Characterization of cognitive performance in patients diagnosed with idiopathic focal epilepsy
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Epilepsy, cognitive performance, profile, psychosocial factorsAbstract
This research focuses on epilepsy; this disease is closely associated with significant psychological and social consequences for daily life. The objective is to characterize the cognitive performance of patients with idiopathic focal epilepsy. Methodology, an analytical observational study was developed in the Neurology and Neuropsychology Service of the Clinical Surgical Hospital: “LucíaÍñiguezLandín” in Holguín, from October 2022 to December 2023. The universe consisted of patients over 19 years of age with a diagnosis of epilepsy who They went to the aforementioned service. The sample was selected by intentional sampling that included patients with a diagnosis of idiopathic focal epilepsy and excludedpatients with cognitive impairment attributable to other degenerative or acquired neurological conditions and consisted of 65 patients. The 60.00% of the patients were between 25 and 40 years of age and were male. 76.00% were below the average when evaluating attention, in visuo-spatial memory 60.00% were below the average, patients with deficits in regulation and control, as well as planning, predominated. And organization by 64.00% for both cases. Conclusions: Attention, visuo-spatial memory, regulation and control; and planning and organization turned out to be the aspects most affected in the cognitive performance of patients with idiopathic focal epilepsy.
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