Sobral Ana Iza Gomes da Penha, de Araújo Cláudia Marina Tavares, Sobral Marcos Felipe Falcão
PhD Student in Cognitive Psychology at the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Speech Therapist. Assistant Professor at the Phonoaudiology Department, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Dement Neuropsychol. 2018 Apr-Jun;12(2):165-172. doi: 10.1590/1980-57642018dn12-020009.
Mild Cognitive Impairment is characterized as an intermediate form between age-related change and dementia. For the elderly, autonomy and independence are related to the ability to remain active in conducting their social activities and, for this to occur, communication is fundamental in this process.
To assess the association between communication and the abilities of elderly people with mild cognitive impairment to perform instrumental activities of daily living.
A cross-sectional, quantitative, analytical, correlational study was conducted at the Open University of the Third Age (UnATI), a program of the Federal University of Pernambuco. This study included 92 people, comprising 46 elderly with mild cognitive impairment and a caregiver or family member who met the inclusion criteria. The elderly were asked to complete a sociodemographic questionnaire and Lawton-Brody's Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale. The caregivers were asked to complete the Functional Assessment of Communication Skills. The following variables were studied: social communication skills and instrumental activities of daily living. Data were stored in an Excel 2007 spreadsheet, and the Pearson correlation test was used for the statistical analysis.
There were statistically significant correlations in four domains of social communication: referring to family members by name (p=0.0033); requesting information about people or events (p=0.0355); understanding conversations in a noisy environment (p=0.0448); and understanding what they watch on television or listen to on the radio (p=0.0127).
Changes in the communication of elderly people with mild cognitive impairment interfere with their ability to perform instrumental activities autonomously and independently.
轻度认知障碍被表征为年龄相关变化与痴呆之间的一种中间形式。对于老年人而言，自主性和独立性与他们在社会活动中保持活跃的能力相关，而要实现这一点，沟通在这个过程中至关重要。
评估沟通与轻度认知障碍老年人进行日常生活工具性活动能力之间的关联。
在伯南布哥联邦大学的一个项目——第三年龄开放大学（UnATI）开展了一项横断面、定量、分析性、相关性研究。该研究纳入了92人，包括46名轻度认知障碍老年人以及一名符合纳入标准的照料者或家庭成员。要求老年人完成一份社会人口学调查问卷以及洛顿 - 布罗迪日常生活工具性活动量表。要求照料者完成沟通技能功能评估。研究了以下变量：社会沟通技能和日常生活工具性活动。数据存储在Excel 2007电子表格中，采用皮尔逊相关性检验进行统计分析。
在社会沟通的四个领域存在统计学显著相关性：通过名字提及家庭成员（p = 0.0033）；询问关于人物或事件的信息（p = 0.0355）；在嘈杂环境中理解对话（p = 0.0448）；以及理解他们在电视上观看的内容或收音机里听到的内容（p = 0.0127）。
轻度认知障碍老年人的沟通变化会干扰他们自主和独立进行日常生活工具性活动的能力。
