Estudio descriptivo del lenguaje comprensivo y denominativo en adultos mayores entre 60 y 90 años con enfermedad de alzhéimer y envejecimiento normal 

Alzheimer's disease has a high prevalence in the older population, it is therefore necessary that the recognition of characteristics of language and its disorders in people with normal and pathological aging, and that this differentiation may enhance the utility in the diagnosis differential. Therefore we intend to describe the processes of naming and comprehensionassessed by the Boston Naming Test and Token Test in older adults with Alzheimer disease (AD) and normal aging (EN) between 60 and 90years, in Barranquillacity, Colombia. Methodologically this research is descriptive, cross-sectional, which contrasted two groups of 30 subjects each, one called control (EN) and the other case (EE). The results show that patients with AD had a significantly lower performance (p <0.05) in the functions of naming and comprehension in adults with Alzheimer's disease versus normal aging adults, and it also found significant differences according to cognitive status evaluated through the Mini Mental State Examination MMSE. This is considered highly relevant further research of this kind in our context in order to design language assessment protocols that allow for better differential diagnosis, because in our country that is not recorded extensive literature on this issue that based on epidemiology affects not only physical, but emotional, family and society.

• Autores: Pirela Atencio, Yamile
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2013
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/1309
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/1309; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: Enfermedad de alzheimer; Alzheimer; Demencia; Test de denominación de Boston; Lenguaje comprensivo; Token test; Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Boston naming test; Comprehensive language
• Rights: openAccess
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