Liliana Jazmín LERMA-SARMIENTO, Ángel Adrián ONTIVEROS-VARGAS, Jesús Abraham SOTO-RIVERA, Sagrario Lizeth SALAS-NAME

Evaluation of executive functions by NEUROPSI in patients who attend “AA” for drug and alcohol use

  • General Medicine
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Executive functions are the set of skills of human beings that allow planning, organizing, regulating and exercising a correct behavior or decision making according to the environment in which he/she lives. Objective: To evaluate neurocognitive and executive functions using the NEUROPSI neuropsychological battery in patients attending the "AA" Rehabilitation Center in the State of Durango. Methodology: exploratory, non-experimental, observational research based on the NEUROPSI brief neuropsychological assessment instrument in Spanish. Contribution: in a sample of 20 participants the following results were obtained: 60% of the population studied presented alterations in neurocognitive functions, 15% presented mild alteration, 25% moderate alteration and the other 20% severe alteration. Regarding executive functions, there is a correlation with marijuana consumption, which directly affects the ability of motor functions in terms of following instructions, sequence, execution and visuospatial coordination, with a p-value of 0.05.

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