Attentional problem associated with negative emotions can prolong irritable episodes, and apparently
related to inhibitory incapability and memorial dysfunction. Quantitative Verse, the first chapter with
rhymed proses and beauty literary rhythms, found to be endowed with cognitive and
psychoacoustical effects that eliminate negative emotions and improving emotional and speech
fluency. Twenty-eight normal subjects’ brainwaves were analyzed after given auditory stimulation of
Quantitative Verse recited by Abdul Basit Abdul Samad. The alpha waveforms were analyzed by
Fast Fourier Analysis (FFT) to get the power in frequency bands. Results were further analyzed by
the Brain Electrical Stimulation Analysis (Besa 6.1) and XLSTAT for statistical analysis. Results
showed areas modulate emotion and speech were strikingly significant decreased with p
The increase in life expectancy observed over the last decade has particular relevance for conditions such as cognitive decline and dementia. This is a cross sectional study to determine the rate of dementia and to identify its associated factors among 399 elderly patients attending outpatient clinics of Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital. This study was conducted in 2 phases. In the first phase, the literate subjects were screened using validated Malay version of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the illiterate subjects with Malay version of Elderly Cognitive Assessment Questionnaire (ECAQ). All subjects suspected to have dementia were selected for further evaluation in phase 2 of this study. The second phase involved full clinical examination in order to establish clinical diagnosis of dementia. The proportion of dementia in this study was 2.5% (10). Although history of exposure to pesticide (p < 0.05) and history of stroke (p < 0.05) were significant, they were not significant factors. These were because vast discrepancy in number between those exposed to pesticide and having stroke between dementia and non dementia.
Study site: Outpatient clinics, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)