Keywords
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)
old people
cognitive
mental and thought flexibility and executive functions
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Abstract
Studies have identified the existence of a connection between Diabetes Mellitus and (DM) and dementia. The high blood sugar level can be a significant factor for the incidence of Alzheimer, which could be a secondary cause for dementia. Other research works revealed that the executive functions of the elderly with DM were more impaired than in those without DM. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2) is associated to cognitive and functional deficits and, one of the tools, which can be used to assess executive functions, is the WCST. For the performance of the theoretical chapter, a systematic revision was performed with the aim of verifying the characteristics of the indexed publications of the last eight years, which approach the following subjects: Type 2 Diabetes, elderly people, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, thought and cognitive flexibility, and executive functions. The results demonstrated that studies involving DM2, elderly people and WCST are few
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