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Brain Cogn ; 70(1): 163-70, 2009 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19261365

RESUMO

We studied 54 patients with hypoxemic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The Mini Mental State Examination and the Mental Deterioration Battery were used for neuropsychological assessment. Heart rate variability (HRV) was assessed based on 24-h Holter ECG recording. Mann-Whitney test was used to compare HRV parameters of patients performing normally or abnormally on individual neuropsychological tasks. Spearman's rho was used to investigate the correlations between HRV parameters and neuropsychological scores, indexes of health status or COPD severity. Patients with defective performance at copying drawings with landmarks (CDL) test (N = 23) had lower very low frequency (VLF) power with respect to patients with normal performance (N = 31) (24 h: median 213; interquartile range 120-282 vs. 309; 188-431 ms2, p = 0.043; daytime: 202; 111-292 vs. 342; 194-397 ms2, p = 0.039). The CDL score correlated with the VLF power (24 h: rho = 0.27, p = 0.049; daytime: rho = 0.30, p = 0.028), and the normalized low frequency/high frequency (LF/HF) ratio (24 h: rho = 0.27, p = 0.05; daytime: rho = 0.33, p = 0.015). Sympathetic modulation decreased for increasing severity of COPD. In conclusion, drawing impairment correlates with depressed sympathetic modulation in patients with COPD, and both might be indexes of COPD severity.


Assuntos
Transtornos Cognitivos/psicologia , Frequência Cardíaca , Hipóxia/fisiopatologia , Hipóxia/psicologia , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/fisiopatologia , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/psicologia , Idoso , Transtornos Cognitivos/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Hipóxia/complicações , Modelos Lineares , Masculino , Testes Neuropsicológicos , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/complicações , Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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Rejuvenation Res ; 11(1): 239-50, 2008 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18279034

RESUMO

Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) complicated by chronic hypoxemia, but the effect of cognitive training in patients with COPD has not been studied. The aim of the present study was to verify whether cognitive training can preserve cognitive abilities of patients with hypoxemic COPD. Our series consisted of 105 COPD patients with at rest (n = 36) or effort (n = 69) hypoxemia and free from concurrent dementing diseases. Neuropsychologic assessment included a screening test, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and a standardized confirmatory battery of neuropsychological tests, the Mental Deterioration Battery (MDB). After baseline assessment, patients were randomized to receive standardized multidimensional care (standardization of pharmacological therapy, health education, selection of inhalers according to patient's ability, respiratory rehabilitation, nutritional counseling, oxygen therapy, and control visits) with (n = 53) or without (n = 52) cognitive training aimed at stimulating attention, learning, and logical-deductive thinking. Cognitive performance was reassessed after 1.5, 4, and 6 months. The analysis of variance for repeated measures (ANOVA) having the group membership (study vs. control) as grouping factor was used to assess changes in cognitive performance. Both intervention and control groups showed no significant changes in cognitive performance except for a trend toward improvement in verbal fluency and verbal memory, but cognitive intervention had no significant effect. In conclusion, cognitive training seems ineffective in COPD. However, a multidimensional standardized therapeutic approach, as it was indistinctly provided to all patients, could help to slow or prevent cognitive decline.


Assuntos
Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental , Hipóxia Encefálica/etiologia , Hipóxia Encefálica/terapia , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/complicações , Idoso , Algoritmos , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Testes Neuropsicológicos , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/terapia , Fatores de Tempo , Falha de Tratamento
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Chest ; 130(6): 1687-94, 2006 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17166983

