composing two groups of 30 volunteers (clinical and control) matched for sex, age and school origin. Were used as instruments of psychological assessment: IQ Estimate the WISC III and Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices, NEPSY II - Neuropsychological Development and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The Clinical Group conducted clinical neurological examination, MRI, TCD and blood count. Results: Children with SCD in neuropsychological profile showed impairments in general intellectual functioning and deficits in several specific neuropsychological domains, especially executive function, language, visuospatial memory and visuospatial skills compared to the Control Group. In medical examinationof Clinical Group, ...(AU)

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J Med Virol ; 81(7): 1184-8, 2009 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19475611

ABSTRACT

Hepatitis C is one of the most common chronic infectious diseases worldwide, with well-documented extra-hepatic manifestations, such as a broad number of cognitive deficits. These impairments may be explained by psychiatric comorbidities, which have not been investigated properly in the literature. In order to elucidate a specific hepatitis C virus (HCV) induced cognitive impairment not related to mental disorders, neuropsychological performance of patients infected with HCV was compared with that of patients infected with hepatitis B virus cognitive impairment, especially psychiatric comorbidities. A total of 33 patients infected with HCV and 22 patients infected with HBV were included in the study. There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to age or years of education. The group of patients infected with HCV performed significantly worse on visuo-spatial memory tasks after adjusting for years of education and age. There were no significant differences between patients infected with HCV and patients infected with HBV with regards to other neuropsychological functions. The data indicate that patients infected with HCV patients have poorer visuo-spatial memory performance than patients infected with HBV, suggesting that the cognitive deficit may be specific to HCV infection and not to secondary comorbid psychiatric disorders.


Subject(s)
Central Nervous System Diseases/etiology , Hepatitis B/complications , Hepatitis C/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Cognition Disorders/etiology , Female , Humans , Male , Memory Disorders/etiology , Middle Aged , Young Adult
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Aval. psicol ; 8(1): 59-75, abr. 2009. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-514552

ABSTRACT

O NEPSY é uma bateria neuropsicológica de 27 subtestes para crianças de 3 a 12 anos de idade. Este estudo é a primeira etapa de adaptação do NEPSY para crianças brasileiras e teve como objetivo descrever o desempenho de uma amostra de crianças submetidas à versão traduzida e adaptada do NEPSY e compará-la com a americana. Foi traduzido por back-translation e adaptado com equipe de especialistas, então aplicado em 100 crianças. Nos resultados observou-se que a amostra brasileira manteve-se dentro da variação da média e um desvio-padrão (100 + 15), sendo o menor escore no Domínio Sensório-Motor (88,05 + 14,89) e o maior no Domínio Viso-espacial (102,25+19,39). Observaram-se diferenças estatisticamente significantes das faixas de 3-4 anos entre si e entre todas as outras idades. Conclusão: A versão adaptada e traduzida do NEPSY mostrou-se adequada, conseguindo discriminar o desempenho das crianças em diferentes faixas de idade, sócio-econômica e escolaridade dos pais.


The NEPSY is a neuropsychological battery of 27 subtests for 3 to 12 year old children. This study is the first part of the adaptation of the NEPSY for Brazilian children and had the objective to describe the performance of a sample of children submitted to a translated and adapted version for comparison to the American version. It was back-translated and adapted by a team of specialists and 100 children were assessed. The results showed that the Brazilian sample remained within the average variation with a standard deviation (100 + 15), the lowest score in Sensor-Motor Domain (88.05 + 14.89) and the highest in Visual-spatial Domain (102.25+19.39). Statistically significant differences were observed in the age group of 3-4 years among itself and the other age groups. Conclusion: The translated and adapted version of NEPSY was appropriate to obtain the discrimination among children of different ages, socioeconomic status and parent education level.


