Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2013 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Pereira, Adriana Gutterres
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| Orientador(a): |
Silva Filho, Irenio Gomes da
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| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Tese
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Ciências da Saúde
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| Departamento: |
Faculdade de Medicina
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| País: |
BR
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/1720
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Resumo: |
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the progress of cognitive functions (memory; focused attention; executive, visual and spatial functions; language and processing speed), emotional aspects (depression; anxiety), fatigue, and motor ability of lower and upper limbs in patients with multiple sclerosis, and their association with time and severity of disease.Methods: A cohort study with a comparison group. The sample was composed of 54 patients with a diagnosed of multiple sclerosis followed for 1-4 years in an neuroimmunology outpatient clinic, as compared to a control group of 30 individuals. As from the second year of the study, 33 patients and a group of 32 control individuals were evaluated using the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) measure. The cognitive performance was evaluated through psychological tests: Digits, Cubes, Vocabulary, Memory of Wechsler Scale-III, Stroop Test, Boston Naming Test, phonological and semantic Verbal Fluency, Clock Drawing, Mini Exam of Mental State (MEMS), Beck s Anxiety and Depression Inventories, Fatigue Scale (MFIS), and the MSFC.Results: There was a significant impairment of immediate and delayed verbal memory and phonological verbal fluency (FAS) in the group with multiple sclerosis, as well as lower performance than the controls in visual memory, sustained attention, working memory, processing speed and motor functions. The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) was found to be significantly correlated with tests of general cognitive evaluation (MEMS and estimated IQ), memory tests (immediate and delayed, visual and verbal), fluency tests (FAS and Animals), and executive function test (Stroop). No correlation was found of any of the neuropsychological tests with time of disease. Delayed memory and fluency were significantly correlated with depressive symptoms.Conclusion: A statistically significant correlation was found between the results of general cognition evaluations, of the findings from all tests of Memory of the Wechsler Scale, of the Verbal Fluency tests and of the Stroop test (attention and processing speed) and the scales that measure the severity of disease. Concerning the motor function, the patients with MS showed a major loss in motor ability of upper limbs. There is deterioration of the cognitive functioning associated with the progression of the disease in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. A combination of cognitive, emotional and physical aspects should be considered in evaluating patients with multiple sclerosis, without dissociating their functionality |
