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Impaired abstract thinking may discriminate between normal aging and vascular mild cognitive impairment

2010; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 68; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0004-282x2010000200005

ISSN

1678-4227

Autores

Felipe Kenji Sudo, Gilberto Sousa Alves, Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira Alves, Maria Elisa Lanna, Letice Ericeira-Valente, Denise Madeira Moreira, Eliasz Engelhardt, Jerson Laks,

Tópico(s)

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Resumo

Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is associated with cognitive deficits. This cross-sectional study examines differences among healthy elderly controls and patients with vascular mild cognitive impairment (VaMCI) and vascular dementia (VaD) in performances on CAMCOG subscales.Elderly individuals (n=61) were divided into 3 groups, according to cognitive and neuroimaging status: 16 controls, 20 VaMCI and 25 VaD. VaMCI and VaD individuals scored over 4 points on the Hachinski Ischemic Scale.Significant differences in total CAMCOG scores were observed across the three groups (p<0.001). VaD subjects performed worse than those with VaMCI in most CAMCOG subscales (p<0.001). All subscales showed differences between controls and VaD (p<0.001). Performance on abstract thinking showed difference between VaMCI and controls (p<0.001).CAMCOG discriminated controls from VaMCI and VaD. Assessment of abstract thinking may be useful as a screening item for diagnosis of VaMCI.

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