Browsing by Author "Pinos Lata, Edgar Patricio"

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Espectro de la esquizofrenia en personas que han cometido asesinatos declaradas inimputables que fueron internadas en el Instituto de Neurociencias de la Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil durante el período 2013-2022
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-07-19) Pinos Lata, Edgar Patricio; Ortiz Ochoa, William Alfredo
Schizophrenia has a relationship with crimes, especially with murders, these attacks of violence and murders are usually located in the prodromal phase before receiving pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment. In fact, murders are considered as crimes in the Organic Integral Penal Code of Ecuador. Based on these considerations, the general objective of this research was to describe the prevalence of schizophrenia spectrum disorder in persons who have committed murder with respect to persons hospitalized with some type of mental disorder at the Neurosciences Institute of the Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil during the period 2013-2022. The study had a quantitative approach, with a descriptive scope and retrospective cross-sectional non-experimental design type. The study population consisted of 14 patients of the Instituto de Neurociencias. Among the main results, it stands out that most of the people with schizophrenia spectrum who have committed murders are mestizo, urban men, belonging to the coastal region of Ecuador. They have a low level of education (primary school) and an income of less than $425 per month. Regarding the environment in which the crime took place, it is mainly the family, the victims are generally mothers, and the murder weapon is a sharp weapon. As for the prevailing symptoms, persecutory delusions and delusions of grandeur, and auditory hallucinations are identified.
Niveles de depresión en adultos mayores en la Fundación Santa Ana de Cuenca, período 2021
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-05-08) Pinos Lata, Edgar Patricio; Valdiviezo Verdugo, Angelita Alexandra; Pacheco Salazar, María de Lourdes
Depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, sleep disturbances, appetite, thought content and somatic symptoms prevail, which interfere for a certain period of time or maypersist in daily life. Indeed, in late adulthood, depression has become normalized as a part of aging,i.e., it is a common mood disorder in the older adult population, so it is often not recognized and cannot be treated in time. That is why, in this research, the general objective was to identify the levels of depression in older adults of the Santa Ana Foundation of Cuenca, period 2021. Also, thespecific objective was to determine the levels of depression according to sociodemographic variables. On the other hand, a quantitative approach was used with a descriptive scope, concomitant with a non-experimental and cross-sectional design. The population consisted of all the older adults of the Santa Ana Foundation, giving a total of 32 persons. The instruments used toobtain the levels of depression were: the Geriatric Depression Scale Questionnaire of Yesavage (GDS-15) with a Cronbach ́s alpha of 0.92 and the sociodemographic card.