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Cognitive impairment frequently occurs in elderly COPD patients, but little is known about its prognostic implications. We aimed at evaluating the prognostic role of cognitive impairment in patients with severe COPD. METHODS: Our series consisted of 149 stable patients (mean [+/- SD] age, 68.7 +/- 8.5 years) with COPD and a Pao(2) of < 57 mm Hg at rest (n = 97) or at the end of the 6-min walking test (n = 37) who were enrolled in a prospective observational study. After a multidimensional baseline assessment, patients were followed up by telephone calls for a mean duration of 32.5 +/- 9.2 months (minimal follow-up duration, 24 months); 134 patients were successfully tracked. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis to identify predictors of death among clinical/functional variables that previously were shown to have prognostic implications and among neuropsychological indexes selected on the basis of univariate analysis. RESULTS: We observed 29 deaths over a median follow-up time of 32 months. Only the two following variables were independently associated with the outcome: an abnormal score on the copy with landmark test (hazard ratio [HR], 2.93; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.34 to 6.39); and a 6-min walk distance of < 300 m (HR, 3.46; 95% CI, 1.15 to 10.5). A Pao(2) of < 57 mm Hg at rest (HR, 2.19; 95% CI, 0.93 to 5.18) and an FEV(1) of < 40% predicted (HR, 2.74; 95% CI, 0.99 to 7.57) were nearly significantly associated with the outcome, while Paco(2), body mass index, physical dependence, comorbid diseases, and the impairment of cognitive domains other than drawing impairment were unrelated to the outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Drawing impairment is a risk factor for mortality and might improve the assessment of hypoxemic COPD patients.


Assuntos
Transtornos Cognitivos/mortalidade , Testes Neuropsicológicos/estatística & dados numéricos , Transtornos Psicomotores/mortalidade , Transtornos Psicomotores/psicologia , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/mortalidade , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/psicologia , Atividades Cotidianas/classificação , Atividades Cotidianas/psicologia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Índice de Massa Corporal , Transtornos Cognitivos/diagnóstico , Transtornos Cognitivos/psicologia , Teste de Esforço , Feminino , Seguimentos , Volume Expiratório Forçado/fisiologia , Humanos , Itália , Masculino , Entrevista Psiquiátrica Padronizada/estatística & dados numéricos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Oxigênio/sangue , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Estudos Prospectivos , Psicometria/estatística & dados numéricos , Transtornos Psicomotores/diagnóstico , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/reabilitação , Análise de Sobrevida
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J Clin Exp Neuropsychol ; 30(2): 141-50, 2008 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18938666

RESUMO

We studied 149 patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Three clusters were generated (high, mid, and low level of cognitive function) based on 11 neuropsychologic scores; personal independence in basic/instrumental activities of daily living (BADL/IADL) of clusters was compared by discriminant analysis. Pattern of BADL/IADL was cluster-specific in 79.2% of high and 54.9% of low clusters, but only 20.8% of mid cluster. Self-administering drugs, continence, managing money, and dressing items had the greatest discriminatory capacity. Clusters had comparable respiratory function. In older COPD patients, dependence parallels cognitive impairment only to some extent. Indices of COPD severity are poor correlates of dependence.


Assuntos
Transtornos Cognitivos/etiologia , Transtornos Cognitivos/psicologia , Dependência Psicológica , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/complicações , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/psicologia , Estatística como Assunto , Atividades Cotidianas , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Avaliação da Deficiência , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Testes Neuropsicológicos , Estudos Prospectivos
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Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord ; 23(4): 264-70, 2007.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17351318

RESUMO

Cognitive dysfunction is common and clinically important in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We investigated the diagnostic accuracy of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale in screening severe cognitive dysfunction in 149 patients with COPD, mean age 69.3+/-8.5 years, forced expiratory volume in 1 s=36.6+/-17.8% of the predicted. Patients underwent the MMSE and an in-depth neuropsychological assessment based upon the Mental Deterioration Battery (MDB). The 5-item IADL scale was assessed. The sample was randomly divided into a training (n=73) and a testing (n=76) population. The diagnostic accuracy of MMSE, IADL scale or both versus cognitive dysfunction corresponding to abnormal performance in 3 or more MDB tests was assessed in the training population and the model obtained was tested in the testing population. The combination of MMSE<24 and dependence in at least 1 IADL had better diagnostic accuracy than either MMSE or IADL, with sensitivity=52.4, specificity=82.7, positive predictive value=55.0% and negative predictive value=81.1% in the testing population. MMSE and the 5-item IADL scale can be used to exclude, but not to detect cognitive dysfunction in COPD patients. A confirmatory cognitive test should be administered to patients with an MMSE score of <24 and who are dependent in at least 1 IADL.


Assuntos
Atividades Cotidianas , Transtornos Cognitivos/diagnóstico , Entrevista Psiquiátrica Padronizada , Testes Neuropsicológicos , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/complicações , Idoso , Transtornos Cognitivos/complicações , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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