Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5690
Jorge Segundo Contreras-Tataje
Sr. Editor After reading the article by Lobato-Jeri, C et al. which is entitled "Clinical surgical characteristics of patients aged 75 years or older colostomized in the national hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins with DOI: 10.25176/RFMH.v16.n2.667, published in 2016, in your prestigious journal of Facultad de medicina humana de la Universidad Ricardo Palma, I must say that it has been a pleasure to have studied it, because it deals with a very relevant topic for the public health of our country. This study covers the characteristics that exist in elderly patients who underwent colostomy surgery. What caught my attention was that, of the patients analyzed in their publication, a large percentage (42.11%) had unresectable colorectal cancer that caused intestinal obstruction, which led them to have a colostomy.
{"title":"Poor diet in fruits and risk of colorectal cancer","authors":"Jorge Segundo Contreras-Tataje","doi":"10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5690","url":null,"abstract":"Sr. Editor After reading the article by Lobato-Jeri, C et al. which is entitled \"Clinical surgical characteristics of patients aged 75 years or older colostomized in the national hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins with DOI: 10.25176/RFMH.v16.n2.667, published in 2016, in your prestigious journal of Facultad de medicina humana de la Universidad Ricardo Palma, I must say that it has been a pleasure to have studied it, because it deals with a very relevant topic for the public health of our country. This study covers the characteristics that exist in elderly patients who underwent colostomy surgery. What caught my attention was that, of the patients analyzed in their publication, a large percentage (42.11%) had unresectable colorectal cancer that caused intestinal obstruction, which led them to have a colostomy.","PeriodicalId":33139,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44385590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5582
C. Pérez-Agüero, Fernando M. Runzer Colmenares, Rolando Vásquez Alva, Christian Villavicencio Chávez
Objective: To determine the factors associated with the quality of life in older adults with advanced chronic organ failure in a hospital in Lima-Peru. Materials and methods: Observational research, cross-sectional analysis, whose population was made up of 100 older adults, the collection technique was the interview and the instrument the questionnaire through the application of the Barthel index and WHOQoL-Bref. To respond to the study objectives, the non-parametric Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis and Spearman's Rho tests were applied, considering the significance of 5%. Results: (44) 44% of older adults were over 80 years old, (59) 59% were men, (31) 31% studied a higher technical level, (57) 57% were incumbents in the Navy, (74) 74% had arterial hypertension. The most frequent geriatric syndromes were visual or auditory deficit (82) 82%, insomnia (59) 59%, constipation (52) 52% and malnutrition (47) 47%. The (50) 50% of the older adults presented severe functional dependence. (63) 63% presented quality of life at a medium level. The epidemiological factors associated with low quality of life were age over 80 years (p=0.032, RP=1.818), female sex (p=0.009, RP=2.056), the level of education given by illiterate, primary and secondary school (p=0.025, RP=1.930) and the relationship with the Navy as a family member (p=0.022, RP=1.894). Associated geriatric syndromes were insomnia (p=0.034, RP=1.930), constipation (p=0.000, RP=3.560), pressure injury (p=0.000, RP=2.788) and severe functional dependence (p= 0.000, PR=4.667). However, the multivariate analysis showed that insomnia (p=0.002; RPa=1.166), pressure injury (p=0.016; RPa=1.248) and severe dependence (p=0.000; RPa=1.207) were the associated factors. significantly to the low quality of life in older adults. Conclusions: The factors insomnia, pressure injury and severe dependency were significantly associated with low quality of life in older adults with advanced chronic organ failure in a hospital in Lima-Peru.
