Antecedentes: La evidencia sobre los efectos a largo plazo de múltiples condiciones cardiovasculares a la vez en términos de mortalidad, en entornos de bajos recursos, es limitada. Objetivo: Se describió si la agregación y combinación por pares de factores de riesgo cardiovascular (FRCV) se correlacionan con la mortalidad por todas las causas a 10 años. Métodos: Se describió la mortalidad por todas las causas a 10 años para los participantes inscritos originalmente en el estudio PERU MIGRANT (línea de base en 2007) a través del Registro Nacional de Identificación y Estado Civil. Los FRCV fueron: hipertensión, diabetes mellitus tipo 2, hipercolesterolemia y sobrepeso/obesidad. Las exposiciones fueron, la agregación de FRCV seleccionados (uno, dos y tres o más FRCV); y combinaciones por pares de FRCV. Se utilizaron modelos de regresión de Cox para calcular las razones de ri...

Background: The aims of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties and to characteristics of a scale on research skills as well as to characterize the experience of university thesis students using information databases (i.e., Scopus or Web of Science) and bibliographic reference managers. Methods: A sample of 1598 university students from five departments, acroos the different cam- puses of one Peruvian university. The psychometric properties of the instrument were evaluated using factor analysis and measurement invariance according to sex and age groups. In addition, an internal consistency analysis was conducted for scale reliability using Cronbach’s alpha, ordinal alpha, and the omega index. Results: Our study identified that the unidimensional model with correlated errors showed adequate indicators of reliability and goodness of fit, with the exception of the RMSEA, whi...

Background: Breast cancer is among the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) women, but a comprehensive and updated analysis of mortality trends is lacking. The objective of this study was to determine the breast cancer mortality rates between 1997 and 2017 for LAC countries and predict mortality until 2030. Methods: We retrieved breast cancer deaths across 17 LAC countries from the World Health Organization mortality database. Age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 women-years were estimated. Mortality trends were evaluated with Joinpoint regression analyses by country and age group (all ages, < 50 years, and ≥ 50 years). By 2030, we predict number of deaths, mortality rates, changes in population structure and size, and the risk of death from breast cancer. Results: Argentina, Uruguay, and Venezuela reported the highest mortality...

Background: Schools are increasingly experiencing physical, psychological, and sexual violence, which impacts students’ academic achievement and physical and emotional health. Our objective was to identify regional prevalence rates, average prevalence by aggressor type, and provincial spatial conglomerates with higher rates for each type of school violence reported in educational settings in Peru during 2019. Methods: An analysis was made of 12,132 cases reported through Peru’s Specialized School Violence System (SíseVe). The Moran indices were calculated using provincial prevalence rates to identify conglomerates with high prevalence. Results: In the coast region, the Department of Tacna reported the highest prevalence rates for physical (99.7) and psychological (107); the Department of Amazonas, which is in the jungle, reported the highest prevalence rate for sexual violence (74.6...