RESUMO
Las alteraciones neuropsicológicas tras un ictus dependen del tipo y de la localización. Los ictus pueden producir discapacidades cognoscitivas, emocionales y sociales; las deficiencias pueden dificultar las actividades cotidianas motoras, del lenguaje así como de la memoria a corto y largo plazo. Los pacientes que han sufrido un ictus temporal izquierdo pueden presentar una afasia acústico-amnésica y mostrar alteraciones de la consolidación de la memoria. El objetivo de esta presentación de casos fue evaluar la intervención neuropsicológica mediante un Programa de Reforzamiento de la Memoria en pacientes con afasia acústico-amnésica y conocer si promueve la consolidación de la información para mejorar la calidad de vida del paciente. Se estudiaron dos casos, antes y tras la aplicación de un Programa de Reforzamiento de la Memoria con diagnóstico de afasia acústico-amnésica y con problemas de memoria. El programa contó con 20 categorías supraordinadas con 10 palabras subordinadas cada una, con un total de 200 palabras para evocar. Se encontraron diferencias significativas tras la administración del programa con un aumento en la cantidad de palabras evocadas, así como su consolidación en memoria a largo plazo en ambos sujetos estudiados. Este estudio sugiere que el uso del Programa de Reforzamiento de la Memoria en sujetos con afasia acústico-amnésica podría ser útil en la rehabilitación de los problemas de la memoria en estos pacientes.
Neuropsychological alterations after stroke depend on the type and site of the injury and may result in cognitive, mood or social disabilities. The disorders may disturb daily motor activities and may alter language and short- and long-term memory. Patients that have suffered a stroke in the left temporal hemisphere may present acoustic-mnestic aphasia and memory alterations. Our objective was to evaluate the results of the implementation of a memory reinforcement training program in patients with acoustic-mnestic aphasia, and to know if the program improves memory consolidation for a better patient´s quality of life. We performed a case-report study, before and after implementation of a memory reinforcement program in two patients with acoustic-mnestic aphasia and memory alterations. The program was constructed with 20 supra-ordinal categories, each with 10 sub-ordinal words, with a total of 200 words to evoke. We found significant differences in the number of evoked words and in memory consolidation after the implementation of the program in the two studied patients. Our observations suggest that implementation of a memory reinforcement program in subjects with acoustic-mnestic aphasia may be useful in the rehabilitation of memory alterations in these patients.
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Afasia/terapia , Memória , Neuropsicologia/métodos , PsicoterapiaRESUMO
Neuropsychological alterations after stroke depend on the type and site of the injury and may result in cognitive, mood or social disabilities. The disorders may disturb daily motor activities and may alter language and short- and long-term memory. Patients that have suffered a stroke in the left temporal hemisphere may present acoustic-mnestic aphasia and memory alterations. Our objective was to evaluate the results of the implementation of a memory reinforcement training program in patients with acoustic-mnestic aphasia, and to know if the program improves memory consolidation for a better patient's quality of life. We performed a case-report study, before and after implementation of a memory reinforcement program in two patients with acoustic-mnestic aphasia and memory alterations. The program was constructed with 20 supra-ordinal categories, each with 10 sub-ordinal words, with a total of 200 words to evoke. We found significant differences in the number of evoked words and in memory consolidation after the implementation of the program in the two studied patients. Our observations suggest that implementation of a memory reinforcement program in subjects with acoustic-mnestic aphasia may be useful in the rehabilitation of memory alterations in these patients.