Objective: To identify severe bullying risk factors in three highland Peruvian zones private school students. Design: Survey type study. Setting: Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Participants: Fifth elementary school to fifth high school private school students. Interventions: A survey validated in previous studies to identify school violence (bullying) was applied to 736 students from Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Cusco (Sicuani) private schools between fifth year of elementary school and fifth year of high school. We considered severe bullying when they answered positively five or more of the nine questions referring to types of bullying. We compared 37 students with severe bullying and 74 students randomly selected from the group not having bullying. With bivariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression analysis we identified factors signi...

Objetivos: Determinar las características del ciberbullying en escolares 5to y 6to de primaria de colegios estatales y particulares, de Jesús María y Pueblo Libre. Diseño: Descriptivo transversal. Institución: DA Medicina Preventiva y Salud Publica e Instituto de Ética, Facultad de Medicina, UNMSM. Participantes: Alumnos de 5to y 6to de primaria. Intervenciones: En 826 alumnos de 5to y 6to de primaria, de colegios estatales y particulares, de Jesús María y Pueblo Libre, se aplicó la encuesta anónima de Rosario Ortega. Se realizó análisis descriptivo y pruebas estadísticas de asociación. Principales medidas de resultado: Características del ciberbullying en escolares. Resultados: Se comunicó ciberbullying en 24,7%, fue mayor en 6to grado y en colegios privados. La agresión por celular e internet ocurrió en 1,9%, víctimas por celular en 6,3% y por internet 12%. Ser víct...

Objectives: To determine cyberbullying characteristics in Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre districts 5th and 6th grade students from state and private schools. Design: escriptive, cross sectional. Setting: Students from state and private schools. Participants: 5th and 6th grade students. Interventions: Rosario Ortega’s anonymous survey was applied in 826 5th and 6th grade students. Main outcome measures: Descriptive analysis and statistical association tests. Results: Cyberbullying was reported in 24.7% students; it was higher in 6th grade, and in private schools. Aggressors by phone and internet were 1.9%, phone victims 6.3% and internet victims 12%.Internet victims’ condition was associated with having computer at their bedrooms (p=0.019) and using Internet outdoors (p=0.000); it was higher in private schools (p=0.002) and increased to 23.1% (p=0.032) when using Internet outdoors. Male...

Introduction. Violence in medical school is a frequent phenomenon but little studied in students of the first cycles. Objective. To determine the perception of bullying and stress by students of the 1st year of medicine of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), 2016. Methods. Descriptive cross - sectional study carried out in 133/160 (83%) students enrolled in 1st year of medicine school at UNMSM. A validated instrument was used. Results. The students perceived some type of violence in 95,5% (127 students), like verbal aggression in 91%, social exclusion 84,2%, physical 58,6%, bullying 84,2% and, malicious sexual conduct and harassment in 41,4%. The stress was reported in 94% of students, usually due to the demands of the studies, followed by family problems. Conclusions. The perception of violence and stress by first year students o...

We have studied the nutritional status of schoolchildren by arm anthropometric ratios. 1 525 children between 6 - 9 years of age were studied. The data is a representative sample of Peru, and belongs to the Survey of Nutritional Status of the Peruvian Inhabitant (Estado Nutricional del Poblador Peruano «ENPPE»). The ratios are Arm Circumference (AC) and Triceps Skinfold (TS) related with age. With AC and TS, Arm Muscle Area (AMA) and Arm Fat Area (AFA) were calculated. Measures were taken following the recommended international methodology. The reference sample used was the Frisancho´s one. About 44% and 23% of children have an AC and TS smaller than 10p, respectively. In both ratios the prevalence of children over 90p does not exceed 3%. For AFA, 32,6% of girls and 25,9% of boys are below 10th; for AMA, male have the largest prevalence (32,3%; female 27,7%). Prevalence over 90p does ...

A total of 1547 children of both sexes and between 6 and 9 years of age were studied. This sample is representative at national level and belongs to the data source of the Survey of Nutritional Status of the Peruvian Habitant ("Evaluacion del Estado Nutritional del Poblador Peruano" , ENPPE 1975) which was executed by the Institute of Nutrition . Anthropometric measures taken were weight and height. The children's nutritional status was analyzed using the Quetelet Index (w/h2), taking as break point level 5 and 15p for deficit and low weight, and 85 and 95p for overweight and excess, respectively. The standard reference used is the one described by Must et al. Weight and height average were also analyzed. There exists a higher prevalence of overweight (13.9%) than excess weight (4.4%). Low weight (3.6%) and deficit (0.8%) prevalence is lower. Children grow within the curve which correspo...

Introduction. In our country changes are taking place in the structure by age in the last decades, one of the most important is the increase of the older adult population. Objectives. To determine the perception of living a successful aging and identify some variables associated with this perception in the elderly teachers of the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Methods. Cross-sectional and correlational study. Sample of 106 older adult teachers selected for convenience, from september to november 2017. The Successful Aging Inventory of Meredith Troutman was used by the author. Results. The mean age was 67,38 ± 5,77 with a range between 60 to 87 years. 67% were married; 47,7% lived with their partner and relatives, only four teachers (3,8%) lived alone without any support. 70,1% (74) work in the university for 26 years or ...

Problem: The mass media often reports cases of school violence expressed as bullying and less frequently as cyberbullying. Objectives: To determine cyberbullying characteristics in public and private school children from two Lima districts as well as factors associated with electronic aggression. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; and Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil. Participants: Elementary and high school students. Methods: Cross-sectional survey in 2596 5th grade of elementary school to 5th grade of high school students from two private and six public schools. The Rosario Ortega measuring instrument was modified and validated with Cronbach test (0.872). The study was approved by the Ethics Committee and school principals. It also received the assent of participants and was respectful of ethical cons...

Introduction. Previous studies pointed out mental health problems in undergraduate health students of School of Medicine from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). Objective. To assess if there are differences between the frequency of mental health problems between first-year students and other years’ students from five professional schools of the UNMSM School of Medicine. Methods. A cross-sectional study. Validated instruments were used to assess mental health problems: suicidal intent, homicidal thinking, disocial behavior, alcoholism, depression and anguish. In addition, levels of resilience were evaluated. Students from all professional schools of the Faculty of Medicine were included in two analysis groups: first-year students and other years’ students. Results. 7,5% of suicide attempts, 18,9% of disocial behavior and 21,9% of ...

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