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Introducción. A pesar de la importante presencia de la población haitiana en países de América Latina, existen pocos estudios que evalúen la salud mental en esta población; una de las razones es la falta de instrumentos psicométricos en kreyol (creole haitiano). Objetivo. Adaptar la versión en español de la Escala de Depresión del Centro de Estudios Epidemiológicos (CESD-R-20) al kreyol. Métodos. Estudio transversal de muestreo bietápico con 207 migrantes haitianos viviendo en Santiago de Chile, se tradujo y retrotradujo la Escala CESD-R-20 del español al kreyol. Resultados. 132 participantes respondieron la encuesta en kreyol y 75 en español. Las técnicas de detección de la dimensionalidad recomiendan retener un único componente y tres factores, con pocas excepciones a través de las muestras. Las soluciones factoriales llevan a retener un único factor, que presenta un Alfa de Cronbach =0.92 (IC: 0.90-0.94) adecuado. Estos resultados indican que se necesita un único factor. Discusión y conclusión. La adaptación del instrumento CESD-R-20 de español al kreyol obtiene evidencias de validez favorables y puede servir para iniciar nuevos estudios en población migrante haitiana en su trayecto por América Latina, si bien es necesario seguir ampliando el proceso de validación.
Introduction. Although the Haitian migrant population has a significant presence in Latin American countries, a few studies assess this population's mental health; one of the reasons is the lack of psychometric instruments in kreyol (Haitian Creole). Objective. Adapt the Spanish version of the Depression Scale of the Center for Epidemiological Studies (CESD-R-20) into kreyol. Methods. Based on a cross-sectional two-stage cluster sampling with 207 Haitian migrants living in Santiago de Chile, we conducted translation and back translation of the CESD-R-20 Scale from Spanish to kreyol; additionally, we reached an adapted version in Spanish. Results. In total, 132 participants answered the survey in Kreyol and 75 in Spanish. Dimensionality detection techniques recommend retaining a single component and three factors, with few exceptions across samples. Exploration of factor solutions leads to the retention of a single factor, which has an adequate Cronbach's alpha=0.92 (IC: 0.90;0.94). These results indicate that only one factor is needed. Discussion and conclusion. The adaptation of the Spanish CESD-R-20 instrument to Kreyol has obtained favorable validity evidence and can be used to initiate new studies on the Haitian migrant population on their journey through Latin America, although the validation process needs to be further extended.
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The hepatic lipase plays a central role in the lipid metabolism, catalyzing the hydrolysis of phospholipids, monoglycerides, diglycerides, and triglycerides, and acyl-CoA. It is also implied in the conversion of very low-density lipoprotein and intermediate density lipoprotein to low density lipoproteins. As a consequence, the gene encoding the hepatic lipase (LIPC) is associated with several diseases derived from the imbalance of lipids that are in general derived from the interaction between life styles and genetic architecture. Therefore, it is interesting to understand more about the characteristics of the microevolutionary processes affecting genes that, like LIPC, have a role in nutrition and lipid metabolism in human populations. We explored the selection signatures on LIPC in 26 populations, detecting three regions under recent positive selection