{"title":"Factors associated with quality of life in older adults with advanced chronic organ failure in a hospital in Lima, Peru","authors":"C. Pérez-Agüero, Fernando M. Runzer Colmenares, Rolando Vásquez Alva, Christian Villavicencio Chávez","doi":"10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5582","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To determine the factors associated with the quality of life in older adults with advanced chronic organ failure in a hospital in Lima-Peru. Materials and methods: Observational research, cross-sectional analysis, whose population was made up of 100 older adults, the collection technique was the interview and the instrument the questionnaire through the application of the Barthel index and WHOQoL-Bref. To respond to the study objectives, the non-parametric Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis and Spearman's Rho tests were applied, considering the significance of 5%. Results: (44) 44% of older adults were over 80 years old, (59) 59% were men, (31) 31% studied a higher technical level, (57) 57% were incumbents in the Navy, (74) 74% had arterial hypertension. The most frequent geriatric syndromes were visual or auditory deficit (82) 82%, insomnia (59) 59%, constipation (52) 52% and malnutrition (47) 47%. The (50) 50% of the older adults presented severe functional dependence. (63) 63% presented quality of life at a medium level. The epidemiological factors associated with low quality of life were age over 80 years (p=0.032, RP=1.818), female sex (p=0.009, RP=2.056), the level of education given by illiterate, primary and secondary school (p=0.025, RP=1.930) and the relationship with the Navy as a family member (p=0.022, RP=1.894). Associated geriatric syndromes were insomnia (p=0.034, RP=1.930), constipation (p=0.000, RP=3.560), pressure injury (p=0.000, RP=2.788) and severe functional dependence (p= 0.000, PR=4.667). However, the multivariate analysis showed that insomnia (p=0.002; RPa=1.166), pressure injury (p=0.016; RPa=1.248) and severe dependence (p=0.000; RPa=1.207) were the associated factors. significantly to the low quality of life in older adults. Conclusions: The factors insomnia, pressure injury and severe dependency were significantly associated with low quality of life in older adults with advanced chronic organ failure in a hospital in Lima-Peru.","PeriodicalId":33139,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44311346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5649
Gloria Pacheco-Feijoó, Luis Podestá-Gavilano, Katherin Quevedo-Porras, José Amado-Tineo
Introduction: Quality of life is one of the main concerns for cancer patients in palliative care; however, studies on quality of life in these patients are limited. Objective: To determine the factors associated with quality of life in patients with oncological disease in palliative care. Methods: Observational, analytical study in 184 cancer patients treated in a Pain and Palliative Care Unit during 2021. The dependent variable was quality of life; independent variables were age, sex, education level, occupation, oncological diagnosis, disease duration, and stage. Crude (RP) and adjusted (aRP) prevalence ratios were calculated with a 95% confidence level. Results: The median age was 63 years, and 66.3% were female. Factors associated with quality of life were breast cancer (aRP=1.21; 95% CI: 1.07-1.36; p!<0.010), prostate cancer (aRP=1.36; 95% CI: 1.18-1.56; p!<0.010), or multiple myeloma (aRP=1.33; 95% CI: 1.15-1.53; p!<0.010), compared to other cancers such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, stomach, kidney, or pancreatic cancer; disease duration longer than 36 months (aRP=1.13; 95% CI: 1.01-1.27; p=0.040), and stage III (aRP=1.30; 95% CI: 1.19-1.42; p!<0.010) were also associated with quality of life. Conclusions: Factors associated with quality of life were having breast, prostate, or multiple myeloma cancer, compared to having another type of cancer; in addition to a disease duration longer than 36 months and stage III compared to stage I/II.
