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Rev. méd. hered ; 34(2): 83-91, abr. 2023. graf, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS, LIPECS | ID: biblio-1515441

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Objetivo: Determinar la frecuencia y describir las características de referencias injustificadas, en base a diagnósticos no pertinentes, enviadas al servicio de consulta externa adultos de un hospital de tercer nivel. Material y métodos: Estudio transversal, observacional y descriptivo, realizado en el Hospital Cayetano Heredia (HCH) en el periodo abril a diciembre del 2019. Se utilizaron los datos del aplicativo "REFCON" con una población de 99 891 referencias. Para la variable "justificación de la referencia", se utilizó un listado de diagnósticos que no deberían derivarse a hospitales de la DIRIS Lima Norte. Adicionalmente, se estudiaron las variables de edad, sexo, grupo etario, especialidad de destino, categoría del EESS de origen, distrito de origen, y diagnóstico del grupo de referencias injustificadas. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva. Resultados: La frecuencia de referencias injustificadas fue de 8,4 %. El 34,2 % fue de pacientes adultos; el 65,8 %, de adultos mayores; y el 67 %, de pacientes mujeres Las especialidades con más referencias injustificadas fueron cardiología, geriatría, medicina interna, medicina familiar y neurología. Los diagnósticos injustificados más frecuentes fueron hipertensión esencial, lumbago no especificado y cefalea. Conclusiones: La frecuencia de referencias injustificadas al HCH por diagnósticos no pertinentes fue 8,4 %, tasa similar a otros dos estudios, pese a la emisión de una lista de diagnósticos que no deberían derivarse a hospitales de la DIRIS Lima Norte.


SUMMARY Objective: To determine the frequency and to describe the characteristics of unjustified ambulatory referrals bases on no pertinent diagnosis done at an adult outpatient clinic of a third level Peruvian hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried-out from April to December 2019 at Hospital Cayetano Heredia. Data were extracted from REFCON with a population of 99 891 referrals. To justify the reference, a list of diagnosis that does not require referral was used. In addition, variables such as age, sex, specialty of destination, category of EESS, district of origin and diagnosis of the unjustified referral. Descriptive statistics was used. Results: the frequency of unjustified referrals was 8.4%; 34.2% comprised the adult population; 65.8% were elder and 67% were female. Specialties with more unjustified referrals were geriatrics, internal medicine, family medicine and neurology. The most common unjustified diagnosis was essential hypertension, nonspecific low back pain and headache. Conclusions: Despite of socializing a list of unjustified referral diagnosis a frequency of 8,4% remain in this category, which is like results from two previous studies.


Subject(s)
Humans , Primary Health Care , Referral and Consultation , Diagnosis , Tertiary Care Centers
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Arch. latinoam. nutr ; 62(1): 60-67, mar. 2012. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-716438

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El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar una intervención en educación nutricional y actividad física para prevenir obesidad en escolares chilenos, mediante seguimiento longitudinal de tres años. La muestra incluyó 597 niños de 4 a 7 años asistentes a 7 escuelas públicas de una comuna de bajo nivel socioeconómico de Santiago. Los principales aspectos de la intervención fueron: capacitación de profesores para que apliquen un programa de educación nutricional, aumento de las clases de educación física de 3 a 4 sesiones semanales y mejoría de su calidad. Se midió: Peso (P), Talla (T), circunferencia de cintura (CC) y test de caminata de 6 minutos (TM6). Se calculó IMC, Z IMC, % de escolares normales (N), sobrepeso (SP) y obesos (OB), CC > percentil 90 (NHANES III) y condición física (T6M/talla). Se evaluaron los cambios anuales de Z IMC, CC, TM6 y TM6/talla usando el test de repeticiones de ANOVA y el test de proporciones. Se evaluaron cambios en conocimientos sobre alimentación saludable en 2 de los 3 años. Los resultados mostraron que el porcentaje de obesidad (17%) no cambió los primeros dos años, sin embargo aumentó el tercer año a un 19,3%; Z IMC aumentó de 0,3 a 0,38 (p=0,052) en los N, sin cambio en SP y disminuyendo significativamente en los OB (2,73 a 2,41 p<0,0001). % CC >percentil 90 disminuyó en los SP y OB. El incremento en el TM6 fue mayor en los N. La condición física mejoró en todos los niños, pero fue significativo sólo en los N (p=0,0002). Hubo un aumento significativo en los conocimientos alimentarios. Se concluye que a pesar de una disminución en el Z IMC de los OB y una mejoría en la condición física de los N y de los conocimientos en todos los escolares, la obesidad aumentó al tercer año. Este estudio muestra que a nivel escolar es necesario implementar intervenciones más intensas y con otro tipo de metodologías, para impedir que la obesidad infantil continúe aumentando.


