Trastorno cognitivo leve en la población geriátrica, de la república del ecuador, periodo 2013 - 2017

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Cognitive disorders, according to the DSM V, currently in the name of Neurocognitive Disorders, which refers to the primary conditions based on cognition and represent a decline from a certain intellectual functioning, increasingly. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the cognitive disorder that affects the geriatric population of the Republic of Ecuador METHODOLOGY: Sources of scientific literature were verified in the English and Spanish languages, published in databases such as SCOPUS, COCHRANE LIBRARY PLUS IN SPANISH, SCIELO ESPAÑA, from December 2013 to January 2019, using the following keywords Cognitive disorder, older adult, dementia and mild cognitive disorder. Once the information in the database was obtained, an analysis of it was carried out to elaborate the development of this work CONCLUSION: The factors that have statistically significant with cognitive deterioration are: arterial hypertension, socioeconomic level, educational level and monthly income. According to studies carried out in Ecuador, people with mild cognitive impairment are in the age group over 55 years of age, predominantly in females. Chronic diseases such as diabetes and osteoarthritis were the most frequent comorbidities .