La memoria semántica como predictor del deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores institucionalizados de Lima
Objective: To identify which components of semantic memory are predictors of cognitive impairment in older adults.Material and Methods: Quantitative and predictive study, conducted on a non-probabilistic sample of 160 older adults in Metropolitan Lima, with an average age of 74.7 years, who were eva...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Murcia |
| Repositorio: | DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digitum.um.es:10201/174669 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.621891 http://hdl.handle.net/10201/174669 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | deterioro cognitivo adultos mayores semantic memory cognitive impairment older adults memoria semántica No relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible |
| Sumario: | Objective: To identify which components of semantic memory are predictors of cognitive impairment in older adults.Material and Methods: Quantitative and predictive study, conducted on a non-probabilistic sample of 160 older adults in Metropolitan Lima, with an average age of 74.7 years, who were evaluated with the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSEA) on the Semantic Memory Evaluation Battery for Adults (EMSEA).Results: 20.7% of the sample presented cognitive impairment. Regarding semantic memory, 23.4% obtained a low level, 49.4% an intermediate level and 27.2% a high level. According to the multivariate model, the factors associated to cognitive impairment were the semantic memory subtests: Picture Naming, Attributes Recognition and Verification of True or False Statements (R2 = 30.8%, p≤.001). These results are reflected with a complementary network analysis, where the centrality analysis indicated that the Verbal Fluency task and Verification of True or False Statements, are the frameworks of greatest interest. Conclusions:The existence of associated factors of semantic memory that better predict cognitive deterioration are Picture Naming, Attributes Recognition and Verification of True or False Statements. |
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