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2. Episodic memory improvement in illiterate adults attending late-life education irrespective of low socioeconomic status: insights from the PROAME study.

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Ruppert, Emma, Rocha, João, da Silva, Aída, Tomaz, Kelle, Friedlaender, Clarisse, Assenção, Joanna, Rincon, Luciana, Ribeiro, Norton, Santos, Dulce, Lima, Ana, Allen, Isabel, Caramelli, Paulo, Grinberg, Lea, Maciel, Francisca, and Resende, Elisa

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Cognitive Aging, Cognitive Reserve, Dementia, Literacy, Memory, Episodic, Socioeconomic Factors
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UNLABELLED: The majority of people with dementia live in low or middle-income countries (LMICs) where resources that play a crucial role in brain health, such as quality education, are still not widely available. In Brazil, illiteracy remains a prevalent issue, especially in communities with lower socioeconomic status (SES). The PROAME study set out to explore basic education in illiterate adults as a means to improve cognitive reserve. OBJECTIVE: This manuscript aims to explore the relationship between SES and learning, as well as cognitive outcomes, in an older illiterate population. METHODS: This six-month clinical trial (NCT04473235) involved 108 participants, of which 77 concluded all assessments, enrolled in late-life basic education. SES assessments included Quality of Urban Living Index, Municipal Human Development Index and Household SES calculated for each participant. Cognitive assessments encompassed the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT), a word list to assess reading, and the Beta III matrix. RESULTS: The sample consisted primarily of women, with a mean age of 58.5. Participants improved their reading (p=0.01) and their FCSRT (p=0.003). Regarding episodic memory, women outperformed men (p=0.007) and younger participants improved more than their older counterparts (p=0.001). There was no association observed between SES and cognitive outcomes. CONCLUSION: Irrespective of SES, participants demonstrated positive outcomes after attending basic education. These findings highlight that late life education could be an important non-pharmacologic preventative measure, especially in LMICs.

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2024

31. Investigation of the cytotoxicity, genotoxicity and antioxidant prospects of JM-20 on human blood cells: A multi-target compound with potential therapeutic applications

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Silva, Fernanda D'Avila da, Galiciolli, Maria Eduarda de Andrade, Irioda, Ana Carolina, Oliveira, Cláudia Sirlene, Piccoli, Bruna Candia, Prestes, Alessandro de Souza, Borin, Bruna Cogo, Schuch, Andre Passaglia, Ochoa-Rodríguez, Estael, Nuñez-Figueredo, Yanier, and Rocha, João Batista Teixeira da

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2024
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35. Digital games in the computer classes to reduce loneliness of individuals during aging

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Antunes, Thaiany Pedrozo Campos, de Mello Monteiro, Carlos Bandeira, Crocetta, Tania Brusque, de Lima Antão, Jennifer Yohanna Ferreira, Leitão, Franscisco Naildo Cardoso, da Rocha, João Batista Francalino, de Almeida Barbosa, Renata Thais, Guarnieri, Regiani, da Silva, Alan Patricio, Raimundo, Rodrigo Daminello, and de Abreu, Luiz Carlos

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Computer games -- Usage -- Educational aspects -- Psychological aspects, Aging -- Psychological aspects, Loneliness -- Control, Computer game, Psychology and mental health
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is an important tool to reduce loneliness among older adults. One possibility for introducing them to ICT is via digital games (DG). To evaluate the effects of practicing DG during computer classes on loneliness among individuals older than 50 years. Longitudinal study, in which data from 36 students of an aging care center (72.22% female), aged between 51 and 87 years old (mean = 62.47 years old), enrolled in computer classes for beginners were analysed. Four games were used during intervention: Coincident Timing, Motor Skill Analyser, Labyrinth and Fitts. A characterization questionnaire and the short version of the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S), which comprises romantic, familial and social loneliness, were used. The statistical analysis compared the evolution in loneliness between three moments of data collection. The test ANOVA for repeated measures indicated differences between the moments of data collection for Romantic loneliness (F (1.64, 57.31) = 6.75, p = 0.004) and Friedman test for Familial loneliness (X.sup.2 = 21.46, p < 0.001) and SELSA-S total (X.sup.2 = 7.35, p = 0.025). No change was observed for Social loneliness. There was an increase in Romantic loneliness and a decrease in Familial loneliness along the three moment of data collection. For general loneliness, SELSA-S total score pointed a decrease in general loneliness after computer classes, followed by a slight increase after adding the DG.Computer classes reduced loneliness of individuals aged 50 and older, but practicing digital games during computer classes did not potentiate this effect., Author(s): Thaiany Pedrozo Campos Antunes [sup.1] , Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro [sup.2] , Tania Brusque Crocetta [sup.1] , Jennifer Yohanna Ferreira de Lima Antão [sup.1] , Franscisco Naildo Cardoso [...]

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2023
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