Risk Factors For Vascular Dementia In Elderly Psychiatric Outpatients With Preserved Cognitive Functions.

dc.creatorStella, Florindo
dc.creatorBanzato, Claudio E M
dc.creatorGasparetto Sé, Elisandra Villela
dc.creatorScudeler, Juliana Leme
dc.creatorPacheco, Jaime Lisandro
dc.creatorKajita, Romeu Toshiyuki
dc.date2007-Jun
dc.date2015-11-27T13:09:48Z
dc.date2015-11-27T13:09:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T01:04:23Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T01:04:23Z
dc.identifierJournal Of The Neurological Sciences. v. 257, n. 1-2, p. 247-9, 2007-Jun.
dc.identifier0022-510X
dc.identifier10.1016/j.jns.2007.01.035
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17313960
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/197176
dc.identifier17313960
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1297409
dc.descriptionThe aim of the study was to assess risk factors for vascular dementia (VaD) in elderly psychiatric outpatients without dementia, and to determine to what extent clinical interventions targeted such risk factors. Out of 250 clinical charts, 78 were selected of patients over 60 years old, who showed no signs of dementia. Information was obtained regarding demographics, clinical conditions (diagnosis according to ICD-10), complementary investigation, cognitive functions (via CAMCOG), neuroimaging, and the presence of risk factors for VaD. Depression was the most prevalent psychiatric disorder (74%). A great majority of the patients (86%) had at least one risk factor for VaD. One-third of the sample showed three or more risk factors for VaD. The clinical conditions related to risk factors for VaD were hypertension (48.7%), heart disease (30.8%), hypercholesterolemia (25.6%), diabetes mellitus (23.1%), stroke (12.8%), tryglyceride (12.8%), and obesity (5.1%). In terms of lifestyle, smoking (19.2%), alcohol abuse (16.7%), and sedentarism (14.1%) were other risk factors found. Definite risk factors for VaD were found in 83.3% of the patients. Previous interventions targeting risk factors were found in only 20% of the cases. The high rates of risk factors for VaD identified in this sample suggest that psychiatrists should be more attentive to these factors for the prevention of VaD.
dc.description257
dc.description247-9
dc.languageeng
dc.relationJournal Of The Neurological Sciences
dc.relationJ. Neurol. Sci.
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectAged, 80 And Over
dc.subjectAlcoholism
dc.subjectCardiovascular Diseases
dc.subjectComorbidity
dc.subjectDementia, Vascular
dc.subjectDepressive Disorder
dc.subjectDiabetes Complications
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHeart Diseases
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectHyperlipidemias
dc.subjectHypertension
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMental Disorders
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectPhysical Fitness
dc.subjectRetrospective Studies
dc.subjectRisk Factors
dc.subjectSmoking
dc.subjectStroke
dc.titleRisk Factors For Vascular Dementia In Elderly Psychiatric Outpatients With Preserved Cognitive Functions.
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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