{"title":"Factors associated with quality of life in cancer patients in a social security pain therapy unit - Lima, Peru","authors":"Gloria Pacheco-Feijoó, Luis Podestá-Gavilano, Katherin Quevedo-Porras, José Amado-Tineo","doi":"10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5649","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Quality of life is one of the main concerns for cancer patients in palliative care; however, studies on quality of life in these patients are limited. Objective: To determine the factors associated with quality of life in patients with oncological disease in palliative care. Methods: Observational, analytical study in 184 cancer patients treated in a Pain and Palliative Care Unit during 2021. The dependent variable was quality of life; independent variables were age, sex, education level, occupation, oncological diagnosis, disease duration, and stage. Crude (RP) and adjusted (aRP) prevalence ratios were calculated with a 95% confidence level. Results: The median age was 63 years, and 66.3% were female. Factors associated with quality of life were breast cancer (aRP=1.21; 95% CI: 1.07-1.36; p!<0.010), prostate cancer (aRP=1.36; 95% CI: 1.18-1.56; p!<0.010), or multiple myeloma (aRP=1.33; 95% CI: 1.15-1.53; p!<0.010), compared to other cancers such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, stomach, kidney, or pancreatic cancer; disease duration longer than 36 months (aRP=1.13; 95% CI: 1.01-1.27; p=0.040), and stage III (aRP=1.30; 95% CI: 1.19-1.42; p!<0.010) were also associated with quality of life. Conclusions: Factors associated with quality of life were having breast, prostate, or multiple myeloma cancer, compared to having another type of cancer; in addition to a disease duration longer than 36 months and stage III compared to stage I/II.","PeriodicalId":33139,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42135501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5636
Vanessa Cavazos-Flores, Jason Aragón-Castillo, Brenda López Martínez
Introduction: Appetite traits (RA) are part of the eating behavior of the person, with a series of continuous responses that are related to the choice and consumption of food, but also to aspects at the moment in which the feeding is carried out, the frequency of meals, the place where they take place, the company with which they are shared, among others. These factors can have a significant impact on the way a person eats and on their long-term health. Objective: To analyze the possible connection between maternal eating behavior, with the body composition of the adolescent, from a high school in the city of Allende, Nuevo León, Mexico. Material and methods. A quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational study was carried out. The period of the present study was February-August 2022, the population was 41 couples (mother and adolescent son between 12 and 17 years old), from a high school in the municipality of Allende, Nuevo León, Mexico. To test the hypothesis, Spearman's correlation coefficient was obtained. Results. When running the statistical test, it was found that there is no significant correlation between the level of eating behavior of the mother and the body composition of the adolescent (r = -0.174, p = 0.277), therefore, the hypothesis of investigation. Conclusions. It was found that the eating behavior of the mother is not significantly related to the body composition of the adolescents with the sample considered in the present study.
{"title":"Association between maternal eating behaviors and the body composition of their adolescent son in the population of Allende, Nuevo León - Mexico","authors":"Vanessa Cavazos-Flores, Jason Aragón-Castillo, Brenda López Martínez","doi":"10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5636","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Appetite traits (RA) are part of the eating behavior of the person, with a series of continuous responses that are related to the choice and consumption of food, but also to aspects at the moment in which the feeding is carried out, the frequency of meals, the place where they take place, the company with which they are shared, among others. These factors can have a significant impact on the way a person eats and on their long-term health. Objective: To analyze the possible connection between maternal eating behavior, with the body composition of the adolescent, from a high school in the city of Allende, Nuevo León, Mexico. Material and methods. A quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational study was carried out. The period of the present study was February-August 2022, the population was 41 couples (mother and adolescent son between 12 and 17 years old), from a high school in the municipality of Allende, Nuevo León, Mexico. To test the hypothesis, Spearman's correlation coefficient was obtained. Results. When running the statistical test, it was found that there is no significant correlation between the level of eating behavior of the mother and the body composition of the adolescent (r = -0.174, p = 0.277), therefore, the hypothesis of investigation. Conclusions. It was found that the eating behavior of the mother is not significantly related to the body composition of the adolescents with the sample considered in the present study.","PeriodicalId":33139,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48327432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5643
