Intervenciones de enfermería en pacientes con Parkinson

Abstract

Parkinson's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative pathology that damages the nervous system causing the progressive loss of neurons which contain dopamine, its symptoms are bradykinesia, tremor at rest, rigidity, postural problems, language problems and difficulty swallowing. This disorder appears between the age of 50 to 80 years being influenced by some environmental factors, race, gender and age. In the world, it has a prevalence of 100 - 300 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and an incidence between 1.5-22 for all ages, placing Parkinson's as the second neurodegenerative disease with the highest prevalence in the world. In Ecuador, no statistical data were found on the incidence or prevalence of this pathology, although a study carried out in the province of Manabí in 2017, gave the prevalence of 243 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over 61 years of age, being more frequent in males than the feminine. The objective is to determine the nursing interventions through the bibliographic review in patients with Parkinson's for the implementation of the nursing care process.