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Cognition , Neuropsychological Tests , Neuropsychology
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Aval. psicol ; 8(1): 59-75, abr. 2009. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | Index Psychology - journals | ID: psi-45450

ABSTRACT

O NEPSY é uma bateria neuropsicológica de 27 subtestes para crianças de 3 a 12 anos de idade. Este estudo é a primeira etapa de adaptação do NEPSY para crianças brasileiras e teve como objetivo descrever o desempenho de uma amostra de crianças submetidas à versão traduzida e adaptada do NEPSY e compará-la com a americana. Foi traduzido por back-translation e adaptado com equipe de especialistas, então aplicado em 100 crianças. Nos resultados observou-se que a amostra brasileira manteve-se dentro da variação da média e um desvio-padrão (100 + 15), sendo o menor escore no Domínio Sensório-Motor (88,05 + 14,89) e o maior no Domínio Viso-espacial (102,25+19,39). Observaram-se diferenças estatisticamente significantes das faixas de 3-4 anos entre si e entre todas as outras idades. Conclusão: A versão adaptada e traduzida do NEPSY mostrou-se adequada, conseguindo discriminar o desempenho das crianças em diferentes faixas de idade, sócio-econômica e escolaridade dos pais.(AU)


The NEPSY is a neuropsychological battery of 27 subtests for 3 to 12 year old children. This study is the first part of the adaptation of the NEPSY for Brazilian children and had the objective to describe the performance of a sample of children submitted to a translated and adapted version for comparison to the American version. It was back-translated and adapted by a team of specialists and 100 children were assessed. The results showed that the Brazilian sample remained within the average variation with a standard deviation (100 + 15), the lowest score in Sensor-Motor Domain (88.05 + 14.89) and the highest in Visual-spatial Domain (102.25+19.39). Statistically significant differences were observed in the age group of 3-4 years among itself and the other age groups. Conclusion: The translated and adapted version of NEPSY was appropriate to obtain the discrimination among children of different ages, socioeconomic status and parent education level.(AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Neuropsychology , Neuropsychological Tests , Cognition
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Arq Neuropsiquiatr ; 64(2A): 287-94, 2006 Jun.
Article in Portuguese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16791371

ABSTRACT

To analyze the association of natal factors with the severity of neonatal brain white matter lesion (WML) by controlling the birth weight, we identified newborns with WML who were divided into: those with WML evolution towards resolution of the ultrasound image (less severe), and those who evolved with cist formation and/or ventriculomegalia and/or hemorrhage (greater severity). There were differences among the twelve variables (hyponatremia, anemia, infection, retinopathy, broncopulmonary dysplasia, hypoalbuminemia, persistence of the arterial canal, altered audiometry, early respiratory distress, birth weigh below 2,500 g, weight per category, and prematurity) between the two groups (p<0.05), being that nine variables (hyponatremia, infection, retinopathy, hypoalbuminemia, persistence of the arterial canal, early respiratory distress, low weight, prematurity, and weight per category) remained statistically different (p<0.01) after the logistic regression analysis. When the variables were analyzed by birth weight category none of them presented statistical significance. This study suggests that birth weight is the major factor--likely the only one--associated to the severity of neonatal brain white matter lesion.


Subject(s)
Cerebral Hemorrhage/diagnostic imaging , Infant, Low Birth Weight , Leukomalacia, Periventricular/diagnostic imaging , Severity of Illness Index , Adult , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Prognosis , Risk Factors , Ultrasonography
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Rev. bras. saúde matern. infant ; 6(2): 231-238, abr.-jun. 2006. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-448755

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: to describe hospital lethality rates and factors correlated to death in neonates with brain white matter lesions. METHODS: a retrospective study was performed from January 1994 to December 2001. Neonates with white brain matter lesions were divided into survival and death groups and their medical files reviewed through the single blind method to determine evolution. Death certificates provided the cause of death. The groups were compared through correlation coefficients. Hospital lethality rate was calculated. RESULTS: ninety three cases of white brain matter lesions and seven deaths were determined. Hospital lethality rate was of 8.2. percent (95 percentCI: 2.4-14.0) independently from lesion occurrence time, and of 10.3 percent (95 percentCI: 3.3-17.3) for deaths occurred during prenatal and perinatal periods. Death was correlated to: Apgar score, non-cephalic presentation, gestational age, hyperglicemia, hypercalcemia, convulsion, respiratory insufficiency and atelectasy. CONCLUSIONS: hospital lethality was of 10.3 percent generating the following hypothesis: perinatal asphyxia must be the principal direct and indirect etiologic factor (aggravating the expression of prematurity and infection diseases), of prenatal and perinatal mortality among newborns with white brain matter lesions; and <7 Apgar score in the 5th minute associated to brain white matter lesions, are markers for perinatal asphyxia diagnosis.


