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| Author(s): |
Helen Capeleto Francisco
[1]
;
Allan Bregola
[2]
;
Ana Carolina Ottaviani
[3]
;
Bruna Moretti Luchesi
[4]
;
Fabiana de Souza Orlandi
;
Francisco J. Fraga
[6]
;
Letícia Costa-Guarisco
;
Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini
Total Authors: 8
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Programa de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem - Brasil
[2] University of East Anglia. School of Health Sciences - Reino Unido
[3] Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Programa de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem - Brasil
[4] Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem - Brasil
[6] Universidade Federal do ABC. Centro de Engenharia. Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 8
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Revista CEFAC; v. 24, n. 6 2022-11-14. |
| Abstract | |
ABSTRACT Purpose: to identify psychosocial and functional factors associated with language and verbal fluency performance in older adults. Methods: a study conducted with 149 older adults registered in a primary health care service in a city in inland São Paulo. Instruments such as a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination-Revised (verbal fluency and language domains), Geriatric Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Medical Outcomes Study, WHOQOL-OLD, and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, were used. Participants were divided into tertiles, according to their language and verbal fluency performance: T1 = best performance, T2 = median performance, and T3 = worst performance. Groups T1 and T3 were compared, and a binary regression was conducted to analyze the factors associated with the best language and verbal fluency performance. Results: higher educational attainment, higher income, and better functioning were the factors associated with the best language performance comparing T1 and T3, while higher educational attainment and better functioning were associated with the best verbal fluency. Conclusion: educational attainment and functioning proved to be important factors associated with good language and verbal fluency performance, while income was associated only with good language performance. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/04129-9 - Social support, care and cognition in a study addressing elderly caregivers |
| Grantee: | Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |