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Nova
Print version ISSN 1794-2470
Abstract
MATAR-KHALIL, Shadye Rocío and RUBIO-SANDOVAL, Fabio Camilo. Congnitve Impairtent as a Type 2 Diabestes Mellitus complication. Nova [online]. 2021, vol.19, n.37, pp.25-41. Epub Feb 28, 2022. ISSN 1794-2470. https://doi.org/10.22490/24629448.5473.
Introduction:
Diabetes mellitus is a complex and chronic disease that has an impact on public health due to its high prevalence, the implicit economic cost and associated complications like cognitive alterations.
Methodology:
A review of the topic was carried out across national and international literature in databases of social sciences and health sciences between the years 1990-2019 that expose the possible association between diabetes mellitus and cognitive impairment, as well as the possible routes that lead to cognitive alterations.
Results:
The consulted literature exposed a link between diabetes mellitus and complications of the central nervous system, neurological lesions, attention capacity deficiencies, memory loss, cognitive impairment, and a considerable increase in the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's type dementia.
Conclusions:
The progressive nature of both diabetes mellitus, and associated vascular risk, suggest the need for prevention of cognitive impairment based on a comprehensive evaluation that includes neuropsychological tests within routine examinations in patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.
Keywords : cognition; diabetes mellitus; diabetes complications.