Hallder Idrugo-Jave, Jaime Lama - Valdivia, María Alba - Rodríguez
Objective: To determine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with positive attitudes towards sexuality in older adults seen in the outpatient clinic of the Hipólito Unanue National Hospital from september to december, 2021. Methods: Cross-sectional analytical observational study, which included 227 adult patients over 60 years of age from the outpatient clinic of the HNHU geriatrics service attended by teleconsultation. Attitudes towards sexuality were measured by applying the Questionnaire of Attitudes towards Sexuality in Older Adults, dividing the result into positive and negative attitudes.Results: 86.3% of older adults have a positive attitude towards sexuality, the age of 60 to 79 years was presented in 73% of these patients, higher education was higher in the group with positive attitude (47%), 53.6% of the patients with a positive attitude reported having a current partner, having received educational talks increases the probability of a positive attitude towards sexuality by 3.12 times. In the bivariate analysis, there was a statistically significant association between age 60 to 79 years (RP: 1.31, 95%CI: 1.12-1.52, p<0.001), higher education (RP: 1.19, 95%CI: 1.08-1.31, p=0.001), having a current partner (RP: 1.32, 95%CI: 1.19-1.46, p<0.001), having received educational talks (RP: 1.13, 95%CI: 1.03-1.24, p=0.033). In the multivariate analysis, an association was found between having a current partner and a positive attitude towards sexuality (RPa: 1.177, 95%CI: 1.09-1.26, p<0.001).Conclusions: There is a high frequency of positive attitude towards sexuality in older adults, and having a current partner was an independent associated factor.
{"title":"Attitudes towards sexuality in older adults treated in the outpatient clinic of the Hipólito Unanue National Hospital. Lima, Peru","authors":"Hallder Idrugo-Jave, Jaime Lama - Valdivia, María Alba - Rodríguez","doi":"10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5643","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To determine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with positive attitudes towards sexuality in older adults seen in the outpatient clinic of the Hipólito Unanue National Hospital from september to december, 2021. Methods: Cross-sectional analytical observational study, which included 227 adult patients over 60 years of age from the outpatient clinic of the HNHU geriatrics service attended by teleconsultation. Attitudes towards sexuality were measured by applying the Questionnaire of Attitudes towards Sexuality in Older Adults, dividing the result into positive and negative attitudes.Results: 86.3% of older adults have a positive attitude towards sexuality, the age of 60 to 79 years was presented in 73% of these patients, higher education was higher in the group with positive attitude (47%), 53.6% of the patients with a positive attitude reported having a current partner, having received educational talks increases the probability of a positive attitude towards sexuality by 3.12 times. In the bivariate analysis, there was a statistically significant association between age 60 to 79 years (RP: 1.31, 95%CI: 1.12-1.52, p<0.001), higher education (RP: 1.19, 95%CI: 1.08-1.31, p=0.001), having a current partner (RP: 1.32, 95%CI: 1.19-1.46, p<0.001), having received educational talks (RP: 1.13, 95%CI: 1.03-1.24, p=0.033). In the multivariate analysis, an association was found between having a current partner and a positive attitude towards sexuality (RPa: 1.177, 95%CI: 1.09-1.26, p<0.001).Conclusions: There is a high frequency of positive attitude towards sexuality in older adults, and having a current partner was an independent associated factor.","PeriodicalId":33139,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49393904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5799
Carla Cespedes, Andrea Costa, Adriana E. Ibañez, Joel A. Huamanñahui
Mr. Editor: Acute appendicitis represents the most prevalent abdominal surgical condition globally, affecting approximately 10% of the population. Notably, its incidence is higher during the second and third decades of life, constituting the main cause of acute abdomen in the young adult population. In view of its prevalence, it is imperative that an early diagnosis be established and appropriate treatment applied to prevent associated complications. It is important to note that the mortality rate for uncomplicated cases is 0.6%, but it can rise to between 2-3% in cases of perforation and 5-15% in the elderly population.
