Estrategia de evaluación neuroinmunológica y preclínica en la edad adulta tardía en una población de la sierra ecuatoriana

Abstract

The research topic is based on the determination of neuroimmunological evaluation strategies and preclinical evaluation in late adulthood of a population of the Ecuadorian Sierra, the study was carried out in the city of Ambato belonging to the province of Tungurahua with a total of 100 Outpatient. The research proposed is qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, because the job occupation, level of cognitive ability, family environment and problem-solving capacity were determined, this research project was carried out in the Provincial Board of Tungurahua in the period of September - October 2021, the selection of the patients was given by inclusion and exclusion criteria in such a way that only 43 patients met these criteria, psychological tests such as the mini-mental and the unified scale for Parkinson's were applied in order to evaluate their present symptoms and signs . In addition, 39 cases of Alzheimer's disease were obtained since they presented memory loss with slow evolution, affectation in thought and language, on the other hand, 4 cases of chronic dementia were obtained, that is, Parkinson's disease due to the onset of scrapie and advanced age.