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Objetivo: Establecer un modelo predictor de la salud mental a partir del miedo y la ansiedad al COVID-19 y el estrés percibido en pacien-tes de atención primaria del Ecuador. Método: El trabajo corresponde a un estudio correlacional, comparativo y predictor por medio de las escalas de Ansiedad al Coronavirus, Miedo al COVID-19, Estrés Percibido y Salud general. Participantes:460 pacientes hospitalarios de atención primaria (38.9% hombres y 61.1% mujeres) de las ciudades de Ambato y Quito. Con edades entre 18 a 79 años (M= 36 años; DE= 14,48). Resultados: Existen niveles moderados de miedo al covid-19 y estrés y bajos de ansiedad al co-vid-19. Los síntomas que más prevalecen son los de somatización y ansie-dad-insomnio. Se confirma la relación del miedo y la ansiedad al COVID-19 y el estrés percibido con el malestar en salud mental. El miedo y la an-siedad alCOVID-19 predicen el estrés percibido y este a su vez la salud mental con el 54% de explicación de los cambios de la varianza. Conclusión: El miedo y la ansiedad al covid-19 son predictores del estrés y el estrés es un predictor de los síntomas psicológicos y de malestar en la salud mental en muestra ecuatoriana.(AU)
Objective: To develop a predictive model of mental health based on fear and anxiety of COVID-19 and perceived stress in a sample of pri-mary care patients in Ecuador. Method: A correlational, comparativeand predictive study applying Anxiety to Coronavirus, Fear of COVID-19, Perceived Stress and General Health scales, and SEM as a data analysis technique. Participants: 460 primary care hospital patients (38.9% men and 61.1% women) from Ambato and Quito cities, between 18 and 79 years old (M = 36 years; SD = 14.48). Results:Data suggest the presence of mod-erate levels of fear of covid-19 and stress and low levels of anxiety to covid-19. The most prevalent symptoms are somatization and anxiety-insomnia. Therelationship of fear and anxiety to COVID-19 and per-ceived stress with mental health discomfort is confirmed. Fear and anxiety about COVID-19 predict perceived stress and this, in turn, predicts mental health with a 41.2% of explained variance. Conclusion: Fear and anxiety about covid-19 are predictors of stress, and stress is a predictor of psycho-logical symptoms and mental health discomfort in Ecuadorian primary care patients.(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Young Adult , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Fear , Anxiety , Stress, Psychological , Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus , Perception , Primary Health Care , Forecasting , Mental Health , Inpatients , Pandemics , Ecuador , Psychology , Psychology, Clinical , Behavioral MedicineABSTRACT
Background: Emotion Regulation comprises a set of strategies (cognitive, emotional, and physiological) that allow individuals faced with internal or external stimuli to manage their emotional response, to adapt to the environment, and to achieve goals. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is used to assess Emotion Regulation. It has been translated into several languages (including Spanish) and has been adapted around the world, but its psychometric properties have not been tested in Ecuador. Objective: To confirm the bifactor structure of the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and its reliability in a sample of Ecuadorian college students. Design: A quantitative and instrumental study using Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Robust Maximum Likelihood estimation. The sample consisted of 400 participants (62.5% women), aged 18 to 25 (M = 21.1; SD = 1.95) from two universities in Ecuador and seven different undergraduate courses. Results: The bifactor model of the test is confirmed with an adequate adjustment ê2 = 35.99; p > .001; ê2/df = 1.43; CFI = .98; TLI = .96; SRMR = .034; and RMSE A = .033 CI95%: [.033-.052]; ωH = .70; ωHs1 = .23; ωHs2 = .35. Reliability is high with ω = .86 CI95%: [.81-.88]. Conclusion: The bifactor model of the ERQ is an adequate and reliable test to assess Emotion Regulation among Ecuadorian college students.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare blood pressure (BP) levels in three groups of Argentinean Indigenous schoolchildren from similar ethnic backgrounds but living at three different altitudes. METHODS: A cross-sectional study compared 185 (83 females) children aged 5-14 years from San Antonio de los Cobres (SAC), 3750 m above sea level; 46 (23 females) from Cobres, 3450 m; and 167 (83 females) from Chicoana (CH), 1400 m. Anthropometric and BP measurements were performed. RESULTS: The prevalence of overweight/obesity was lower in SAC (6.5% [12]) and Cobres (4.3% [2]) than in CH (24% [24]) (BMI > 85 percentile per CDC norms). Systolic BP increased significantly with altitude: (SAC 86 mm Hg, Cobres 77 mm Hg, and CH 69 mm Hg). Similar results were obtained with diastolic BP (SAC 57 mm Hg, Cobres 51 mm Hg, and CH 47 mm Hg) and with median arterial pressure (MAP) (SAC 67 mm Hg, Cobres 60 mm Hg, and CH 55 mm Hg). Multiple linear regression analyses showed that altitude was significantly and independently associated with children's systolic BP (beta 10.56; R2 = 0.40), diastolic BP (beta 6.27; R2 = 0.25) and MAP (beta 7.69; R2 = 0.32); adjusted for age, sex, and BMI. CONCLUSIONS: We found that as altitude increased, BP levels increased significantly in indigenous children from similar backgrounds living permanently at different altitudes.
