Christofoletti Gustavo, Oliani Merlyn Mércia, Stella Florindo, Gobbi Sebastião, Gobbi Lílian Teresa Bucken
Graduate program in Ciências da Motricidade - Institute of Biosciences, UNESP, campus of Rio Claro/SP.
Clinic of Geriatric Psychiatry, Medical Sciences School (FCM), UNICAMP, CRUESP - Academic Cooperation Program.
Dement Neuropsychol. 2007 Jan-Mar;1(1):46-51. doi: 10.1590/S1980-57642008DN10100008.
Tests for screening cognitive functions are gaining importance with the increasing incidence and prevalence of demential syndromes. For our elderly population, the challenge is to develop neuropsychological tests independent from the influence of educational level.
To compare the influence of education on the elderly with or without cognitive decline, on the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB).
We studied 176 elderly people: 60 with cognitive decline (aged 73.6±9.3 years and with 5.7±0.7 years of education) and 116 without cognitive impairments (aged 73.4±0.6 years and with 5.6±0.5 years of education). The BCSB was applied in all subjects. The data were submitted to descriptive statistics and analyzed by Independent Student test with 95% confidence intervals.
The data showed that the BCSB is an appropriate battery for identifying cognitive status in normal elderly individuals, as well as cognitive decline in our elderly sample. The BCSB items were not significantly influenced by schooling years, making this test favorable for different groups characterized by illiterate individuals, as well as by those with low or high levels of formal education.
The BCSB proved to be a useful cognitive screening test for old people with or without cognitive decline independent of their educational level.
随着痴呆综合征发病率和患病率的不断上升，认知功能筛查测试变得越来越重要。对于我们的老年人群体而言，挑战在于开发不受教育水平影响的神经心理学测试。
比较教育程度对有或无认知功能衰退的老年人在简易认知筛查量表（BCSB）上的影响。
我们研究了176名老年人：60名有认知功能衰退者（年龄73.6±9.3岁，受教育年限5.7±0.7年）和116名无认知障碍者（年龄73.4±0.6岁，受教育年限5.6±0.5年）。所有受试者均接受了BCSB测试。数据进行描述性统计，并采用独立样本t检验及95%置信区间进行分析。
数据表明，BCSB是识别正常老年人认知状态以及我们老年样本中认知功能衰退的合适量表。BCSB各项不受受教育年限的显著影响，这使得该测试适用于以文盲个体以及正规教育水平低或高的个体为特征群体。
BCSB被证明是一种对有或无认知功能衰退的老年人有用的认知筛查测试，且不受其教育水平影响。
