Abstract
Objetivos:Verificar e comparar o desempenho de adultos e idosos em testes de atenção, memória, humor e metamemória, antes e após programa de estimulação cognitiva multidisciplinar intergeracional.Método:Foram selecionados 79 dos prontuários médicos do período de 2008 a 2012, de pessoas acima de 40 anos de idade, ambos os sexos, onze anos ou mais de escolaridade, com queixas subjetivas de memória, sem demência pelos critérios do Manual Diagnóstico e Estatístico de Transtornos Mentais - DSM-IV-TR. Foram coletadas as avaliações de testes cognitivos, escalas de humor e questionário de queixa de memória subjetiva, antes e após o programa de estimulação de 20 sessões de 100 minutos, num hospital de grande porte na cidade de São Paulo.Resultados:Houve melhora do desempenho tanto dos testes de atenção quanto de memória (p<0,001), mas sem mudança na metamemória. Houve redução de sintomas depressivos (p=0,014) e ansiosos (p<0,001). A aprendizagem associativa imediata teve melhora evidente entre os idosos (p=0,022), enquanto que a redução dos sintomas ansiosos (p=0,019) e depressivos foi maior entre os adultos (p=0,022).Conclusão:A Estimulação Cognitiva Multidisciplinar Intergeracional foi eficaz na melhora do desempenho cognitivo e do humor nos idosos e adultos com queixas subjetivas de memória.
Highlights
Aging is a slow, adaptive and continuous process, bringing with it a series of life modifications
The cognitive tests that were applied by a psychologist, before and after patient participation in the stimulation program, included: digits forward, digits backward and sequences of numbers and letters pertaining to the Wechsler III adult intelligence scale, which evaluates attention span and focal and divided attention; the Wechsler III scale paired-associate subtest, which evaluates the individual's capacity to make associations; the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test, which evaluates prospective memory; the 30 item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), which checks symptoms of depression; the Beck Anxiety Scale, which assess symptoms of anxiety; and the Sunderland Everyday Memory Questionnaire, 8 which evaluates the subjective perception of the decline of memory
The intergenerational multidisciplinary cognitive stimulation program that was administered with a group of people over the age of 40 had positive impacts on the participants of the study
Summary
Adaptive and continuous process, bringing with it a series of life modifications This existence of cognitive change depends on physiological, emotional and environmental changes, and is subject to large degrees of variability among individuals. Losses in cognitive skills are determined and stimulated, at least in part, by the rhythms of each person's lifestyle.[2] Adults that are from the "multitasking generation", who split their focus of attention over more than one stimulus, demonstrate losses in the ability to dedicate themselves to the principal task at hand As a result, they complain of memory deficiencies that are due to the daily excesses of information and stress.[3]
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