OBJETIVOS: descrever a taxa de letalidade hospitalar e fatores correlacionados com o óbito em crianças com lesão da substância branca cerebral (LSB). MÉTODOS: estudo retrospectivo realizado de janeiro de 1994 a dezembro de 2001. Os neonatos com LSB foram divididos em sobreviventes ou óbito, e seus prontuários revisados de forma cega para a evolução. Dos atestados de óbito, a causa de morte. Os grupos foram comparados por coeficientes de correlação. Calculada a taxa de letalidade hospitalar. RESULTADOS: foram encontrados 93 casos de LSB e sete óbitos. A taxa de letalidade hospitalar foi de 8,2 por cento, (IC95 por cento: 2,4-14,0), independentemente da época de instalação da lesão, e de 10,3 por cento (IC95 por cento: 3,3-17,3) para aqueles de ocorrência pré/perinatal. O óbito correlacionou-se com: escore de Apgar, apresentação não-cefálica, idade gestacional, hiperglicemia, hipercalcemia, convulsão, insuficiência respiratória e atelectasia. CONCLUSÕES: a letalidade hospitalar foi de 10,3 por cento e as seguintes hipóteses foram geradas: a asfixia perinatal deve ser o principal fator etiológico, direto e indireto (agravando a expressão das doenças da prematuridade e da infecção), da mortalidade pré/perinatal entre neonatos com LSB; e o escore de Apgar do 5o minuto <7, associado à LSB, são marcadores para o diagnóstico de asfixia perinatal.


Subject(s)
Humans , Infant, Newborn , Asphyxia Neonatorum/diagnosis , Hospital Mortality , Infant Mortality , Infant, Premature , Apgar Score , Asphyxia Neonatorum/complications , Asphyxia Neonatorum/mortality , Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain/complications , Retrospective Studies , Risk Factors , Treatment Outcome
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Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 64(2a): 287-294, jun. 2006. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-429699

ABSTRACT

Para analisar a associação entre fatores natais com a gravidade da lesão da substância branca (LSB) cerebral neonatal, controlando o peso de nascimento, identificaram os neonatos pela ultra-sonografia craniana, que foram divididos em: aqueles com evolução da LSC para resolução da imagem ao ultra-som (menor gravidade) e, aqueles que evoluiram com formação de cistos e/ou ventriculomegalia e/ou hemorragia (maior gravidade). Doze variáveis (hiponatremia, anemia, infecção, retinopatia, displasia broncopulmonar, hipoalbuminemia, persistência do canal arterial, audiometria alterada, desconforto respiratório precoce, peso de nascimento <2500g, peso por categoria e prematuridade) tiveram diferenças entre os dois grupos (p<0,05), sendo que 9 (hiponatremia, infecção, retinopatia, hipoalbuminemia, persistência do canal arterial, desconforto respiratório precoce, baixo peso, prematuridade e peso por categorias) se mantiveram estatisticamente diferentes (p<0,01) após análise por regressão logística. Quando analisadas por categoria de peso de nascimento, nenhuma variável demonstrou significância estatística. O estudo sugere que o peso de nascimento é o maior fator - provavelmente o único - associado com gravidade da LSB cerebral neonatal.


Subject(s)
Adult , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Cerebral Hemorrhage , Infant, Low Birth Weight , Leukomalacia, Periventricular , Severity of Illness Index , Prognosis , Risk Factors
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