Banca de DEFESA: ELISANGELA NAVES VIVAS

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STUDENT : ELISANGELA NAVES VIVAS
DATE: 11/11/2021
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: On-Line
TITLE:

THE IMPACT OF MUSICAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES PRACTICES AS PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR THE COGNITIVE RESERVE IN OCTOGENARIAN ELDERLY IN SÃO JOÃO DEL-REI: A RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY

KEY WORDS:

cognition in elders, musical experience, physical activity.

PAGES: 90
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Artes
SUBÁREA: Música
SPECIALTY: Instrumentação Musical
SUMMARY:

Context: There is a world tendency towards the increase of life expectancy. Such tendency occurs due to the advent of preventive and curative strategies for diseases which were considered fatal. Besides, healthy life habits acquisitions can contribute to a healthy aging. Music is a very appropriate tool to senescence as it stimulates areas which could be in disuse. The combined strategies have a great potential and deserve attention on the academic context. The present research is a retrospective comparative study. Objectives: General: Check the impact of musical and physical practices in the octogenarian elderly cognition in the city of São Joao del-Rei. Specifics: Detect eventual gender differences in the cognitive performances in the studied population; point out the different profiles according to variables related to IDH. Main Hypothesis: The elderly who practice musical and physical activities have a significantly higher performance in the cognitive screening test. Research place, subjects and methods: The study was carried out in São João del-Rei municipality, Minas Gerais State. The studies’ population is formed by octogenarian elderlies’ residents in São João del-Rei municipality, including, besides the principal one, the other 5 districts, too. The octogenarian estimated population in São João del-Rei municipality is of approximately 1.400 individuals. The total sample, up to now, was of 24 individuals, distributed in 05 males and 19 females, with an age average of 83.7. The inclusion criteria were the following: be within the age range of 80 to 89 years old, 11 months and 29 days until the end of the data collection; be in perfect physic conditions to fulfil the questionnaires; not be under any psychoneurological treatment; and have at least 5 years of schooling. The research project was submitted to the Brazil Platform for ethical evaluation and was approved on 11/05/2019. Four evaluation instruments were applied: Mental State Mini Exam (for cognitive screening); Matsudo & Araújo questionnaire (for physical practices evaluation); Brief questionnaire about Musical Experience and a Questionnaire about cognitive stimulation activities practices. Preliminary Results and Conclusion: It was possible to verify some tendencies that evidence a protection for the individuals with greater levels of musical experience, as well as those who have in their routine, cognitive stimulation activities, even if among the best results of Mini-Mental (4th quartile) they showed a varied profile. The musical experience, when observed separately as stimuli, seems to tend to protect even more the subjects in relation to other cognitive stimulus. It is still important to apply the physical activity questionnaire. Therefore, there will be more variables and new statistical analyses will be possible comparing the categories among themselves (Active X Sedentary combined to the variables [Musical Experience] and [Cognitive Stimuli]). The sample size will be another factor which will have a greater impact since, with the unfolding of the pandemic, we count on returning the presential data collection. We hope to have a more robust sampling. The inclusion of individuals from the districts can clarify potential differences in the cognitive performance between the Principal Area X Rural Areas.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1539700 - SERGIO DE FIGUEIREDO ROCHA
Interno - 320091 - ANTONIO CARLOS GUIMARAES
Externa ao Programa - 3155997 - LUCIANA CARINA JOLY
Externo à Instituição - MAURO HELENO CHAGAS - UFMG