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Objetivo: Determinar la autoeficacia de la puérperas en amamantar a sus hijos menores de 48 horas y construir el perfil sociodemográfico y obstétrico de las madres. Material y Métodos: El estudio es de tipo descriptivo, transversal, realizados con 100 puérperas de Hospital de Apoyo María Auxiliadora en Lima Perú, entre el 9 y el 14 de noviembre de 2010. Los datos sociodemográficos y obstétricos fueron recolectados de la historia clínica de la madre y se aplicó la BSES-SF. Resultados: 72 (72%) mostraron un elevado nivel de auto eficacia para la lactancia materna, 26 (26%) un nivel medio y 2 (2%) un nivel bajo. Hubo asociación estadísticamente significativa entre la edad, estado civil, paridad, control prenatal, y el puntaje de auto eficacia para la lactancia materna (p<0.05). Conclusiones: Los niveles alcanzados en la BSES-SF por la población estudiada fueron altos. Ser de 20 años, soltera, primípara y menor número de control prenatal, aumentan el riesgo para la lactancia no sea exitosa.
Objective: To determine the efficacy of the women with breastfeeding their children under 48 hours and build the demographic profile and obstetric mothers. Material and Methods: This descriptive, transversal study was conducted with 100 women in Hospital de Apoyo Mar¡a Auxiliadora public hospital in Lima Peru, from November 90th to 14th, 2010. Demographic and obstetric data were collected from mothers medical history and then the BSES-SF from was applied. Results: 72 (72%) mothers showed high self-efficacy to breastfeed. We found a statistically significant association between age, marital status, prenatal checkups and breastfeeding self -efficacy scores (p=<0.05). Conclusions: The levels reached in the BSES-SF for the study population were high. Being under 20, unmarried, primiparous and fewer prenatal care, increase the risk for breastfeeding is not successful.
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Young Adult , Breast Feeding , Postpartum Period , Infant, Newborn , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
Como parte del programa de tamizaje antitumoral de plantas cubanas del Departamento de Bioquímica del Instituto Nacional de Oncología y Radiobiología, se inició el estudio de la especie Heliotropium Curassavicum L, la que resultó activa en el tamizaje primario de leucemia, 1 210, y hepatoma, 22. Al realizar el estudio fitoquímico de la misma se aislaron los componentes mayoritarios heliocurassavicina y heliocurassavinina, los que fueron caracterizados espectroscópicamente
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Alkaloids/isolation & purification , Spectrophotometry, Infrared/methods , CubaABSTRACT
Como parte del programa de tamizaje antitumoral de plantas cubanas del Departamento de Bioquímica del Instituto Nacional de Oncología y Radiobiología, se inició el estudio de la especie Heliotropium Curassavicum L, la que resultó activa en el tamizaje primario de leucemia, 1 210, y hepatoma, 22. Al realizar el estudio fitoquímico de la misma se aislaron los componentes mayoritarios heliocurassavicina y heliocurassavinina, los que fueron caracterizados espectroscópicamente
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Alkaloids/isolation & purification , Spectrophotometry, Infrared/methods , CubaABSTRACT
A study of dental caries was made, complementing a basic survey on protein supplement in brown sugar, to measure any possible changes caused by the supplement in question
An analysis of the results revealed the surprising fact that Heliconia had the lowest index of dental caries ever reported in Colombia, with statistically significan differences on the order of 5 per cent. Since the rate was half the general rate for Antioquia and since there is no appreciable factor in Heliconia to which the occurrence may be attributed, presumably there is some extrinsic factor present to account for the marked difference. A substance other than fluoride is suspected to exist and to exert a caries-preventive action, since the element was not detected in the urine of the group under study(AU)
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Dental Caries/diet therapy , Fluorine/deficiency , ColombiaABSTRACT
A study of dental caries was made, complementing a basic survey on protein supplement in brown sugar, to measure any possible changes caused by the supplement in question
An analysis of the results revealed the surprising fact that Heliconia had the lowest index of dental caries ever reported in Colombia, with statistically significan differences on the order of 5 per cent. Since the rate was half the general rate for Antioquia and since there is no appreciable factor in Heliconia to which the occurrence may be attributed, presumably there is some extrinsic factor present to account for the marked difference. A substance other than fluoride is suspected to exist and to exert a caries-preventive action, since the element was not detected in the urine of the group under study(AU)
