RESUMO
The progressive increase of prevalence and incidence of dementia require growing attention in identifying subjects with early cognitive impairment. We have evaluated the results of mini mental state examination (MMSE) and CDT in elderly patients affected by MCI and mild dementia and in subjects without cognitive impairment, to measure whether combined use of two well-known cognitive screening tests (MMSE, CDT) is useful to identify precociously subjects with possible MCI. Using the statistical model of binomial logistic regression we have pointed out that CDT better differentiates healthy controls from MCI patients. MMSE, on the contrary of CDT, differentiates MCI patients from subjects affected by dementia. Finally, during screening, administration of both CDT and MMSE can be useful to identify precociously subjects with possible MCI.
Assuntos
Transtornos Cognitivos/diagnóstico , Cognição/fisiologia , Avaliação Geriátrica/métodos , Programas de Rastreamento/métodos , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Transtornos Cognitivos/epidemiologia , Progressão da Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Entrevista Psiquiátrica Padronizada , Modelos Estatísticos , Testes Neuropsicológicos , Prevalência , Prognóstico , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
Sexuality and affectivity constitute a complex phenomenon involving many spheres: biological, psychological and social. To investigate these aspects, we distributed a dedicated questionnaire, followed by an interview, to 130 elderly residents in Milan and 100 in Monza. The answers indicated that the elderly communicate their emotions regarding the affective and sexual sphere, with different levels of desire for physical contact. The main variables were sex, age, marital status, co-morbidity and poly-pharmacotherapy, the perception of health status and of oneself, past experiences, cultural conditioning and social factors.
