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Introduction: Confinement has adverse psycho-social as well as dietary repercussions. During the pandemic there was a higher consumption of processed and canned foods, in-creasing the consumption of omega 6 (co-6) and probably de-creasing the consumption of omega 3 (co-3).Objective: To determine the relationship between knowl-edge and dietary habits about omega 3 and 6 in university students from Ecuador and Peru during COVID-19.Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study, carried out in 134 Ecuadorian and 215 Peruvian students. Data were obtained from a virtual questionnaire with questions on knowledge and dietary habits about ca-3 and ca-6. Spearman's Rho, Mann Whitney U and Kruskall Wallis statistical tests were performed.Results: A correlation coefficient of knowledge and eating habits on ca-3 and ca-6, Rho=0.146 (p=0.092) and Rho=0.081 (p=0.235) was obtained for the samples from Ecuador and Peru, respectively. In Ecuadorian students, there were differences in the levels of knowledge about ca-3 and ca -6, both in males and females (p=0.007). In both countries there are different levels of knowledge in the different spe-cialties of the study (p=0.004).Conclusion: There is no correlation between knowledge and eating habits about ca-3 and ca-6 in university students of Health Sciences in both countries. Students from Ecuador present insufficient knowledge and inadequate dietary habits about ca-3 and ca-6, more than Peru.
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Introduction: Since the beginning of the pandemic caused by SARS-Cov-2, we have observed an increase of patients referred for electroneuromyography (ENMG) studies complaining of neuropathic symptoms, and who share in common having suffered from the disease by coronavirus (Covid-19), in its different forms of presentation. Clinical, diagnostic, and epidemiological studies that identify possible risk factors of peripheral neuropathies are needed. Method(s): Retrospective and prospective multicenter study in which neurophysiologists from 10 Andalusian hospitals are currently participating. The risk factors analyzed are age, sex, date of infection, date of onset symptoms in relation to Covid infection, hospital admission, admission to intensive unit care (IUC), time of admission, prone position, if orotracheal intubation needed, body mass index (BMI), personal history of interest, if previously vaccinated and complications. The observed peripheral nervous system involvement, caused both directly and indirectly by the virus, has been taken into account. Result(s): A total of 73 patients with neuropathic involvement. Of this total, 39 polyneuropathies (11 Guillain-Barre syndrome, 1 small fiber and 27 other critical illness polyneuropathies associated with IUC patients, 1 of these with associated myopathy), 13 peroneal neuropathies (4 unilateral, 1 with suprascapular neuropathy concomitant and 7 bilateral), 7 brachial plexopathies, 5 neuropathies of the superior laryngeal nerve (3 with concomitant involvement of the inferior) in patients with a history of orotracheal intubation, 2 neuropathies of the femorocutaneous nerve, 2 mononeuritis multiplex, 2 phrenic neuropathies, 1 vagus nerve neuropathy with no history of orotracheal intubation, 2 axillary neuropathies (1 with associated spinal neuropathy). Conclusion(s): Covid-19 causes involvement of the peripheral nervous system. Possible risk factors include male gender, old age, longer hospital stay, IUC admission, orotracheal intubation, prone position, suffering from previous pathologies, and high BMI. The possible causes that we consider for neuropathic involvement are compressive and positional (more indirectly related to the disease) and inflammatory / immune-mediated as the most direct cause of involvement caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Knowledge of the risk factors is important, for the prevention, early diagnosis, and the correct treatment of these neuropathies. Some patients are left with serious neurological sequelae, with the consequences that this entails (high social and economic costs). Copyright © 2022
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The lack of autonomy of university students is a current problem in higher education, being considered a skill that students must acquire. To meet the objectives of higher education, students, especially those enrolled in bachelor’s degree programmes, must be assisted in achieving a greater capacity for self-regulation, for which teachers must find an effective balance between guidance and self-regulated learning. We worked with 39 undergraduate students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education programme at the University of Salamanca (Spain) who were enrolled in a subject about school organisation, in the context of a hybrid learning mode due to the COVID-19 crisis. The pre-service teachers measured their progress weekly and self-assessed their performance in implementing the subject group work using a digitised rating scale through a questionnaire. The results showed that the students who best self-regulated their learning were more realistic in their self-assessment of their work, although they were not the highest achievers in some cases in terms of the final assessment of the assignment. In addition, the students valued the experience as positive, noting particularly that using the digital questionnaire to reflect on the quality of their work had helped them to improve the final assignment. Based on the results, teachers in the university where the study was implemented are considering continuing this practice and even applying it to other subjects, such as the Final Degree Project, where students have a more autonomous role in their learning and where good self-regulation can have very positive results. © 2022 The Author(s).
