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Cognitive symptoms
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Attention |
Does the patient get more confused or disoriented sometimes? |
| Is the patient easily distracted? |
| Is the patient missing objects? |
| Memory |
Does the patient have more difficulties remembering recent facts than remote ones? |
| Has the patient shown temporal disorientation? |
| Is the patient more repetitive and asking the same questions many times? |
| Does the patient need more annotations to remember appointments? |
| Has the patient forgotten appointments? |
| Language |
Does the patient have difficulties finding words? |
| Is the patient having difficulties naming objects? |
| Is the patient having difficulties articulating words? |
| Is the patient having difficulties understanding what you say to them? |
| Spatial orientation |
Has the patient got lost in previously known routes? |
| Is the patient having difficulties learning new routes? |
| Is the patient having difficulties locating themselves inside the house? |
| Praxies |
Is the patient having difficulties using utensils? |
| Is the patient having difficulties dressing themselves? |
| Executive functions |
Is the patient having difficulties planning or organizing activities and travels? |
| Is the patient having difficulties multitasking? |
| Is the patient having difficulties solving daily problems? |
| Is the patient having difficulties making decisions? |
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Functionality
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Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) |
Is the patient having difficulties managing their own finances? |
| Is the patient having difficulties shopping? |
| Is the patient having problems at work? |
| Is the patient having cooking problems? |
| Basic activities of daily living (BADLs) |
Is the patient capable of doing the activities below independently? |
| Dressing/Bathing/Hygiene/Feeding/Transference/Continence |
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Behavior and neuropsychiatric symptoms
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Humor |
Does the patient look sad, dejected or cry easily? |
| Does the patient not see pleasure in life or says they have no future? |
| Is the patient more irritable or impatient? |
| Is the patient isolating themself, not getting along with others? |
| Anxiety |
Is the patient worried about planned events? |
| Is the patient unable to relax or is excessively tense? |
| Does the patient worry excessively about even trivial things? |
| Apathy |
Does the patient have no interest in the world around them? |
| Does the patient have more difficulty engaging in conversations or tasks? |
| Is the patient more indifferent? |
| Disinhibition |
Does the patient act impulsively, without thinking? |
| Has the patient been saying things that should not be said in public? |
| Has the patient acted in an embarrassing way? |
| Did the patient suffer personality changes? Is the patient more socially isolated? |
| Agitation |
Is the patient uncooperative? |
| Does the patient not allow to be helped? |
| Is the patient verbally or physically aggressive? |
| Does the patient repeatedly move objects around them? |
| Does the patient have ritualistic or compulsive behavior? |
| Delusions |
Does the patient believe in things that are not real? |
| Does the patient think someone is trying to harm or rob him? |
| Does the patient claim that their relatives are not who they say they are? |
| Does the patient claim that the house they live in is not theirs? |
| Hallucinations |
Does the patient report hearing voices or act as if they heard voices that are not heard by others? |
| Does the patient speak to themself? |
| Does the patient see people or animals that are not seen by others? |
| Does the patient behave as if they saw something that others do not see? |
| Appetite |
Did the patient have any change in eating habits? |
| Has the patient changed food preference (e.g., they started to prefer sweets)? |
| Sleep |
Does the patient have difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep? |
| Does the patient speak or move in sleep as if they were awake? |
| Does the patient often have vivid dreams or nightmares? |
| Does the patient snore, wake up fatigued, or have daytime sleepiness? |
Subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia - syndromic approach: recommendations of the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology
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