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Avaliação de aspectos cognitivos para a tomada de decisão por profissionais portadoras de cefaléia primária
Fecha
2011-07-08Autor
Leticia Ferreira Reis
Institución
Resumen
Headache is a disorder of high complaint in the female population.It is believed to impair cognitive abilities required for decisionmaking.This project aims to investigate the influence of primaryheadaches in cognitive abilities necessary for decision-making inwomen workers. Subjects will be women with age range from 19to 55 years old, working in different activities. Divided in threegroups: Group IA diagnosed with tension type headache; GroupIB diagnosed with migraine; and Group III with no diagnose ofprimary headaches. The abilities to be measured are: Attention(Cambraia Attention Test); Working Memory (Digit Span Test, byWAIS-III); Mental Flexibility (Wisconsin Card Sorting Test); andJudgment (Judgment of Situations Test - DIT-II). This researchproject was designed as a reflection of the reality of the State ofEspírito Santo and it´s fast economic growth, in which employersconsider advantageous decision-making as prime feature in theavailability of opportunities for professionals.