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- Ericsson, Kjerstin, et al.
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Human-figure drawing (HFD) in the screening of cognitive impairment in old age
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Ingår i: Journal of Medical Screening. - : SAGE Publications. - 0969-1413 .- 1475-5793. ; 3:2, s. 105-109
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study is to test the hypothesis that freehand human-figure drawing (HFD), can be used as a complementary screening instrument to differentiate between demented elderly people and healthy elderly controls in population based studies.METHOD:HFD was examined in 668 elderly ( > or = 75 years of age) participants from an epidemiological study in Stockholm, who were asked to draw a human figure. The drawings were analysed on the content of body details and structural characteristics.RESULT:The results show quite clearly that the body details and the height decrease with decreasing cognitive function, whereas the centredness (the distance in cm from the centre of the figure to the centre of the paper) increases with decreasing cognitive functioning. Demented people place their figures in the upper left corner of the sheet, compared with the mostly well centred figures of non-demented people. Age, on the other hand, has an influence on the HFD as after 90 years of age most of the variables show regressive changes.CONCLUSION:The HFD can help to differentiate between demented and non-demented subjects as well as between dementia of different severity. The HFD does not help us, however, to discriminate between Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Age has an influence on the HFD in the sense that after 90 years most of the variables regress to a smaller or more primitive form.
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- Hillerås, Pernilla K, et al.
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Activity patterns in very old people : a survey of cognitively intact subjects aged 90 years or older
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Ingår i: Age and Ageing. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0002-0729 .- 1468-2834. ; 28:2, s. 147-52
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: to measure activity patterns in very old people, the factors related to this and the association of different types of activity with well-being.METHODS: a study of 105 people, aged 90 years or older, who were not cognitively impaired, living in Stockholm. The activities carried out during the previous day were recorded and each activity was rated.RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: the degrees of intellectual, social and physical activity are independent of each other. Very elderly people tended to have variable but relatively low activity levels over a day. Good health and not moving home were associated with greater intellectual activity. Extraversion and negative life events (such as death of close friend or family member) were associated with greater social activity, while relatively younger age and better health were associated with greater physical activity. There was positive association between physical activity and well-being.
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- Hillerås, Pernilla K, et al.
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Negative and positive affect among the very old : a survey on a sample age 90 years and older
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Ingår i: Research on Aging. - : SAGE Publications. - 0164-0275 .- 1552-7573. ; 20:5, s. 593-610
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the study was to measure positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA), and the factors that might influence these in the very elderly. The study involved 105 people, 90 years and older, who were not cognitively impaired, living in the inner part of Stockholm. The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule was translated and used to measure affect. Results showed that PA and NA were virtually uncorrelated. Furthermore, it was also demonstrated that the factors that influence affect in the very elderly are similar to those influencing affect in younger ages and that personality traits are the major correlates of affect.
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- Hillerås, Pernilla
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Människoteckningen i vården, en första rapport.
- 1995
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Ingår i: Rapporter från forskningsprogrammet Kultur i vården visavi vården som kultur. - Stockholm : Stockholms läns museum och Hälsohögskolan i Stockholm. ; , s. 21-22
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