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TABLE 1

Aspects of the medical students’ training in dementia during their undergraduate program.

Item

Students from FMB-Unesp Students from EPM-Unifesp Total

Sex

Male

27 (17.42%)

51 (32.90%)

78 (50.32%)

Female

42 (27.10%)

35 (22.58%)

77 (49.68%)

Did you have good training in cognitive alterations?

Yes

41 (26.62%)

51 (33.12%)

92 (59.74%)

No + do not remember

27 (17.53%)

35 (22.73%)

62 (40.26%)

Did not respond

If yes, the training in cognitive alterations was:

Only theoretical

27 (23.68%)

40 (35.09%)

67 (58.77%)

Theoretical and practical

25 (21.93%)

22 (19.30%)

47 (41.23%)

Did not respond

Have you taken any extracurricular courses on the subject?

Yes

62 (40.79%)

80 (52.63%)

142 (93.42%)

5 (3.29%)

5 (3.9%)

10 (6.58%)

Did not respond

TABLE 2

Correct answers in the knowledge questionnaire.

Question

Correct answer n (%)

Epidemiology

1. General clinic with a list of 1,000 persons aged 60 years or older must wait to have the following

approximate number of persons with dementia on this list:

44 (28.39%)

2. Starting from 65 years of age, the prevalence of dementia is:

43 (27.74%)

3. One of the risk factors for developing Alzheimer’s disease is:

125 (80.65%)

Diagnosis

4. All of the following are potentially treatable etiologiesof dementia, except:

119 (76.77%)

5. Patients with suspected dementia must be evaluated as soon as possible, since:

96 (61.94%)

6. Which of the following procedures is necessary to confirm definitively that the symptoms

are caused by dementia?

20 (12.90%)

7. Which of the alternatives is not necessary in the initial evaluation of a patient with

suspected dementia?

126 (81.29%)

8. Which of these alternatives can resemble dementia?

125 (81.29%)

9. When a patient presents a sudden onset of confusion, disorientation and incapacity to

maintain attention, this clinical picture is more compatible with a diagnosis of:

33 (21.29%)

10. Which of the following options is almost always present in dementia?

9 (5.81%)

11. Which of the following clinical findings best differentiate vascular dementia from the

dementia of Alzheimer’s disease?

106 (68.39%)

Management

12.The effect of anti-dementia medications act on:

109 (70.32%)

13. Which statement on the treatment of demented patients with depression is true?

60 (38.71%)

14. For what purpose does the ABRAZ Brazilian association supply information to patients

and caretakers?

62 (40%)