Valoración del patrón sueño-descanso en pacientes drogodependientes, ingresados en el área de psiquiatría en el hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

There is a wide range of scientific investigations that inform us about the use of addictive substances throughout the history of civilization up to the present. In remote times the availability of the drug was small, naturally and its use was related to the healing of diseases and ancestral rites. The development of drug dependencies as a public health problem is more recent and with a strong biological, psychological and social impact, it occurs both in industrialized societies and in developing societies, where the person consumes a substance compulsively, becoming a dissipating the problems that lead to live in both societies, thus discarding other facets of his life. Objective To identify the factors that influence the sleep-rest pattern in patients with addiction to addictive substances admitted to the area of psychiatry at Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital in the city of Guayaquil. Methodology: indirect observation was made for this observation of a descriptive type, it was performed After interviewing through informed consent, the interview model was standardized for all patients through a data collection instrument.