DOENÇA DE ALZHEIMER: ASPECTOS FISIOPATOLÓGICOS, QUALIDADE DE VIDA, ESTRATEGIAS TERAPÊUTICAS DA FISIOTERAPIA E BIOMEDICINA

Com aumento da expectativa de vida os indivíduos vem alcançando idade mais avançada e desenvolvendo doenças neurodegenerativas como a doença de Alzheimer. Uma doença que leva danos cognitivos, proprioceptivas e a demência. Se apresenta em três estágios: Estagio 1: No  inicio da doença com problemas moderados de memória como esquecimento; Estagio 2: o indivíduos necessita de cuidados ocorre perda da funcionalidade, temporalidade e esquecimentos, perda de memória recentes, a interpretação dos estímulos é prejudicada. Não consegue mais realizar suas atividades diárias sozinho. Estagio 3: perda quase completa da capacidades cognitiva, completa dependência de um cuidador. Métodos Foram realizadas buscas sistematizadas em bases de dados eletrônicas (Scielo, Pubmed, Google Acadêmico). Resultados e conclusão: Os estudos analisados sugerem a eficácia da Fisioterapia, na melhora da função motora, para manter o equilíbrio, a força e a cognição em pacientes com DA. Além disso, exercício está associado com menor prevalência e incidência de demência (32%), bem como de declínio cognitivo. a Biomedicina é muito importante para auxiliar nas áreas que envolvam avaliações da qualidade de vida deste paciente, criar estratégias educativas, de prevenção, promoção e intervenção na busca de uma velhice bem-sucedida junto aos familiares e cuidadores

DOENÇA DE ALZHEIMER: ASPECTOS FISIOPATOLÓGICOS, QUALIDADE DE VIDA, ESTRATEGIAS TERAPÊUTICAS DA FISIOTERAPIA E BIOMEDICINA

Com aumento da expectativa de vida os indivíduos vem alcançando idade mais avançada e desenvolvendo doenças neurodegenerativas como a doença de Alzheimer. Uma doença que leva danos cognitivos, proprioceptivas e a demência. Se apresenta em três estágios: Estagio 1: No  inicio da doença com problemas moderados de memória como esquecimento; Estagio 2: o indivíduos necessita de cuidados ocorre perda da funcionalidade, temporalidade e esquecimentos, perda de memória recentes, a interpretação dos estímulos é prejudicada. Não consegue mais realizar suas atividades diárias sozinho. Estagio 3: perda quase completa da capacidades cognitiva, completa dependência de um cuidador. Métodos Foram realizadas buscas sistematizadas em bases de dados eletrônicas (Scielo, Pubmed, Google Acadêmico). Resultados e conclusão: Os estudos analisados sugerem a eficácia da Fisioterapia, na melhora da função motora, para manter o equilíbrio, a força e a cognição em pacientes com DA. Além disso, exercício está associado com menor prevalência e incidência de demência (32%), bem como de declínio cognitivo. a Biomedicina é muito importante para auxiliar nas áreas que envolvam avaliações da qualidade de vida deste paciente, criar estratégias educativas, de prevenção, promoção e intervenção na busca de uma velhice bem-sucedida junto aos familiares e cuidadores

PROJETO BEM VIVER COM ALZHEIMER

O cuidador do idoso com doença de Alzheimer (DA) desempenha um papel fundamental, pois desenvolve as ações de auxilio em atividades onde estes já não podem mais fazer por si só, desta forma este cuidador ajuda a satisfazer a necessidades e assume as responsabilidades de dar apoio ao outro. O grupo de cuidadores Bem Viver com Alzheimer promove cuidador informações e amparo para que este possa enfrentar a realidade da doença, promovendo ações que contemplem a multidimensionalidade dos aspectos gerontológicos, que visem minimizar os efeitos danosos desta neuropatologia. Este estudo tem como objetivo prestar serviço á comunidade oferecendo assistência e qualidade de vida aos cuidadores e a pessoa com a DA, contribuindo para uma melhor compreensão sobre a doença e facilitando a superação de dificuldades relatadas pelos próprios cuidadores através das trocas de experiências

PROJETO BEM VIVER COM ALZHEIMER

O cuidador do idoso com doença de Alzheimer (DA) desempenha um papel fundamental, pois desenvolve as ações de auxilio em atividades onde estes já não podem mais fazer por si só, desta forma este cuidador ajuda a satisfazer a necessidades e assume as responsabilidades de dar apoio ao outro. O grupo de cuidadores Bem Viver com Alzheimer promove cuidador informações e amparo para que este possa enfrentar a realidade da doença, promovendo ações que contemplem a multidimensionalidade dos aspectos gerontológicos, que visem minimizar os efeitos danosos desta neuropatologia. Este estudo tem como objetivo prestar serviço á comunidade oferecendo assistência e qualidade de vida aos cuidadores e a pessoa com a DA, contribuindo para uma melhor compreensão sobre a doença e facilitando a superação de dificuldades relatadas pelos próprios cuidadores através das trocas de experiências

COVID-19 infodemic and impacts on the mental health of older people : cross-sectional multicenter survey study

