Neurological disorders in patients with hypothyroidism

Authors

  • Guillermo de la Rosa Camejo Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty "Celia Sánchez Manduley"
  • Yoanky Javier Alfonseca Chacón Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty "Celia Sánchez Manduley"
  • Arianna Arlet Castañeda Alfonseca Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty "Celia Sánchez Manduley"
  • Marvelis Blanco Suárez Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty "Celia Sánchez Manduley"
  • Yanet Mariño Pérez Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty "Celia Sánchez Manduley"

Keywords:

Hypothyroidism, Nervous System, Neuropsychological Test

Abstract

The neurological disorders in patients with hypothyroidism are complex, influenced by personality and affect all sensory, psychic and motor functions.

Objective: To identify the alterations in patients with hypothyroidism in the functions of attention, memory and executive functioning.

Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. The sample was composed of 5 patients with hypothyroidism, from the Family Physician’s Office # 44, Popular Council # 14 of the Health Center Francisca Rivero Arocha in Manzanillo, during the period May 2018 - May 2019. The following evaluation instruments were applied: the methodical ten-word learning test, the Benton visual retention test, and the attention, language and executive functioning subtests of the Holguin Neuropsychological Battery.

Results: Alterations in sustained and alternate attention were observed with 80% and 60% respectively, as opposed to selective attention which showed to be retained in 90% of the patients.

Conclusions: Alterations in sustained and alternate attention, limitations in long-term verbal memory, deficits in immediate visual memory and difficulties in the capacity of abstraction and planning predominated.

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2020-03-31

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de la Rosa Camejo G, Alfonseca Chacón YJ, Castañeda Alfonseca AA, Blanco Suárez M, Mariño Pérez Y. Neurological disorders in patients with hypothyroidism. Revdosdic [Internet]. 2020 Mar. 31 [cited 2025 Apr. 4];3(1 (2020):e32. Available from: https://revdosdic.sld.cu/index.php/revdosdic/article/view/32

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2020): JANUARY - MARCH

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