Attention and memory evaluation in drug-dependent subjects.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT
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.
Keywords: Attention, memory, cognitive alteration, neuropsychological evaluation, psychoactive substance.

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Published

2018-11-16

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Vol. 36 No. 2 (2018): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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