Neuropsycological characteristics of thinking in persons during their pre-retirement stage

Abstract

This work is aimed to describe the current thought-process in a population during the Pre-retirement stage with different conditions. The sample was conformed by 50 persons from The medical consultory 76-3, which belongs to the clinic “Ramón Pando Ferrer” in the Santaclara´s municipality of villaclara`s province. Their ages ranged from 50 to 60 years Old. The period of this study was from April 2007 to February 2008. During this period of time were explored two groups of person: a first group study composed of people that had decided to go into retirement and a second witness group which had decided to continue actively working. In both groups were included 25 persons. It was applied a semi-structural Interview and a neuropsychological exploration battery based on Luria's postulates. The Main findings confirmed thinking disorders in it's logical-verbal and practical- space Expressions, and also the presence of ruminative styles that caused a lack of control in the cognitive function and influenced in the capacity to regulate, planify and verify actions As well. The most affectation was noticed in that group which desidered the retirement. Finally in the studied sample were found significative differences in aspects such as: Education level, labour occupation, personal pathological antecedents, food and toxic habits and other thinking disorders which indicate the existence of neuropsychological limitations associated with the functional systems.