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Level of depression and cognitive decline in elderly patients at the long-term care unit of the Military Geriatric Hospital, Lima 2022
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2022-03-20) Maldonado Cárdenas, Patricia; Suarez Valderrama, Yurik Anatoli
Depression is an illness, a public health problem and a main cause of disability that occurs in the elderly with phases of sadness, irritability, isolation, feeling of guilt and low interest in carrying out activities of daily living while cognitive deterioration is the decrease in the capacity of higher mental functions that are shown in behavioral changes, making the older adult more dependent every day by stopping doing common daily activities. The objective of the study presented is to identify the relationship between the level of depression and cognitive deterioration in older adult patients in the long-stay unit of the Geriatric Military Hospital, Lima 2022; being an applied type of research, deductive, quantitative observational and correlational method. The population and sample are patients from the Long Stay Unit of the Geriatric Military Hospital, with a total of 40 older adults, including the inclusion and exclusion criteria; Data will be collected between the months of January - February 2022; having as a technique the survey with two instruments that have already been validated. The Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale used for geriatric depression where the cognitive symptoms of major depression are assessed, with 15 questions with dichotomous answers (yes/no), and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), which is a questionnaire that It serves to evaluate the cognitive status of the elderly adult in detail; with 30 questions. The data found will be processed through the squared ship statistical test.