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Introduction: Eating habits and sleep quality in university students are very changeable due to various factors, among them the confinement product of COVID-19, directly affecting health. Objective: To determine the association between eating habits and sleep quality in university students in times of COVID-19, Lima-Peru. Methods: The study was cross-sectional and correlational, university students participated and completed surveys on eating habits and sleep quality. The statistical analysis used the Chi-square test and Spearman's Rho to evaluate the association. Results: 300 students participated, 32.7% had "inade-quate" eating habits, 33.3% "adequate";likewise, 32.7% of the students obtained a poor sleep quality level. There is a relationship between both variables (p<0.001);with a weak association (correlation coefficient 0.370;p=<0.001). Conclusion: There is a relationship between eating habits and sleep quality in students of public universities in Lima. It is recommended that universities carry out timely diagnosis and educational interventions in nutrition and mental health while maintaining COVID-19 restrictions.
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Introduction: In December 2019, a new respiratory disease, named COVID-19, caused by a novel coronavirus, emerged in Wuhan and since then spread rapidly throughout China and worldwide. Hemodialysis patients are an especially vulnerable subgroup of the general population. However, there are only a few reports on the course of COVID-19 in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Case report: We describe in depth the clinical, analytical, and radiological details of 9 hemodialysis patients from a single center in Madrid (Spain) diagnosed with COVID-19. Furthermore, we describe and discuss the therapeutic aspects and the patients’ outcomes. Discussion: We present one of the first case series of chronic hemodialysis patients with COVID-19. Between March 14 and April 8, 2020, out of 76 prevalent patients in our hemodialysis unit, 9 (11.8%) patients were diagnosed with COVID-19. The most common symptoms were fever (77.8%), asthenia (77.8%), cough (55.6%), and dyspnea (33.3%). A total of 3 patients developed severe pneumonia, whereas 4 patients developed mild pneumonia. In 2 patients, no pathologic changes were found on chest radiography. All patients presented lymphopenia. While 6 (66.7%) patients required hospitalization, none of them was admitted to intensive care unit. The most common treatments used were azithromycin (100%), hydroxychloroquine (66.7%), lopinavir/ritonavir (55.6%) and β-interferon (22.2%). In general, we observed a mild to moderate severity of disease in our case series. One patient died, however due to a cause not related to COVID-19.
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INTRODUCTION: On March 11th, 2020, the WHO declared the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic. Syndromes have been detected in relation to COVID-19 such as encephalitis, acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy and cerebrovascular complications. There are also cases of peripheral nervous system involvement. METHODS: Our case would be the 3rd patient with MFS associated with COVID-19 as far as we know. RESULTS: We present a 51 years old female diagnosed with MFS two weeks after COVID-19. RTPCR to SARS-CoV-2 was negative but IgG was positive. CONCLUSION: Most of the cases were mild or moderate with typical signs and symptoms. All were treated with IV immunoglobulin with good response in most cases. Despite the short evolution time of the cases surviving the current pandemic, the description of cases of post-infectious neurological syndromes suggests that this is probably not an infrequent complication in the subacute stage of Covid-19 disease.