Assessment and counseling to get the best efficiency and effectiveness of the assistive technology (MATCH): Study protocol.

AIMS: To determine the psychosocial impact of assistive technology(AT) based on robotics and artificial intelligence in the life of people with disabilities. BACKGROUND: The best match between any person with disabilities and its AT only can be gotten through a complete assessment and monitoring of his/her needs, abilities, priorities, difficulties and limitations. Without this analysis, it's possible that the device won't meet the individual's expectations. Therefore, it is important that any project focused on the development of innovating AT for people with disabilities includes the perspective of outcome measures as an important phase of the research. In this sense, the integration of the assessment, implementation process and outcome measures is crucial to guarantee the transferability for the project findings and to get the perspective from the final user. METHODS: Pilot study, with prospective, longitudinal and analytical cohort. The study lasts from July 2020 until April 2023. The sample is formed by people with disabilities, ages from 2-21, that will participate from the first stage of the process (initial assessment of their abilities and needs) to the final application of outcome measures instruments (with a complete implication during the test of technology). DISCUSSION: Only with the active participation of the person is possible to carry out a user-centered approach. This fact will allow us to define and generate technological solutions that really adjust to the expectations, needs and priorities of the people with disabilities, avoiding the AT from being abandoned, with the consequent health and social spending. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinical Trials ID: NCT04723784; https://clinicaltrials.gov/.

Riesgo preconcepcional en la consulta de planificación familiar / Preconceptional risk at the Family Planning office

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo entre febrero 1999 y febrero 2000 con el objetivo de identificar los factores de riesgo reproductivo preconcepcional (RRPC) más frecuentes y evaluar la influencia de la consulta de Planificación Familiar (CPF) en su control. La muestra estuvo conformada por 200 pacientes de la consulta de Planificación Familiar, clasificadas como RRPC. Los factores de RRPC más frecuentes fueron la desnutrición (26,5 porciento), menos de 2 años desde el último parto (21 porciento) y edad menor de 18 años (19,5 porciento). El nivel de conocimientos sobre sus factores de riesgo y cómo modificarlos se incrementó después de la intervención educativa hasta un 60 porciento, pero la mayoría de ellas no modificó ninguno de los factores de riesgo que eran modificables. Se concluyó que la CPF influyó poco en el control del RRPC, y que el incremento del nivel de conocimientos sobre sus factores de riesgo no determinó su modificación