Browsing by Author "Carmilema Tapia, Juan Carlos"

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Evaluación de atención y memoria en sujetos drogodependientes.
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2018-11) Fajardo Balbuca, María Fernanda; Carmilema Tapia, Juan Carlos; Sacoto Molina, Adrian Marcelo
The exposure to psychoactive substances may predispose the individual to suffer alterations cognitive order. Attention and memory are the functions that are commonly affected. Objetive: The present study evaluated the levels of attention and memory in patients with use disorder by substance use in three specialized centers. Method: It is an exploratory-descriptive study with a 60 participants. The neuropsychological evaluation was performed with the Neuropsi battery for attention and memory. The analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics with frequencies and percentages. Results: In this case was observed that the researched population showed a greater deterioration in the area of memory with a 70% of alteration, while in the attention was evidenced 33.3% of deficit. Working memory is preserved in most of the population. Conclusions: The results indicate that cognitive deterioration in attention and memory levels are present in subjects with substance use disorder being the memory the most affected function. There was not a considerable relationship between the time of consumption and cognitive damage.
Evaluación sobre los niveles de atención y memoria en pacientes drogodependientes en condición de internamiento
(2018) Carmilema Tapia, Juan Carlos; Fajardo Balbuca, María Fernanda; Sacoto Molina, Adrián Marcelo
The present study evaluated the levels of attention and memory in patients with substance use disorder in three centers that provide treatment to this problem. In turn, he analyzed the levels of attention and memory according to the time of consumption and the type of drug of preference. Method and subjects: the neuropsychological battery NEUROPSI: ATTENTION AND MEMORY was administered to 60 participants (men) with substance use disorder in internment condition. Results: the presence of cognitive alterations was observed in both domains. Working memory is preserved in most of the population. Participants who consumed cocaine base paste (alone or in combination with other substances) had the highest deficit percentage. Conclusion: The results indicate that cognitive impairment in the levels of attention and memory occur in subjects with substance use disorder with memory being the most affected function. No significant relationship between consumption time and cognitive damage was observed.