Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia
OBJECTIVE: To assess cognitive measures and impact of education on cognitive performance (CP) of low educational levels healthy adults (LELHA) on a Neuropsychological Protocol (NP) suggested by the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia. METHOD: 138 subjects from an Education Program for Adults divided into t...
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| author | Erich Belzunces dos Santos Ivanda de Souza Silva Tudesco Luis Otávio S.F. Caboclo Elza Márcia T. Yacubian |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To assess cognitive measures and impact of education on cognitive performance (CP) of low educational levels healthy adults (LELHA) on a Neuropsychological Protocol (NP) suggested by the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia. METHOD: 138 subjects from an Education Program for Adults divided into two, age and gender matched groups of 69 subjects, answered the NP: Group 1 (mean of 6.9±2.95 months of formal education) and Group 2, 47.8±10 months. Data were compared as z-scores. RESULTS: The mean IQ was 77.1±5.50 and 79.4±3.30 in Groups 1 and 2, respectively (p=0.001). Both performed below the normal curve and Group 1 worse than 2. CP correlated with schooling, especially executive functions (54.1% vs 36.2%) and language (52.9% vs 25.7%). CONCLUSION: LELHA showed significant cognitive impairment in verbal and visuospatial areas. If these results had been obtained in epilepsy patients they would be interpreted as global cognitive impairment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a2ee3cb5bc5420a84fa17aeea274cb92025-08-20T01:58:12ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272011-10-0169577878410.1590/S0004-282X2011000600011S0004-282X2011000600011Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de EpilepsiaErich Belzunces dos Santos0Ivanda de Souza Silva Tudesco1Luis Otávio S.F. Caboclo2Elza Márcia T. Yacubian3Universidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloOBJECTIVE: To assess cognitive measures and impact of education on cognitive performance (CP) of low educational levels healthy adults (LELHA) on a Neuropsychological Protocol (NP) suggested by the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia. METHOD: 138 subjects from an Education Program for Adults divided into two, age and gender matched groups of 69 subjects, answered the NP: Group 1 (mean of 6.9±2.95 months of formal education) and Group 2, 47.8±10 months. Data were compared as z-scores. RESULTS: The mean IQ was 77.1±5.50 and 79.4±3.30 in Groups 1 and 2, respectively (p=0.001). Both performed below the normal curve and Group 1 worse than 2. CP correlated with schooling, especially executive functions (54.1% vs 36.2%) and language (52.9% vs 25.7%). CONCLUSION: LELHA showed significant cognitive impairment in verbal and visuospatial areas. If these results had been obtained in epilepsy patients they would be interpreted as global cognitive impairment.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000600011&lng=en&tlng=enavaliação neuropsicológicaprotocolo neuropsicológicobaixo nível de escolaridadeLiga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
| spellingShingle | Erich Belzunces dos Santos Ivanda de Souza Silva Tudesco Luis Otávio S.F. Caboclo Elza Márcia T. Yacubian Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria avaliação neuropsicológica protocolo neuropsicológico baixo nível de escolaridade Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
| title | Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
| title_full | Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
| title_fullStr | Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
| title_short | Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
| title_sort | low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a neuropsychological protocol suggested by the commission on neuropsychology of the liga brasileira de epilepsia |
| topic | avaliação neuropsicológica protocolo neuropsicológico baixo nível de escolaridade Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000600011&lng=en&tlng=en |
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