Objetivos: Determinar niveles de depresión en adultos mayores de Lima Metropolitana, marzo a junio 2012. Diseño: Descriptivo, transversal Institución: Instituto de Ética en Salud, Facultad Medicina, UNMSM. Participantes: Adultos mayores. Intervenciones: A 303 adultos mayores se efectuó análisis de datos, con aplicación de cuestionario estructurado. Principales medidas de resultados: Características y porcentajes más relevantes en relación a depresión. Resultados: Población predominantemente femenina 74,6%, y en grupo etario de 66 a 70 años; 73,2% presentó depresión. La depresión fue menor en 42,2%, siendo las mujeres de 60 a 65 años las de mayor porcentaje (9,6%) y los casados de ambos sexos, a predominio de mujeres entre 60 y 70 años (28,9%) y los varones con menores porcentajes. La depresión mayor estuvo en 26,7%, siendo los de 66 a 70 años los más representativos,...

Objectives: To determine the level of depression in students of Medical Technology. Design: Descriptive, cross sectional study. Setting: Professional Academic School of Medical Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Participants: Voluntary Medical Technology students. Instrument: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) consisting in 13 items with 0-3 scale, graded 0-4 rating no depression, 5-7 mild depression, 8-15 moderate depression, over 15 severe depression. Main outcome measures: Depression and severity. Results: From 119 students, 48,7% female and 51,3% male, 38,7% had some level of depression. Among students with some level of depression 54,4% were male. Some form of depression by age was found in 45,7% 15-19 year-old students, in 52,2% 20-25 years, 2,2% over 25 years; mild depression was encountered in 39,1%, moderate depression in 32,6%, a...

Objective: To identify complaints characteristics of external users in a national pediatric reference center. Design: Descriptive, retrospective study. Setting: Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (INSN), Lima, Peru. Material: Book of Complaints. Methods: A database was elaborated from the INSN Book of Complaints for the period July 2011 to September 2012. The patient could have had more than one complaint reason. Main outcome measures: Demographic data, frequency, motives, time of resolution, alluded personnel, and solution of complaints. Results: Two hundred and eighty-three formats were collected containing 358 complaints. Most frequent complaint reasons were: inappropriate attitude 32.1%, long waiting time 18.4%, deficient information 14.5%, deficient access to services 9.5%, loss of documentation (laboratory results or x-rays, formats, clinical records, among others) 7.8%, problem...