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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana

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Factors Associated With Anxiety In Medical Interns At A Private University In The Context Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Efrain A. Cehua Alvarez, Joseph Alburqueque Melgarejo, Horus M. Viru Flores, Juan C. Roque-Quezada, Catherine A. Suárez Egoávil, Israrel A. Guerra Apr 2022

Factors Associated With Anxiety In Medical Interns At A Private University In The Context Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Efrain A. Cehua Alvarez, Joseph Alburqueque Melgarejo, Horus M. Viru Flores, Juan C. Roque-Quezada, Catherine A. Suárez Egoávil, Israrel A. Guerra

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors associated with anxiety in medical interns at a private university in the context of the covid-19 pandemic. METHODS: The study design is quantitative, observational, analytical, retrospective, cross-sectional. The sample was comprised of 343 human medicine interns, who were selected by a non-probabilistic snowball type sampling. The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale instrument was used for the diagnosis of anxiety. A Poisson regression model with robust bivariate and multiple variances was used to calculate the prevalence ratio and their respective 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: The prevalence of anxiety and severe depressive symptoms of 22.74% and 6.71% respectively was …


Factors Associated With Depression Anxiety And Stress In The Context Of Covid-19 Pandemic In Police Officers Of Metropolitan Lima, Peru, Katherine D. Apaza-Llantoy, Lucy E. Correa-López Oct 2021

Factors Associated With Depression Anxiety And Stress In The Context Of Covid-19 Pandemic In Police Officers Of Metropolitan Lima, Peru, Katherine D. Apaza-Llantoy, Lucy E. Correa-López

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Objectives: To determine the factors associated with the development of depression, anxiety and stress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in police officers in Lima, Peru. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study conducted in 210 police officers who were administered the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) in October 2020, as well as a form, via Google Forms, to obtain sociodemographic and clinical data. A bivariate and a multivariate analysis were performed using crude and adjusted prevalence ratios, with a confidence interval >95% and a significance level of p≤0.05. Results: Depression, anxiety and stress prevalence rates were 11.43%, 10% and 7.62%, …


Anxiety, Depression, Somatization And Experiential Avoidance Indicators In Peruvian University Students In Quarantine By Covid-19, Héctor Sánchez Carlessi, Luis Yarlequé Chocas, Leda Javier Alva, Edith Nuñez Llacuachaqui, Carlos Arenas Iparraguirre, Maria Matalinares Calvet, Eduardo Gutiérrez Santayana, Irma Egoavil Medina, Jorge Solis Quispe, Ceyda Fernandez Figueroa Mar 2021

Anxiety, Depression, Somatization And Experiential Avoidance Indicators In Peruvian University Students In Quarantine By Covid-19, Héctor Sánchez Carlessi, Luis Yarlequé Chocas, Leda Javier Alva, Edith Nuñez Llacuachaqui, Carlos Arenas Iparraguirre, Maria Matalinares Calvet, Eduardo Gutiérrez Santayana, Irma Egoavil Medina, Jorge Solis Quispe, Ceyda Fernandez Figueroa

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Introduction: The COVID-19 quarantine has greatly affected university students in Peru, generating a series of physical, psychological and behavioral effects. Objective: To determine the factors associated with anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance in peruvian university students quarantined by COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out. The sample was made up of 1264 university students from various departments of Peru, anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance were taken as dependent variables, which were evaluated with the questionnaire "The Inventory of unadjusted psychosocial behavior, in the presence of COVID-19 in the Peruvian population” and the AAQ II, for the …


Low Back Pain Related To Anxiety And Depression In Police Officers At A Police Station In Lima, Cristhian Santiago Bazan, Arleen Espinoza Ventura Mar 2021

Low Back Pain Related To Anxiety And Depression In Police Officers At A Police Station In Lima, Cristhian Santiago Bazan, Arleen Espinoza Ventura

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Introduction. Low back pain is a public health problem which entails some type of functional limitation in the individual, affecting the quality of life of police personnel. Objective. Relate lumbar pain with anxiety and depression in police officers from a police station in Lima. Material and methods. It is a research with a quantitative, descriptive, analytical and correlational cross-sectional approach, with the participation of 110 participants, which was obtained through a probabilistic sample where all participants had the same opportunity to participate, it was carried out at the commissary from Monserrat, a questionnaire survey to measure lumbar pain in police …