Abstract

CARVAJAL-CASTRILLON, Julián et al. Prevalence of adult neuropsychological syndromes in a neuropsychology unit in Medellin, Colombia. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.1, pp.20-26. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/242240224.

Introduction: In the Neuropsychology Unit of the Colombian Neurological Institute (INDEC), the neuropsychological evaluation and rehabilitation of adults (18≤ years old) with cerebral damage, neurological diseases and neurodegenerative pathologies, are highly demanded. Objective: To characterize the adult population that consults in the Institute (INDEC). Patients and methods: 4.084 patients who attended the unit between 2009 and 2012 were selected. Their age, gender and diagnostics were studied. Results: 56.9% of the selected sample was female, the more prevalent diagnostics were: Mild Cognitive Disorder (31.4%), Unspecified Dementia (9.2%) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (5.4%). The prevalence of life on 4 years of neuropsychological syndromes was in average 2.6 (range 1.46-3.57), per 10.000 individuals. Conclusions: Diseases such as TBI and dementia, are related to neurological impairment. The aim of Neuropsychological interventions is to make differential diagnostics and therapeutical interventions directed to a population with neurological impairment to forward the patients functionality. It is necessary to count with a specific classification system for Neuropsychological Syndromes.

Keywords : Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Neurological disease; Neuropsychology; Prevalence Traumatic brain injury.

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