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1223 – Executive Functions, Visuoconstructive Ability And Memory In Institutionalized Elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

S. Moitinho ,
M. Marques ,
H. Espírito Santo ,
V. Vigário ,
R. Almeida ,
J. Matreno ,
V. Alves ,
T. Nascimento ,
M. Costa  and
M. Tomaz
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S. Moitinho
Affiliation:
Research & Development Department, Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
M. Marques
Affiliation:
Research & Development Department, Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
H. Espírito Santo
Affiliation:
CEPESE/Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Miguel Torga Higher Institute
V. Vigário
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
R. Almeida
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
J. Matreno
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
V. Alves
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
T. Nascimento
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
M. Costa
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
M. Tomaz
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
L. Caldas
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
L. Ferreira
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
S. Simões
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
S. Guadalupe
Affiliation:
Instituto da Droga e da Toxicodependência, Coimbra, Portugal
L. Lemos
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
F. Daniel
Affiliation:
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga

Abstract

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Introduction

Executive functions (EF) are associated to frontal lobes and cognitive decline (CD) with worse results on EF tests.

Objectives/aims

Analyze if the Frontal Assessment Battery/FAB assessing EF discriminates elders with CD (vs. with no CD; Montreal Cognitive Assessment/MoCA), and if the results obtained with the Rey Osterreith Complex Figure Test/ROCF (copy's quality, immediate, and delayed memory) are associated with the CD presence/absence. Moreover, we wanted to assess if copy's quality and 3 minutes memory test are associated with FAB results, since these two tests are supposedly associated with EF and with frontal lobes assessed by the FAB, contrarily to the 20 minutes memory (supposedly related to the temporal area).

Methodology

556 institutionalized elders (age: M ± SD =80.2 ± 5.23; range=60-100) filled in voluntarily a sociodemographic questionnaire, ROCF, MoCA and FAB.

Results

FAB and all ROCF tests were associated with the absence/presence of CD. Regarding variables stratified by age and education, FAB was associated with immediate memory but not with copy's quality nor with delayed memory. With no stratified ROCF and FAB, correlations confirmed the previous associations, but also between FAB and copy's quality.

Conclusions

Results follow the literature regarding the association between immediate memory and EF (associated to frontal lobes), in contrast to the long-term memory which is associated with the temporal area and that was not associated with FAB. Results concerning copy's quality (ROCF) are not consensual.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E590
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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