Contributo para a validação de um programa de tecnologia móvel para avaliação neuropsicológica em acidente vascular cerebral
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2013
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O AVC é a patologia, que causa maior incapacidade e dependência funcional na população adulta portuguesa, com a consequentemente diminuição da qualidade de vida para o doente e cuidadores.
As sequelas desta patologia podem ser de vários tipos, alterações motoras, sensitivas, emocionais e cognitivas, dependendo da extensão e localização da lesão no tecido nervoso. Este estudo foca-se nas alterações cognitivas.
No processo de reabilitação de uma pessoa que sofreu um AVC a avaliação é muito importante. Na investigação sobre a avaliação neuropsicológica, os testes tradicionais são criticados pela falta de validade ecológica, pelo que a avaliação com recurso a programas de realidade virtual tem ganho protagonismo pela possibilidade de antecipar a funcionalidade de um paciente.
Deste modo, o presente estudo foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de contribuir para a validação de um programa de tecnologia móvel para avaliação neuropsicológica de indivíduos que sofreram AVC. Para tal utilizou-se como metodologia a aplicação de testes neuropsicológicos tradicionais e do programa de avaliação em realidade virtual, a um grupo de indivíduos com sequelas de AVC e um grupo de controlo, que permitiu verificar que este é sensível às diferenças de desempenho. Para analisar se o programa avalia os domínios cognitivos indicados, os resultados das suas sub-provas foram correlacionados com os resultados nos testes tradicionais.
Após a análise e discussão dos resultados verificou-se que a maior parte das sub-provas do programa avaliam as competências cognitivas pretendidas.
Stroke is the disease that causes more disability and functional dependence in adult Portuguese population, with consequently decreased quality of life for patients and caregivers. The aftermath of this condition can be of various types, motor, sensory, emotional and cognitive changes, depending on the extent and location of lesions in the nervous tissue. This study focuses on the cognitive changes. In the rehabilitation of a person who has suffered a stroke, evaluation is very important. Same research into the neuropsychological evaluation criticizes the traditional tests for their lack of ecological validity. Therefore the evaluation using the virtual reality programs has gained prominence for its ability to anticipate the functionality of a patient. Thus, this study was developed with the aim of contributing to the validation of a mobile technology program for neuropsychological assessment of individuals who have suffered stroke. For this, the methodology used was the application of traditional neuropsychological tests and assessment program in virtual reality to a group of individuals with stroke and a control group, which showed that this is sensitive to differences in performance. To examine whether the program evaluates the intended cognitive domains, the results of its sub-tests were correlated with the results in traditional tests. After analysis and discussion of the results it was found that most of the sub-program tests evaluate the referred cognitive skills.
Stroke is the disease that causes more disability and functional dependence in adult Portuguese population, with consequently decreased quality of life for patients and caregivers. The aftermath of this condition can be of various types, motor, sensory, emotional and cognitive changes, depending on the extent and location of lesions in the nervous tissue. This study focuses on the cognitive changes. In the rehabilitation of a person who has suffered a stroke, evaluation is very important. Same research into the neuropsychological evaluation criticizes the traditional tests for their lack of ecological validity. Therefore the evaluation using the virtual reality programs has gained prominence for its ability to anticipate the functionality of a patient. Thus, this study was developed with the aim of contributing to the validation of a mobile technology program for neuropsychological assessment of individuals who have suffered stroke. For this, the methodology used was the application of traditional neuropsychological tests and assessment program in virtual reality to a group of individuals with stroke and a control group, which showed that this is sensitive to differences in performance. To examine whether the program evaluates the intended cognitive domains, the results of its sub-tests were correlated with the results in traditional tests. After analysis and discussion of the results it was found that most of the sub-program tests evaluate the referred cognitive skills.
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Orientação: Jorge Oliveira
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MESTRADO EM NEUROPSICOLOGIA APLICADA, PSICOLOGIA, AVALIAÇÃO NEUROPSICOLÓGICA, AVC, REALIDADE VIRTUAL, PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, STROKE, VIRTUAL REALITY