Evaluation of an obesity prevention intervention which includednutrition education and physical activity applied in public schools of Santiago, Chile . The main objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an obesity prevention intervention which included nutrition education and physical activity applied to low income Chilean children in a longitudinal three-year follow-up study. Participants included all 4-7 year old children from 7 public schools located in a low socioeconomic district of Santiago. The main aspects of the intervention were: training of teachers so they could apply an educational program on healthy eating, increase in physical education classes from 3 to 4 per week, and improvement of their quality. Weight, height, waist circumference (WC) and the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) were assessed yearly in 597 children. We calculated BMI, BMI Z, % normal (N), overweight (OW) and obesity (OB), WC > 90th percentile (NHANES III) and fitness (6MWD/ height). Annual changes in BMI Z, WC, 6MWD and fitness were assessed, using repeated measures ANOVA and the test of proportions. Knowledge in healthy eating was assessed during 2 of the 3 years. Results showed that % OB remained unchanged for 2 years (17%) but increased to 19.3 % at follow-up. BMI Z increased from 0.3 to 0.38 (p= 0.052) in the N, remained unchanged in the OW, while decreasing significantly in the OB (2.73 to 2.41 p< 0.0001). % WC > 90 th percentile decreased in the OW and OB; 6 MWD was higher in the OW, but the increase in distance overtime was greater among the N. Overall fitness improved, however it was only significant among the N (p= 0.0002). There was a significant increase in food knowledge. We conclude that in spite of a decrease in BMI Z of the OB, an improvement in fitness in the N and food knowledge in all the children, obesity increased at follow- up. This study shows that in school-based obesity programs it is necessary to apply more intense interventions with another type of methodology; otherwise this condition will continue to rise.


Subject(s)
Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Health Promotion/methods , Obesity/prevention & control , Physical Education and Training , School Health Services , Body Mass Index , Chile , Longitudinal Studies , Program Evaluation , Socioeconomic Factors
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Rev. méd. Chile ; 138(2): 181-187, feb. 2010. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-546209

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Background: In 2007, a preventive strategy for childhood obesity, that included food education and an increase in physical activity, was implemented in seven public schools located in Santiago. In four of these schools, a counseling program about healthy lifestyles for teachers was also carried out. Aim: To test if counseling had an effect in the intervention for children. Material and Methods: Anthropometric measures were assessed in children at baseline and after two years of intervention. Teachers were also evaluated with anthropometry and a blood sample was obtained to measure blood glucose and serum lipids. Results: Four hundred twelve children from schools whose teachers had counseling and 237 children from schools whose teachers did not have it were evaluated. Twenty-eight teachers with and 19 with no counseling were assessed. In children, the overall prevalence of obesity decreased from 20.2 to 18.3 percent (p = 0.03). This reduction was only significant among females. BMIZ score decreased significantly in children of both genders. No effect of counseling was observed on weight reduction. Among teachers that received counseling, the prevalence of obesity decreased from 25 to 22.4 percent, with significant improvements in blood glucose and HDL cholesterol. Conclusions: Counseling directed at teachers did not improve the effect of a program to reduce obesity among schoolchildren.


Subject(s)
Child , Female , Humans , Male , Health Behavior , Health Promotion/methods , Life Style , Obesity/prevention & control , Physical Fitness , Counseling , Program Evaluation , School Health Services
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Arch. latinoam. nutr ; 59(2): 139-146, jun. 2009. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-588669

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La obesidad infantil en Chile ha sido reconocida como un problema de salud pública prioritario. En el año 2006 desarrollamos un proyecto piloto de intervención de 5 meses para prevenir obesidad en preescolares y escolares de pre-kinder a 4º grado en 7 escuelas públicas de una comuna de clase media-baja de Santiago de Chile. El objetivo del proyecto fue evaluar la factibilidad de implementar una intervención de más largo plazo y darle sugerencias a las autoridades para poder hacerlo en mejor forma. En las 7 escuelas se implementaron actividades educativas dirigidas a los niños, en los ámbitos de alimentación saludable y fomento de la actividad física, pero además en 4 de éstas, se implementó un programa para los profesores. Este consistió en Consejería personalizada en hábitos de vida saludable, evaluaciones antropométricas y bioquímica. Las iniciativas se evaluaron en una muestra de 522 escolares (estado nutricional y aptitud física) y en 38 profesores intervenidos (IMC, circunferencia de cintura, glicemia, HDL, colesterol total y triglicéridos) y los 19 sin intervención (IMC y circunferencia de cintura). Se determinó además la calidad de las clases de educación física. Los resultados muestran una tendencia en los escolares de menor edad de disminuir el por ciento de obesidad, mejorando significativamente la aptitud física. En los profesores intervenidos se aprecia una tendencia a disminuir el IMC y circunferencia de cintura, mientras que los parámetros bioquímicos no variaron. Se muestra que es factible implementar un programa de más larga duración recomendando mejorar las clases de educación física y aumentar el tiempo disponible para Consejería y capacitación de profesores.


Childhood obesity in Chile has been recognized as a public health problem. In 2006, we developed a school-based obesity prevention pilot project to intervene during 5 months preschool and schoolchildren from 1st to 4th grades attending 7 public schools located in a district of Santiago, Chile of medium-low and low SES. The objective of this project was to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a longer intervention giving recommendations to the educational authorities to better implement it. We trained teachers to apply educational activities ( in nutrition and physical activity) for the children in the 7 schools, but additionally in 4 of these schools, teachers of those grades participated in a Counselling program on healthy lifestyle applied individually, anthropometric evaluation and blood tests. The initiatives were evaluated on a sample of 522 schoolchildren (nutritional status and physical fitness), 38 teachers with Counselling (BMI, waist circumference or WC, blood sugar, HDL, triglycerides, cholesterol) and 19 teachers with no Counselling (BMI and WC). Additionally, we evaluated the quality of PE classes. The results on the children show a trend on only the younger ones to decrease the percent obesity, improving significantly their physical fitness. In teachers with Counselling, a trend toward decreasing BMI and WC was observed, while biochemical parameters remained unchanged. We showed that it is feasible to implement a longer intervention recommending improving the quality of PE classes and allowing more time to train teachers and for individual Counselling.


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Anthropometry/methods , Feeding Behavior , Motor Activity , Obesity/prevention & control
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