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic received widespread media coverage due to its novelty, an early lack of data, and the rapid rise in deaths and cases. This excessive coverage created a secondary “infodemic” that was considered to be a serious public and mental health problem by the World Health Organization and the international scientific community. The infodemic particularly affected older individuals, specifically those who are vulnerable to misinformation due to political positions, low interpretive and critical analysis capacity, and limited technical-scientific knowledge. Thus, it is important to understand older people’s reaction to COVID-19 information disseminated by the media and the effect on their lives and mental health. Objective: We aimed to describe the profile of exposure to COVID-19 information among older Brazilian individuals and the impact on their mental health, perceived stress, and the presence of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Methods: This cross-sectional, exploratory study surveyed 3307 older Brazilians via the web, social networks, and email between July 2020 and March 2021. Descriptive analysis and bivariate analysis were performed to estimate associations of interest. Results: Major proportions of the 3307 participants were aged 60 to 64 years (n=1285, 38.9%), female (n=2250, 68.4%), and married (n=1835, 55.5%) and self-identified as White (n=2364, 71.5%). Only 295 (8.9%) had never started or completed a basic education. COVID-19 information was mainly accessed on television (n=2680, 81.1%) and social networks (n=1943, 58.8%). Television exposure was ≥3 hours in 1301 (39.3%) participants, social network use was 2 to 5 hours in 1084 (32.8%) participants, and radio exposure was ≥1 hour in 1223 (37%) participants. Frequency of exposure to social networks was significantly associated with perceived stress (P=.04) and GAD (P=.01). A Bonferroni post hoc test revealed significantly different perceived stress in participants who were exposed to social networks for 1 hour (P=.04) and those who had no exposure (P=.04). A crude linear regression showed that “some” social media use (P=.02) and 1 hour of exposure to social media (P<.001) were associated with perceived stress. Adjusting for sociodemographic variables revealed no associations with this outcome variable. In a crude logistic regression, some social media use (P<.001) and 2 to 5 hours of exposure to social media (P=.03) were associated with GAD. Adjusting for the indicated variables showed that some social network use (P<.001) and 1 hour (P=.04) and 2 to 5 hours (P=.03) of exposure to social media were associated with GAD. Conclusions: Older people, especially women, were often exposed to COVID-19–related information through television and social networks; this affected their mental health, specifically GAD and stress. Thus, the impact of the infodemic should be considered during anamnesis for older people, so that they can share their feelings about it and receive appropriate psychosocial care

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

COVID-19 Infodemic and Impacts on the Mental Health of Older People: Cross-sectional Multicenter Survey Study

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic received widespread media coverage due to its novelty, an early lack of data, and the rapid rise in deaths and cases. This excessive coverage created a secondary “infodemic” that was considered to be a serious public and mental health problem by the World Health Organization and the international scientific community. The infodemic particularly affected older individuals, specifically those who are vulnerable to misinformation due to political positions, low interpretive and critical analysis capacity, and limited technical-scientific knowledge. Thus, it is important to understand older people’s reaction to COVID-19 information disseminated by the media and the effect on their lives and mental health. ObjectiveWe aimed to describe the profile of exposure to COVID-19 information among older Brazilian individuals and the impact on their mental health, perceived stress, and the presence of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). MethodsThis cross-sectional, exploratory study surveyed 3307 older Brazilians via the web, social networks, and email between July 2020 and March 2021. Descriptive analysis and bivariate analysis were performed to estimate associations of interest. ResultsMajor proportions of the 3307 participants were aged 60 to 64 years (n=1285, 38.9%), female (n=2250, 68.4%), and married (n=1835, 55.5%) and self-identified as White (n=2364, 71.5%). Only 295 (8.9%) had never started or completed a basic education. COVID-19 information was mainly accessed on television (n=2680, 81.1%) and social networks (n=1943, 58.8%). Television exposure was ≥3 hours in 1301 (39.3%) participants, social network use was 2 to 5 hours in 1084 (32.8%) participants, and radio exposure was ≥1 hour in 1223 (37%) participants. Frequency of exposure to social networks was significantly associated with perceived stress (P=.04) and GAD (P=.01). A Bonferroni post hoc test revealed significantly different perceived stress in participants who were exposed to social networks for 1 hour (P=.04) and those who had no exposure (P=.04). A crude linear regression showed that “some” social media use (P=.02) and 1 hour of exposure to social media (P<.001) were associated with perceived stress. Adjusting for sociodemographic variables revealed no associations with this outcome variable. In a crude logistic regression, some social media use (P<.001) and 2 to 5 hours of exposure to social media (P=.03) were associated with GAD. Adjusting for the indicated variables showed that some social network use (P<.001) and 1 hour (P=.04) and 2 to 5 hours (P=.03) of exposure to social media were associated with GAD. ConclusionsOlder people, especially women, were often exposed to COVID-19–related information through television and social networks; this affected their mental health, specifically GAD and stress. Thus, the impact of the infodemic should be considered during anamnesis for older people, so that they can share their feelings about it and receive appropriate psychosocial care

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