Applicability of mini Addenbrooke's cognitive examination (M-ACE) in Brazilian elderly with low education and coping strategies in Brazilian and non-Brazilian caregivers

• Grant number: 14/23898-5
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Effective date (Start): March 02, 2015
• Effective date (End): September 01, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Public Health Nursing
• Principal researcher: Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini
• Grantee: Allan Gustavo Bregola
• Supervisor abroad: Eneida Mioshi
• Home Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Research place: University of Cambridge, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/26798-9 - Cognitive profile, frailty, depressive symptoms and burden in older caregivers in rural communities, BP.MS

Abstract

This is the proposal of two studies to be conducted at University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, by the Bolsa Estágio de Pesquisa no Exterior (BEPE). The aim of the first study is to analyze the applicability of Mini Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (M-ACE) in a cohort of Brazilian elderly with low education and living in rural communities of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. The study for brief instruments, with fast application and reliable for screening cognitive impairment and dementia is necessary, especially in elderly groups with low education. For this study we will use databank from the principal research in Brazil, to be analyzed and discussed together with M-ACE's creators at University of Cambridge. The aim of second study is to analyze the coping strategies, burden and depressive symptoms in Brazilian and non-Brazilian caregivers. To understand the coping of caregivers, it is important to research the different cultures and contexts of care. It will used data collected in Brazil and data provided by the researchers group at University of Cambridge. All data will be described and analyzed using descriptive statistics, internal consistency tests, data normality tests, correlation and comparison tests. Finally, the research internship abroad in one of the best universities in the world will bring valuable contributions to the main project in Brazil, once the group is responsible for the creation of the cognitive tests, is reference in knowledge of statistical analysis, is open to the bond between the two institutions and provide the best infrastructure to perform the research internship. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ALLAN GUSTAVO BRIGOLA; ANA CAROLINA OTTAVIANI; ÉRICA NESTOR SOUZA; ESTEFANI SERAFIM ROSSETTI; MARIÉLLI TERASSI; NATHALIA ALVES OLIVEIRA; BRUNA MORETTI LUCHESI; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI. DADOS DESCRITIVOS EM DIFERENTES AVALIAÇÃOES COGNITIVAS EM IDOSOS DA COMUNIDADE: DADOS ESTRATIFICADOS POR IDADE E ESCOLARIDADE. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 12, n. 2, p. 157-164, 2018-06-00. (17/04129-9, 13/26798-9, 14/23898-5)

ALLAN GUSTAVO BRIGOLA; BRUNA MORETTI LUCHESI; ESTEFANI SERAFIM ROSSETTI; ENEIDA MIOSHI; KEIKA INOUYE; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI. Perfil de saúde de cuidadores familiares de idosos e sua relação com variáveis do cuidado: um estudo no contexto rural. Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol., v. 20, n. 3, p. 409-420, 2017-05-00. (13/26798-9, 14/23898-5)

ALLAN GUSTAVO BRIGOLA; TIAGO DA SILVA ALEXANDRE; KEIKA INOUYE; MONICA SANCHES YASSUDA; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI; ENEIDA MIOSHI. Associação entre baixa escolaridade, desempenho cognitivo reduzido, incapacidade funcional e fragilidade em idosos. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 13, n. 2, p. 216-224, 2019-06-18. (17/04129-9, 16/07967-2, 13/26798-9, 14/23898-5)

BRIGOLA, ALLAN GUSTAVO; LUCHESI, BRUNA MORETTI; ALEXANDRE, TIAGO DA SILVA; INOUYE, KEIKA; MIOSHI, ENEIDA; IOST PAVARINI, SOFIA CRISTINA. High burden and frailty: association with poor cognitive performance in older caregivers living in rural areas. Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, v. 39, n. 4, p. 257-263, OCT-DEC 2017. (13/26798-9, 14/23898-5)