Introduction. School victimization is a current problem in Peru. Gender approach in analysis allows the adaptation of differentiated intervention strategies. Objective. To determine the risk factors for victimization according to gender approach in school adolescents from cities of Huamanga and Sicuani. Design. Analytical cross-sectional observational. Participants. 1160 students from first to fifth grade from two schools (private and public) in Huamanga and Sicuani. Intervention. Validated survey to identify victims of bullying. Analysis. Desciptive, chi-square, OR (95% CI) and multivariate logistic regression analysis. The SPSS vs. 15 program was used. Main outcome measures. Percentage and risk factors for school victimization. Results. 37.3% of students were found victims. In male gender, “has witnessed a violent act” 1.72 (1.122 - 2.636); in female gender “to live with one of p...

Determinar las características asociadas a la victimización escolar (bullying) en estudiantes de colegios secundarios en Huamanga y Sicuani 2015. Se diseñó una investigación observacional transversal analítica en una muestra de 1160 estudiantes de cuatro colegios secundarios, un estatal y un privado tanto en Huamanga como en Sicuani. Se empleó un cuestionario validado previamente (con un coeficiente de confiabilidad de Kuder Richardson de 0.73) que permitió identificar las víctimas de bullying y sus principales características. Se utilizó el programa SPSS vs 20 para el análisis descriptivo y el análisis inferencial con Chicuadrado, y análisis multivariado de regresión logística con OR ajustado e IC95%. Los resultados permitieron identificar a través del análisis bivariado y multivariado de regresión logística la asociación entre la victimización y el sexo (OR 1.454 ...

Introduction. Dropout rates hinder the achievement of staff training goals, affecting the service they provide to the population. Objective. Identify the main difficulties and obstacles to participate in the academic activities of ENSAP, 2018-2020, that health workers report in order to improve the scope of its academic offer. Methods. Descriptive cross-sectional research at the national level applying an anonymous online Likert-type questionnaire with 44 questions, validated (Cronbach’s α of 0.888). Results. We received 3299 responses from personnel with similar general characteristics and representative of the target audience and beneficiary of ENSAP. The answers come from a mostly female sample, with nursing and / or nursing technical training, between 30 and 49 years of age. 41% have an additional job; dedicates a maximum of 5 hours / week to training and after 6:00 p.m. Excessive...

Introduction. There are national and international reports of the presence of stress in medical students, higher than in other professional careers; likewise, the presence of stress is related to low academic performance. Objective. To determine if there is an association between violence, stress and the academic performance of the first and sixth year medical students of the National University of San Marcos. Methods. It was surveyed 109 (47%) students of the 6th year, and 122 (53%) students of the 1st year. The perception of violence and stress were determined with validated instruments; academic performance was determined by the annual weighted average. The Mann Whitney U test was used to establish differences between the means of the quantitative variables. To establish the correlation between the study variables, the Spearman correlation coefficient was used. Values p <0,05 were ...

Introduction. Aggressive and discriminatory behavior affects physical and mental health even on those who commit them. Students are subjected to stress, which increases the risk of those behaviors and makes them likely to suffer from its consequences. On the other hand, the Medical School aims to educate medical professionals integrally, with abilities to avoid violence and live peacefully. That is why the interest of describing this problem in Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru’s Medical School. Objective. To address violence in students from the sixth year of Human Medicine who had not participated in the Integral Formation Program in UNMSM. Design: Descriptive, transversal study. Setting. "Instituto Nacional del Niño", Lima, Peru, teaching hospital. Participants. Sample consisted in 93 (63%) students enrolled in the sixth year of the Faculty of Medicine who took t...

Introduction. Depression in the elderly population is a public health issue and few studies analyze its distribution according to geographic areas. Objectives. To describe the geospatial distribution and associated factors of depressive syndrome (DS) in Peruvian older adults according to ENDES 2018 to 2020. Methods. Cross-sectional and analytical study based on data from national surveys, which used the PHQ-9 scale to measure DS. The analysis used Pearson’s Chi square test and multivariate logistic regression and OR with p < 0,05. Results.  The prevalence of DS in 2018 was 12.9%; 13.3% in 2019 and 10.8% in 2020. The factors associated with DS were: being a woman, living in poverty, having secondary education, residing in rural areas, coming from the mountains and jungle, living alone and being 75 years of age or older. The geospatial analysis shows that the SD is concentrated in fi...

Introducción. En adultos, la proteína C reactiva es un marcador de riesgo cardiovascular que se asocia con los factores de riesgo metabólicos tradicionales y predice eventos cardiovasculares. Objetivo. Determinar la relación entre los valores de proteína C reactiva, detectada con técnicas ultrasensibles (PCRus),y la adiposidad abdominal y otros factores de riesgo cardiovasculares tradicionales, en escolares. Materiales y Método. Estudio de tipo analítico, correlacional y transversal. El trabajo se realizó con escolares del primero al sexto grado de educación primaria, de la Institución Educativa Privada Héroes del Pacífico, del distrito de San Juan de Miraflores, en Lima, en el 2012. Se incluyeron a quienes fueron autorizados por sus padres o tutores. Se realizaronmediciones antropométricas: peso, talla, índice de masa corporal (IMC) y circunferencia de la ci...

Introducción. En adultos, la proteína C reactiva es un marcador de riesgo cardiovascular que se asocia con los factores de riesgo metabólicos tradicionales y predice eventos cardiovasculares. Objetivo. Determinar la relación entre los valores de proteína C reactiva, detectada con técnicas ultrasensibles (PCRus),y la adiposidad abdominal y otros factores de riesgo cardiovasculares tradicionales, en escolares. Materiales y Método. Estudio de tipo analítico, correlacional y transversal. El trabajo se realizó con escolares del primero al sexto grado de educación primaria, de la Institución Educativa Privada Héroes del Pacífico, del distrito de San Juan de Miraflores, en Lima, en el 2012. Se incluyeron a quienes fueron autorizados por sus padres o tutores. Se realizaronmediciones antropométricas: peso, talla, índice de masa corporal (IMC) y circunferencia de la ci...