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    “Depresión y su relación con la atención en adultos mayores atendidos en el IESS”
    (Psicología Clínica, 2018-09-01) Castillo Hidalgo, Luis Alfredo; Ponce Delgado, Águeda del Rocío Dra. Mg.
    The present investigation was carried out with the objective of determining the relationship between depression and attention in the elderly people served in the IESS Hospital of Ambato city. This study was attended by 90 people, 81 women and 9 men, in the aged between 60 and 87 years. The reagents applied in these people were the Yesavage depression scale and the NEUROPSI attention sub-scale. After applying the psychological tests, the chi-square statistical test was applied with the SPSS program, determining that there is no relationship between depression and care in the elderly people served in the IESS Hospital. The results obtained allowed to establish that 76.7% of the population does not present depression, 21.1% showed mild depression, while 2.2% of the population refers to moderate depression. While in care it is observed that 31.1% have a normal level of attention, followed by 24.4% with a moderate level, the level of severe involvement is presented in 23.3%, and 21.1% present a level of mild involvement.