Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki

Biographic Data

ID5606874
NAMESonia Maria Dozzi Brucki
GIVEN NAMESSonia Maria Dozzi
FAMILY NAMEBrucki
SIGNATUREBRUCKI S M D
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade de São Paulo
ORCID0000-0002-8303-6732
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Dementia screening protocol for primary care in South America

    Open AccessBelen Custodio, Rosa Montesinos et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Introduction: Rapid population aging in South America (SA) highlights the need for effective dementia detection strategies. Primary care is essential for early identification, yet no shared, regionally contextualized approach exists. This study aimed to develop expert-based recommendations for dementia screening in SA primary care. Methods: A two-round modified Delphi process involved 20 SA experts from different specialties. Round 1 explored ope…

  • O Sono E a Sua Relação Com Desempenho Cognitivo E Sintomas Depressivos Em Pessoas Idosas

    Open AccessThais Bento Lima Da Silva, Tiago Nascimento Ordonez et al.ARTICLEEstudos Interdisciplinares sobre…2025

    Objetivo: Este estudo transversal teve como objetivo investigar a relação entre qualidade do sono, desempenho cognitivo, sintomas depressivos e ansiedade em pessoas idosas saudáveis. Métodos: Foram incluídos 578 participantes com idades entre 60 e 90 anos. Para a coleta de dados, utilizaram-se a versão brasileira do Mini Exame do Estado Mental (Braztel-MMSE) aplicado por telefone e a Escala de Depressão Geriátrica (GDS-15). Além disso, foi aplica…

  • Covid-19 and Cognitive and Mental Health During Post-Infection Phase

    Open AccessCamila Carlos Bezerra, Noeli Das Neves Toledo et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2023References: 1

    COVID-19 was prevalent among urban Indigenous Brazilians. Unexpectedly, it was linked to enhanced learning and memory, not mental health issues. Cognitive performance was lower for men, older individuals, those with less functional ability, and hospitalized patients, indicating that participant characteristics and disease severity affect the COVID-19 and cognition relationship. Longitudinal studies across diverse Indigenous communities are necess…

  • Current trends and challenges on dementia management and research in Latin America

    Open AccessRicardo Nitrini, Maira Tonidandel Barbosa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2020

    T his manuscript presents an overview of the current scenario and challenges on dementia practice and research in Latin America (LA). We review the main demographic and socioeconomic indicators from LA, epidemiology and diagnosis of dementia, knowledge of dementia by the general public, by general practitioners (GPs) and by other health care professionals, costs of dementia, and the research on dementia in the continent. The main aim of this arti…

  • Detecting limited health literacy in Brazil

    Open AccessDaniel Apolinario, Letı́cia Lessa Mansur et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2014

    Screening questions have been proposed as practical tools for detecting limited functional health literacy, but have achieved only moderate accuracy in previous studies. We hypothesized that a combination of screening questions and demographic characteristics could better predict a patient's functional health literacy. Three hundred and twenty-two hospital users from São Paulo, Brazil, were interviewed for demographic information and answered que…

  • Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults

    Open AccessDaniel Apolinario, Rafaela de Castro Oliveira Pereira Braga et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2012

    OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a short health literacy assessment tool for Portuguese-speaking adults. METHODS: The Short Assessment of Health Literacy for Portuguese-speaking Adults is an assessment tool which consists of 50 items that assess an individual's ability to correctly pronounce and understand common medical terms. We evaluated the instrument's psychometric properties in a convenience sample of 226 Brazilian older adults. Construct…

  • Performance of a Brazilian population on the test of functional health literacy in adults

    Open AccessMaria Teresa Carthery-Goulart, Renato Anghinah et al.ARTICLERevista de Saúde Pública2009Cited by: 5References: 20

    OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scoring obtained by an instrument, which evaluates the ability to read and understand items in the health care setting, according to education and age. METHODS: The short version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults was administered to 312 healthy participants of different ages and years of schooling. The study was conducted between 2006 and 2007, in the city of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil. The test inc…

  • Sugestões para o uso do mini-exame do estado mental no Brasil

    Open AccessSonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Ricardo Nitrini et al.ARTICLEArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria2003

    Modificações no mini-exame do estado mental (MEM) foram sugeridas anteriormente em nosso meio. Neste artigo relatamos sugestões para aplicação uniforme deste instrumento. MÉTODO: Avaliamos 433 indivíduos saudáveis sem queixas de memória através do MEM tendo seu desempenho sido avaliado quanto às variáveis demográficas. As modificações propostas foram detalhadamente descritas. RESULTADOS: A escolaridade foi o principal fator que influenciou o dese…

  • O Mini-Exame do Estado Mental em uma população geral

    Open AccessPaulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki et al.ARTICLEArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1994

    O Mini-Exame do Estado Mental (MEM) foi aplicado em 530 indivíduos, classificados segundo suas idades e escolaridades, para avaliarmos o desempenho dessa população de nosso meio. Constatou-se que, para essa amostra, a idade não interferiu nos escores alcançados. Entretanto, ao comparar quatro níveis de escolaridade (analfabetos, baixa, média e alta) obtivemos diferença estatística significante (p