Manifestações da apraxia de fala na doença de Alzheimer

PURPOSE: To identify praxic speech manifestations in patients diagnosed with different stages of Alzheimer's disease, and to verify similarities among their occurrences. METHODS: Participants were 90 patients with Alzheimer's, 30 in each stage of the disease (mild, moderate and severe), wh...

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Autores: Cera, Maysa Luchesi [UNIFESP], Ortiz, Karin Zazo [UNIFESP], Bertolucci, Paulo Henrique Ferreira [UNIFESP], Minett, Thaís Soares Cianciarullo [UNIFESP]
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/6583
Acesso em linha:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-80342011000300016#back
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/6583
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Apraxia
Alzheimer disease
Dementia
Articulation disorders
Neuropsychological tests
Apraxias
Doença de Alzheimer
Demência
Transtornos da articulação
Testes neuropsicológicos
Descrição
Resumo:PURPOSE: To identify praxic speech manifestations in patients diagnosed with different stages of Alzheimer's disease, and to verify similarities among their occurrences. METHODS: Participants were 90 patients with Alzheimer's, 30 in each stage of the disease (mild, moderate and severe), who were assessed using the following instruments: Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, and the Assessment Protocol of Verbal and Orofacial Apraxia. Sixty six female subjects and 24 male subjects were assessed; mean age was 80.2±7.2 years, and mean level of education was 4.2±3.5 years. RESULTS: In the mild stage, the proportions of trial-and-error, repetition and addition were similar, as well as omission, substitution and self-correction. In the moderate stage, the following items were similar: trial-and-error and repetition, substitution, omission and addition, and self-correction. In the severe stage, all manifestations were similar, except addition. The error type addition differentiated the patients regarding the stages of the disease. CONCLUSION: Patients in the three stages of Alzheimer's disease showed distinct patterns of verbal praxic manifestations.