{"title":"Clinical, epidemiological and surgical characteristics of acute appendicitis in adult patients at hospital in Lima","authors":"Carla Cespedes, Andrea Costa, Adriana E. Ibañez, Joel A. Huamanñahui","doi":"10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5799","url":null,"abstract":"Mr. Editor: Acute appendicitis represents the most prevalent abdominal surgical condition globally, affecting approximately 10% of the population. Notably, its incidence is higher during the second and third decades of life, constituting the main cause of acute abdomen in the young adult population. In view of its prevalence, it is imperative that an early diagnosis be established and appropriate treatment applied to prevent associated complications. It is important to note that the mortality rate for uncomplicated cases is 0.6%, but it can rise to between 2-3% in cases of perforation and 5-15% in the elderly population.","PeriodicalId":33139,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48087299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5640
Félix M. Cordero-Pinedo, Filomeno T. Jauregui-Francia, Leydy K. Cordero-Tito
Introduction: Hearing is the usual way to acquire language, which allows us the development of thought and knowledge; hearing loss can affect the ability to learn and communicate in children and cause alterations in their behavior and academic performance. Objective: To determine the relationship between hearing level and academic performance in primary school students from a public educational institution in Lima. Methods: Observational, correlational and cross-sectional study. Otoscopy and audiometry were performed in 94 students of the sixth year of primary school of the Santa Rosa de Lima educational institution, in Los Olivos-Lima. Was used the otoscope, the audiometer and the final grades of each student of the first academic semester 2022 as instruments. The relationship was analyzed using Spearman's Rho correlation coefficient. Results: 35.1% of students had mild hearing loss and 64.9% had normal hearing loss. The average academic performance of the sample was 14.74; the average academic performance of the normoacusic students, 14.89 and the average academic performance of the hearing impaired, 14.48. In the Spearman's Rho correlation análisis, it was found a positive correlation between hearing level and academic performance (0.200). Conclusions: There is a positive relationship between hearing level and academic performance in sixth grade students of the Santa Rosa de Lima- Los Olivos educational institution.
{"title":"Hearing level and its relationship with academic performance in students of an educational institution in Lima","authors":"Félix M. Cordero-Pinedo, Filomeno T. Jauregui-Francia, Leydy K. Cordero-Tito","doi":"10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5640","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Hearing is the usual way to acquire language, which allows us the development of thought and knowledge; hearing loss can affect the ability to learn and communicate in children and cause alterations in their behavior and academic performance. Objective: To determine the relationship between hearing level and academic performance in primary school students from a public educational institution in Lima. Methods: Observational, correlational and cross-sectional study. Otoscopy and audiometry were performed in 94 students of the sixth year of primary school of the Santa Rosa de Lima educational institution, in Los Olivos-Lima. Was used the otoscope, the audiometer and the final grades of each student of the first academic semester 2022 as instruments. The relationship was analyzed using Spearman's Rho correlation coefficient. Results: 35.1% of students had mild hearing loss and 64.9% had normal hearing loss. The average academic performance of the sample was 14.74; the average academic performance of the normoacusic students, 14.89 and the average academic performance of the hearing impaired, 14.48. In the Spearman's Rho correlation análisis, it was found a positive correlation between hearing level and academic performance (0.200). Conclusions: There is a positive relationship between hearing level and academic performance in sixth grade students of the Santa Rosa de Lima- Los Olivos educational institution.","PeriodicalId":33139,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42525903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5657
Kelly Carolina Cucho Vásquez, María Elena Loo Valverde, Willer Chanduví Puicón
Introduction: Self-medication is a common practice to alleviate symptoms of various diseases, in the child population such as pharyngitis and rhinopharyngitis that are common in health centers in Peru. Objective: To determine the factors associated with self-medication in children with upper respiratory tract diseases. Material and methods: Analytical cross-sectional observational study. The sample size was 206 parents who went with their children to the Emergency service. A questionnaire approved by Valenzuela M was used. and the SPSS program to find the frequency, the bivariate analysis and the multivariate analysis of Poisson logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of self-medication in children was 91,3%. Parents who only studied primary and secondary school were more likely to self-medicate their children PRa=1,22 (95% CI: 1,01-1,40). the first-born were protected from self-medication PRa=0,86 (95% CI: 0,76-0,97). Parents who were between 20 and 29 years of age obtained PRa=1,04 (95% CI: 0,96-1,13), children under 7 years old, PRa=0,99 (95% CI: 0,91-1,07) and parents of family that had 1 child PRa=1,04 (95% CI:0,90-1,20). Conclusions: The educational level and the order number of the child, such as being the first-born, had a significant association with self-medication in children.
