Cristina Yoshie Toyoda

Perceived quality of life of elderly patients with dementia and family caregivers: evaluation and correlation

This study aimed to evaluate the perceived quality of life of elderly patients with dementia and their respective family caregivers and identify correlations between variables. Participants (n=106) were elderly patients with Alzheimer attended by the Exceptional Medication Program in a city in the interior of Sao Paulo, and their respective caregivers. Measures of quality of life were obtained through the Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimers disease. Data were entered into a database in the Statistical Program for Social Sciences for descriptive analysis and Spearmans correlation. The total average score for patients and caregivers was 29.32 (sd=+/-6.27, xmin=16, xmax=42) and 38.83 points (sd=+/-5.62, xmin=29, xmax=49). The associated rho coefficient was (+)0.406 (p<0.005). This result indicates moderate correlation between quality of life of caregivers and elderly patients with dementia.

Percepção de qualidade de vida do idoso com demência e seu cuidador familiar: avaliação e correlação

This study aimed to evaluate the perceived quality of life of elderly patients with dementia and their respective family caregivers and identify correlations between variables. Participants (n=106) were elderly patients with Alzheimer attended by the Exceptional Medication Program in a city in the interior of Sao Paulo, and their respective caregivers. Measures of quality of life were obtained through the Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimers disease. Data were entered into a database in the Statistical Program for Social Sciences for descriptive analysis and Spearmans correlation. The total average score for patients and caregivers was 29.32 (sd=+/-6.27, xmin=16, xmax=42) and 38.83 points (sd=+/-5.62, xmin=29, xmax=49). The associated rho coefficient was (+)0.406 (p<0.005). This result indicates moderate correlation between quality of life of caregivers and elderly patients with dementia.

Quality of life of elderly with alzheimer's disease: a comparative study between the patient's and the caregiver's report

This paper aimed to compare the reports of patients and caregivers about how they perceive quality of life (QoL) in general and each of its dimensions in elderly with Alzheimers Disease (AD). The participants were elderly diagnosed with AD (n=53) attended by the Exceptional Medication Program in a city in the interior of Sao Paulo; and their respective family caregivers. The QoL measures were obtained through the Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimers Disease. The results showed statistically significant differences in the memory (p<0.05) and you in general (p<0.005) dimensions. Regarding the final score, the average in the patients version was 29.32 points (sd=6.27), against 28.33 points (sd=5.58) in the family version, p>0.100. Although the relative and patient reports were not identical, the results pointed to a high level of consistency among information.

Qualidade de vida do idoso com doença de alzheimer: estudo comparativo do relato do paciente e do cuidador

This paper aimed to compare the reports of patients and caregivers about how they perceive quality of life (QoL) in general and each of its dimensions in elderly with Alzheimers Disease (AD). The participants were elderly diagnosed with AD (n=53) attended by the Exceptional Medication Program in a city in the interior of Sao Paulo; and their respective family caregivers. The QoL measures were obtained through the Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimers Disease. The results showed statistically significant differences in the memory (p<0.05) and you in general (p<0.005) dimensions. Regarding the final score, the average in the patients version was 29.32 points (sd=6.27), against 28.33 points (sd=5.58) in the family version, p>0.100. Although the relative and patient reports were not identical, the results pointed to a high level of consistency among information.

Quality of life of elderly with alzheimers disease: a comparative study between the patients and the caregivers report

This paper aimed to compare the reports of patients and caregivers about how they perceive quality of life (QoL) in general and each of its dimensions in elderly with Alzheimers Disease (AD). The participants were elderly diagnosed with AD (n=53) attended by the Exceptional Medication Program in a city in the interior of Sao Paulo; and their respective family caregivers. The QoL measures were obtained through the Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimers Disease. The results showed statistically significant differences in the memory (p<0.05) and you in general (p<0.005) dimensions. Regarding the final score, the average in the patients version was 29.32 points (sd=6.27), against 28.33 points (sd=5.58) in the family version, p>0.100. Although the relative and patient reports were not identical, the results pointed to a high level of consistency among information.

Prevenção de incapacidades em hanseníase: realidade numa unidade sanitária

In Hansens disease, the third part of advanced incidences or non treated cases exhibit some patterns of physical incapacity; besides that prejudice and beliet generated by deformities which the patients may present if they do not get a correct treatment. Which basis on this problematical question of the disease a group of professionals composed of medical doctors, nurses, physical therapist, occupational therapist and social worker made a-study of the incapacities of the Hansens disease patients through a detail ed physical exam. This study intended to identify sensory and motor injuries of the face, upper and lower limbs. This study also develops a research about the necessity to systematize the assistance given in a public health center.

Recursos de Alta-Tecnologia Assistiva Disponíveis no Mercado Nacional: ferramentas para alunos com paralisia cerebral

No Brasil, tem crescido o interesse sobre a aplicabilidade de recursos de tecnologia assistiva no ambiente escolar para criancas com paralisia cerebral. O objetivo do projeto foi a construcao de um banco de dados sobre os recursos de alta tecnologia assistiva existentes no mercado nacional, indicados para o uso no ambiente de sala de aula por criancas com paralisia cerebral, com a finalidade de sistematizar informacoes, auxiliar na selecao, prescricao e implementacao desse tipo de recurso. A partir de uma busca na literatura em sites nacionais existentes sobre o assunto, foi construido um arquivo computadorizado de banco de dados sobre a disponibilidade desses recursos, tendo como parâmetros a metodologia ja aplicada em estudo anterior. Assim, foram sistematizadas informacoes sobre recursos adaptados, constituindo uma fonte de dados acessivel a todos os interessados, visando contribuir para a implementacao efetiva desses recursos na promocao da escolarizacao das criancas com paralisia cerebral no pais.

Calidad de vida del anciano con enfermedad de alzheimer: estudio comparativo de los relatos del paciente y del cuidador

This paper aimed to compare the reports of patients and caregivers about how they perceive quality of life (QoL) in general and each of its dimensions in elderly with Alzheimers Disease (AD). The participants were elderly diagnosed with AD (n=53) attended by the Exceptional Medication Program in a city in the interior of Sao Paulo; and their respective family caregivers. The QoL measures were obtained through the Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimers Disease. The results showed statistically significant differences in the memory (p<0.05) and you in general (p<0.005) dimensions. Regarding the final score, the average in the patients version was 29.32 points (sd=6.27), against 28.33 points (sd=5.58) in the family version, p>0.100. Although the relative and patient reports were not identical, the results pointed to a high level of consistency among information.

Percepción de la calidad de vida del anciano con demencia y la de su cuidador familiar: evaluación y correlación

This study aimed to evaluate the perceived quality of life of elderly patients with dementia and their respective family caregivers and identify correlations between variables. Participants (n=106) were elderly patients with Alzheimer attended by the Exceptional Medication Program in a city in the interior of Sao Paulo, and their respective caregivers. Measures of quality of life were obtained through the Quality of Life Assessment Scale on Alzheimers disease. Data were entered into a database in the Statistical Program for Social Sciences for descriptive analysis and Spearmans correlation. The total average score for patients and caregivers was 29.32 (sd=+/-6.27, xmin=16, xmax=42) and 38.83 points (sd=+/-5.62, xmin=29, xmax=49). The associated rho coefficient was (+)0.406 (p<0.005). This result indicates moderate correlation between quality of life of caregivers and elderly patients with dementia.