Deterioro de las funciones ejecutivas en pacientes con trastorno de ansiedad generalizada

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i2.25603

Palabras clave:

Función Ejecutiva; Psicofísica; Test de Stroop; Trastornos de ansiedad.

Resumen

El Trastorno de Ansiedad Generalizada (TAG) afecta a individuos de todas las edades, provocando deterioro físico y cognitivo, reduciendo así su calidad de vida. La evaluación de la capacidad cognitiva de los pacientes con TAG es una herramienta importante a la hora de intentar comprender los daños que este trastorno trae al individuo. Por lo tanto, el presente estudio tuvo como objetivo comprender si existen pérdidas o alteraciones en las funciones cognitivas, principalmente ejecutivas de estos individuos. Veintiún sujetos, tanto hombres como mujeres, se sometieron a una prueba de 2 espaldas para evaluar el rendimiento de la memoria de trabajo y una tarea Stroop para evaluar el control inhibitorio, que comprende un grupo TAG (n = 11) y un grupo de control (n = 10). Los pacientes fueron seleccionados para la atención ambulatoria en un hospital de tercer nivel en el Oeste de São Paulo. Los resultados mostraron diferencias importantes en el desempeño de los pacientes con TAG, quienes exhibieron un desempeño equivalente en tiempo de reacción (TR) en el test de 2 espaldas, pero con mayor número de errores. En la tarea de Stroop son consistentemente más lentos que el Grupo de Control, por el número equivalente de errores. En conjunto, estos datos apuntan a un prejuicio significativo en GAD, incluso dentro de una muestra limitada de sujetos.

Biografía del autor/a

Gabrieli Camossa Armagni, Federal University of São Paulo

Cell Immunology and Biochemistry of Fungi and Protozoa Lab (LICBfp)

Gabriel Fernandes Klaus, Regional Hospital of Mato Grosso do Sul

Department of internal medicine, Hospital Regional do Mato Grosso do Sul

Maria Beatriz Souza Cardoso, University of West Paulista

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western São Paulo - Unoeste

Samuel Augusto Ferreira Aurelio, University of West Paulista

Faculty of Medicine, University of Western São Paulo - Unoeste

Felipe Viegas Rodrigues, University of West Paulista

Felipe Viegas Rodrigues is a cognitive neuroscientist, professor of Physiology and Neuropsychology at University of Western São Paulo (Unoeste). His principal interests relate to the attention phenomena, especially the asymmetry of the attention orienting, and Psychophysics is the method of choice in the laboratory. He also investigates attentional changes linked to the development of specific skills (such as formal music training) and the impairments related to mental disorders. Additional research is concerned with Music Cognition, as Felipe is also a musician.

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19/01/2022

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ARMAGNI, G. C.; KLAUS, G. F.; CARDOSO, M. B. S.; AURELIO, S. A. F.; RODRIGUES, F. V. Deterioro de las funciones ejecutivas en pacientes con trastorno de ansiedad generalizada. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 2, p. e9311225603, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i2.25603. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25603. Acesso em: 22 dic. 2024.

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