{"title":"Self-medication in children with upper respiratory diseases in a mother-child center in Peru","authors":"Kelly Carolina Cucho Vásquez, María Elena Loo Valverde, Willer Chanduví Puicón","doi":"10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5657","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Self-medication is a common practice to alleviate symptoms of various diseases, in the child population such as pharyngitis and rhinopharyngitis that are common in health centers in Peru. Objective: To determine the factors associated with self-medication in children with upper respiratory tract diseases. Material and methods: Analytical cross-sectional observational study. The sample size was 206 parents who went with their children to the Emergency service. A questionnaire approved by Valenzuela M was used. and the SPSS program to find the frequency, the bivariate analysis and the multivariate analysis of Poisson logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of self-medication in children was 91,3%. Parents who only studied primary and secondary school were more likely to self-medicate their children PRa=1,22 (95% CI: 1,01-1,40). the first-born were protected from self-medication PRa=0,86 (95% CI: 0,76-0,97). Parents who were between 20 and 29 years of age obtained PRa=1,04 (95% CI: 0,96-1,13), children under 7 years old, PRa=0,99 (95% CI: 0,91-1,07) and parents of family that had 1 child PRa=1,04 (95% CI:0,90-1,20). Conclusions: The educational level and the order number of the child, such as being the first-born, had a significant association with self-medication in children.","PeriodicalId":33139,"journal":{"name":"Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45663373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5708
Carolina Montalvo-Saba
Mr. Editor: I had the opportunity to review an article published in the first edition of the journal of the Facultad de Medicina Humana de la Universidad Ricardo Palma this year, which is entitled consumption of foods rich in antioxidants in outpatients with diabetic retinopathy at the hospital la carlota during 2021, identified with DOI n° 10.25176/RFMH.v22i1.4121 and written by Raquel Martínez-Kurata, et al., where they sought to find the amount of antioxidant consumption focusing on vitamins C, E and selenium in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR), which managed to capture my attention and aroused my curiosity, motivating me to seek more information about it. Let me comment on some points of view in common with the authors.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5650
Andrés Cabrera Gamonal, C. Neyra-Rivera, Jose S. Lazarte, E. Gutierrez, Fernando M. Runzer Colmenares, J. Parodi
Introduction: Older adults are susceptible to malnutrition and vitamin deficiency. Objective: To determine the association between the low level of vitamin B12 and cognitive deterioration in older adults from the Naval Medical Center, located in Lima-Peru, in the period 2010-2015. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out, based on a secondary analysis of the Texas-Cemena UTMB 2010-2015 database of the Center for Research on Aging (CIEN) of the University of San Martín de Porres. To quantify the cognitive impairment variable, the MiniMental Test was used. To analyze the association, the Chi-square test and Poisson regression were performed. Results: 57.6% of the patients were male and the mean age was 78 ± 8.4. 41.2% presented cognitive deterioration and 9.5% of the patients presented vitamin B12 deficiency. The factors independently associated with cognitive impairment were a history of cerebrovascular disease (PR= 1.38 95% CI [1.24-1.53]), depression (PR= 1.88 95% CI [1.80-1 .97]) and vitamin B12 deficiency (PR = 1.10 95% CI [1.01-1.20]). Conclusions: In the present study, an association was found between a low level of vitamin B12 and cognitive deterioration in older adults.
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