Objetivo. Valorar el nivel de conocimientos sobre el dengue, signos de alarma y prevención en pobladores con la finalidad de mejorar las medidas preventivas y la identificación prematura de la enfermedad. Metodología. Estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo transversal. Diseño no experimental. El estudio se realizó en 618 pobladores del distrito de José Leonardo Ortiz – Chiclayo en el 2018 en adultos de uno u otro sexo. Seleccionados mediante muestreo probabilístico aleatorio por conglomerados multietápico. Se utilizó un instrumento que evalúa los conocimientos globales comprendidos por conocimientos generales, signos de alarma, y prevención. Se utilizó la prueba Chi cuadrado para asociar nivel de conocimientos con características sociodemográficas. Resultados. El nivel de conocimientos sobre el dengue es bajo en el 76,2% de pobladores. Sobre el nivel de conocimientos generales...

El objetivo del presente reporte es estimar la prevalencia de exposición a COVID-19 y factores asociados en niños de 5 a 11 años (11 meses 29 días) en dos vacunatorios en Lima y Lambayeque – Perú, durante el 2022.

“Objectives: To identify differences in the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of patients during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at the EsSalud Lambayeque health care network, Peru. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study of 53,912 patients enrolled during the first and second waves of COVID-19 was conducted. Cluster analysis based on clustering large applications (CLARA) was applied to clinical-epidemiologic data presented at the time of care. The two pandemic waves were compared using clinical-epidemiologic data from epidemiologic surveillance. Results: Cluster analysis identified four COVID-19 groups with a characteristic pattern. Cluster 1 included the largest number of participants in both waves, and the participants were predominantly female. Cluster 2 included patients with gastrointestinal, respiratory, and systemic symptoms. Cluster 3 was the ...

“Objectives: To identify differences in the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of patients during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at the EsSalud Lambayeque health care network, Peru. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study of 53,912 patients enrolled during the first and second waves of COVID-19 was conducted. Cluster analysis based on clustering large applications (CLARA) was applied to clinical-epidemiologic data presented at the time of care. The two pandemic waves were compared using clinical-epidemiologic data from epidemiologic surveillance. Results: Cluster analysis identified four COVID-19 groups with a characteristic pattern. Cluster 1 included the largest number of participants in both waves, and the participants were predominantly female. Cluster 2 included patients with gastrointestinal, respiratory, and systemic symptoms. Cluster 3 was the ...

Objectives: To identify differences in the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of patients during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at the EsSalud Lambayeque health care network, Peru. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study of 53,912 patients enrolled during the first and second waves of COVID-19 was conducted. Cluster analysis based on clustering large applications (CLARA) was applied to clinical-epidemiologic data presented at the time of care. The two pandemic waves were compared using clinical-epidemiologic data from epidemiologic surveillance. Results: Cluster analysis identified four COVID-19 groups with a characteristic pattern. Cluster 1 included the largest number of participants in both waves, and the participants were predominantly female. Cluster 2 included patients with gastrointestinal, respiratory, and systemic symptoms. Cluster 3 was the “...

Este reporte permite identificar las diferencias en las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de pacientes atendidos durante primera y segunda ola en red asistencial EsSalud-Lambayeque, Perú, concluyendo que en el anális de conglomerados que los síntomas respiratorios, gastrointestinales, disnea, anosmia y ageusia fueron superiores en la segunda ola, respecto a la primera.