A total of 44 participants diagnosed with dementia were recruited from the Clinicas Hospital at the Federal University of Goiás Medical School (FM-UFG), Brazil. There were no gender or ethnic restrictions. The study involved 22 men and 22 women, aged 33 to 89 years, with mean age (±SD) of 68.52±12.08 years, with schooling ranging from 1 to 20 years, with mean (±SD) of 7.35±5.54 years and disease duration with a mean (±SD) of 3.66±3.44 years.