Intervención neuropsicológica para estimular las funciones cognitivas de atención, memoria y percepción en los adultos mayores del centro diurno “La Providencia” del cantón Catamayo, 2022-2023

The present research aimed to implement the neuropsychological intervention in order to stimulate the cognitive functions of attention, memory, and perception in older adults with normal, mild, and moderate cognitive status. It was carried out in "La Providencia" Home for the Elderly in Catamayo canton, Loja province. In this research, the quantitative approach of a descriptive and cross-sectional type was employed, with a quasi-experimental design, based on the support of the scientific, hypothetical, deductive-inductive, analytical-synthetic, and statistical methods. The Mann-Whitney U statistical test was taken, It was also applied to the brief Neuropsychological test to the experimental and control group (pre and post-test), and the Mini-mental test (post-test). From the results of the pre-test, it was known that in attention and concentration, memory and perception, the older adults in the experimental group are at a normal level. Concerning to the control group, in attention and concentration, memory and perception they present duality at normal and severe levels respectively. From the mini-mental pretest applied in the first stage of the investigation, a large part of the experimental group presents a mild and normal cognitive state; from the control group, the most predominant one showed a mild cognitive state. In the execution of the neuropsychological intervention program, a large part of the experimental group reached the achievement indicator when carrying out the activities of the basic, medium, and high levels with their respective domains and subdomains. Regarding the verification of the significant efficacy of the neuropsychological intervention program, the statistical proof probably demonstrates that the older adults of the experimental group did not present a significant change compared to the control group, for that reason the general hypothesis is rejected and it is highlighted that the state and the cognitive functions of these older adults were maintained. Keywords: Neuropsychological intervention, cognitive stimulation, cognitive state, cognitive functions, older adults.

• Главный автор: Calva Chuquimarca, Magaly Marisol (author)
• Формат: bachelorThesis
• Язык: spa
• Опубликовано: 2023
• Предметы: INTERVENCIÓN NEUROPSICOLÓGICA; ADULTOS MAYORES.; ESTIMULACIÓN COGNITIVA
• Online-ссылка: https://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/26671