Banca de DEFESA: GIULIANO BALTAR MELO DE SOUZA RAMOS

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STUDENT : GIULIANO BALTAR MELO DE SOUZA RAMOS
DATE: 18/08/2023
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Remoto/Videoconferência
TITLE:

Multissensorial evaluation of a Psychosocial Care Centre attended patients diagnosed with psychosis symptoms

KEY WORDS:

schizophrenia; visual perception; auditory perception; proprioception.

PAGES: 65
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

Based on the assumption that there are sensory-perceptual alterations in neuropsychiatric disorders, in both mild and severe states, this dissertation had as the main objective to evaluate the visual, auditory, and proprioceptive perception of volunteers attended at a Psychosocial Care Centre (CAPS) whose diagnoses included psychosis symptoms. For this purpose, the Multisensorial Assessment Battery under development by the Visual Perception Laboratory from the Federal University of Pernambuco was used. This battery is composed by three tests: the Pictorial Size Test; the Sound Appreciation Test; and the Hand Grip Force Test. Participants were volunteers in both, an Experimental Group (GECAPS), and a Control Group (GC) consisting of twelve people each. The GECAPS included patients from CAPS diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolarity, and the CG included invited healthy controls paired for sex and age to the experimental group. This research assessed the sensitivity of the Battery for assessment of the first perceived pictorial size, the levels of sound discomfort to sweeps composed of pure frequencies, and handgrip force in people with symptoms of psychosis as compared to a group of volunteers without any diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders. The results showed overall significant differences between the groups for all three tests (p < 0.001), corroborating the sensitivity of the battery to the intended evaluations of sensorial changes. We also compared the observed data with those published in a 2022 article by the laboratory with first episode psychosis. The results also showed significant differences in some sensory aspects. Our results suggests that the observed sensory-perceptual damage is aggravated by the duration and evolution of the disease.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - RAFAEL PLAKOUDI SOUTO MAIOR
Interna - 3100807 - ALINE MENDES LACERDA
Presidente - 1132240 - MARIA LUCIA DE BUSTAMANTE SIMAS
Externo à Instituição - NELSON TORRO ALVES