Resumen
En pacientes con deterioro cognitivo leve las actividades de la vida diaria instrumentada y básica se conservan, esto lo distingue del deterioro cognitivo mayor. En el estado basal del estudio transversal sobre factores de riesgo asociados a deterioro cognitivo se observan pacientes con dependencia en las actividades básicas de la vida diaria, por lo que es posible incurrir en una atribución incorrecta de este factor, ya que la dependencia funcional suele ser una consecuencia del deterioro cognitivo y no uno de los factores que le precede, por lo que se incurre en un error al utilizar los criterios diagnósticos para deterioro cognitivo leve. Los estudios transversales identifican factores de riesgo mediante la reconstrucción de la fenomenología, lo que puede derivar en atribuir como causa un factor que, en realidad, es consecuencia del desenlace.
Abstract
In patients with mild cognitive impairment, the activities of basic and instrumented daily living are preserved, this distinguishes it from major cognitive impairment. In the baseline state of the cross-sectional study on risk factors associated with cognitive impairment, patients with dependence in basic daily living activities were observed, so it is possible to incur an incorrect attribution of this factor, since functional dependence is usually a consequence of cognitive impairment and not one of the factors that precede it, so an-error is made when using the diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive impairment. Cross-sectional studies identify risk factors by reconstructing phenomenology, which can lead to attributing as a cause a factor that, in reality, is a consequence of the outcome.
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