Cognitive profile in older adults in the district of San Isidro-2018

• Autor: Huamán Retamozo, Susana Milagros
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad César Vallejo
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad César Vallejo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.ucv.edu.pe:article/170
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.ucv.edu.pe/index.php/psiquemag/article/view/170
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: perfil cognitivo; adulto mayor; envejecimiento; deterioro cognitivo; cognitive profile; older adult; aging; cognitive impairment

The cognitive profile was studied in a sample of 63 elderly people of a social program of the Emmanuel Bible Church in the district of San Isidro - 2018. Using a non-experimental cross-sectional design of a descriptive type, they were administered the Mini’s screening instrument. -mental State Examination MMSE, adapted by Custodio (2008). In addition, a sociodemographic survey was applied to know about the characteristics that older adults present as a reason for research. A profile of mild deterioration was found in the majority of older adults, where the dimensions of evocation, attention and calculation showed a significant decrease in cognitive function. Likewise, they presented statistically significant differences of the cognitive profile in older adults according to sex, age, educational level and marital status.