The objective of this study was to determine patterns of drug use in subjects held in a penitentiary in Lima. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study and the sample consisted of 330 male inmates, from whom the information of 279 inmates could be validated. The age among the inmates varied from 18 to over 65 years, being the age of highest prevalence (31.2%) between 31 to 40 years, the intern with younger age is 18 years and the oldest age was 75 years. A questionnaire of multiple options was used, adapted for the present investigation, which is divided into five areas: a) educational level, b) civil status, c) legal situation, d) crime and e) drug consumption. Likewise, the Drug Use Questionnaire (DAST-20) was used, whose reliability varies between 0.92 to 0.94. The Alcohol Disorders Identification Questionnaire (AUDIT) was also used, whose level of reliability was above 0.90. Among th...

The study aimed to determine the psychological consequences of women victims of violence by their partner. The study design was non-experimental, cross-sectional in descriptive scope. We worked with a sample of 108 women who denounced their partners for violence in the constitutional province of Callao during the years 2018 and 2019, whose sample consisted of 108 women victims of violence by their partner. Derogatis SCL-90 R District Symptoms Checklist was used, which identifies psychological symptoms using nine dimensions and three global indexes of distress. Among the results regarding psychological suffering in victims of abuse by their partners: this is superior to that of outpatient psychiatric patients. On the other hand, regarding the dimensions of primary symptoms, the following stand out: depression (X = 1.81), obsession - compulsion (X = 1.74), anxiety (X = 1.70) and somatizati...

The objective of this study was to determine patterns of drug use in subjects held in a penitentiary in Lima. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study and the sample consisted of 330 male inmates, from whom the information of 279 inmates could be validated. The age among the inmates varied from 18 to over 65 years, being the age of highest prevalence (31.2%) between 31 to 40 years, the intern with younger age is 18 years and the oldest age was 75 years. A questionnaire of multiple options was used, adapted for the present investigation, which is divided into five areas: a) educational level, b) civil status, c) legal situation, d) crime and e) drug consumption. Likewise, the Drug Use Questionnaire (DAST-20) was used, whose reliability varies between 0.92 to 0.94. The Alcohol Disorders Identification Questionnaire (AUDIT) was also used, whose level of reliability was above 0.90. Among th...

The study aimed to determine the psychological consequences of women victims of violence by their partner. The study design was non-experimental, cross-sectional in descriptive scope. We worked with a sample of 108 women who denounced their partners for violence in the constitutional province of Callao during the years 2018 and 2019, whose sample consisted of 108 women victims of violence by their partner. Derogatis SCL-90 R District Symptoms Checklist was used, which identifies psychological symptoms using nine dimensions and three global indexes of distress. Among the results regarding psychological suffering in victims of abuse by their partners: this is superior to that of outpatient psychiatric patients. On the other hand, regarding the dimensions of primary symptoms, the following stand out: depression (X = 1.81), obsession - compulsion (X = 1.74), anxiety (X = 1.70) and somatizati...