Multidisciplinary approach to sundowning syndrome in neurocognitive impairment

Authors

  • Héctor Alfredo René Bran Girón Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  • Mario Josué Lopéz Rojas Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  • Josué Elizandro Pinto Cabrera Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  • Nataly Mercedes Chó Paiz Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  • Ingrid Estefanía Linares Pinto Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  • Edwin Orlando Lucas Vanegas Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46780/cunzac.v4i1.27

Keywords:

sundowning, neurocognition, multidisciplinarity, approach, dementia

Abstract

Neurosciences are vitals for the care of the elderly from the age of sixty and over, it must be oriented in the prevention, therapy, neurorehabilitation and approach of palliative care aimed at providing support in the care of the sick elderly person in stages acute when the appearance of sundowning syndrome arises, which means the deterioration of cognitive functions related to sleep disorders and the appearance of symptoms depending on the night and day shift. Consequently, in the geriatric population the circadian cycle of sleep is physiologically activated during the evening for normal conciliation of the same; This is when the sundowning syndrome appears pathologically, characterized by a set of signs and symptoms that occur in patients with neurocognitive impairment. This syndrome must be approached in a multidisciplinary way because this grouping of emotional, physical and cognitive behavioral disturbances are derived from the different dementias coupled with the large geriatric syndromes that exacerbate the clinical picture, making patients with increased degrees of dependence and frailty as a result of the deterioration of the quality of life, physical and mental well-being of the elderly.

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Author Biography

Héctor Alfredo René Bran Girón, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Team of researchers from the project "Multidisciplinary approach to sundowning syndrome in neurocognitive impairment" at the University of San Carlos de Guatemala.

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Published

2021-01-20

How to Cite

Bran Girón, H. A. R. ., Lopéz Rojas, M. J. ., Pinto Cabrera, J. E. ., Chó Paiz , N. M. ., Linares Pinto, I. E. ., & Lucas Vanegas, E. O. . (2021). Multidisciplinary approach to sundowning syndrome in neurocognitive impairment. Revista Académica CUNZAC, 4(1), 17–24. https://doi.org/10.46780/cunzac.v4i1.27

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