Avila Jorge, Villacrés Larissa, Rosado Diego, Loor Evelyn
Internal Medicine, Kennedy Hospital, Guayaquil, ECU.
Medicine, Espíritu Santo University, Guayaquil, ECU.
Cureus. 2020 Jan 25;12(1):e6772. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6772.
The present article aimed to analyze and describe the relationship between cognitive impairment and the perception of quality of life. The study was carried out in the psychiatric hospital within the Ecuadorian "Instituto de Neurociencias," with 50 patients, both men and women, between the ages of 18 and 65 years. An instrument for the screening of cognitive impairment in psychiatric patients, a questionnaire that measures quality of life, and a sociodemographic questionnaire were applied individually. Data collection took between 30 and 40 minutes per person. The results obtained allowed to verify the relationship between cognitive deterioration and quality of life. First, it was shown that while there was greater cognitive impairment, the perception of quality of life was low and vice versa. It was found that the areas of verbal learning, processing speed, and working memory are those that present greater difficulty for patients with this disorder.
本文旨在分析和描述认知障碍与生活质量感知之间的关系。该研究在厄瓜多尔“神经科学研究所”的精神病院内进行，研究对象为50名年龄在18至65岁之间的男女患者。分别使用了一种用于筛查精神病患者认知障碍的工具、一份测量生活质量的问卷以及一份社会人口统计学问卷。每人的数据收集耗时30至40分钟。所得结果证实了认知衰退与生活质量之间的关系。首先，研究表明，认知障碍越严重，生活质量感知越低，反之亦然。研究发现，语言学习、处理速度和工作记忆领域是该疾病患者面临较大困难的方面。
