Esta investigación buscó identificar la relación entre la autoestima y agresividad en pacientes con el diagnóstico positivo al Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana y el Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida, que ingresaron al Tratamiento Antirretroviral de Gran Actividad de un Centro de Salud de Lima Metropolitana. La investigación es de tipo básico, de enfoque cuantitativo y de diseño no experimental. La muestra empleada fue de 100 personas, cuyas edades oscilaban entre 18 a 60 años, se empleó el muestreo no probabilístico de tipo intencional, además, se emplearon el Cuestionario de Agresividad de Buss y Perry y la Escala de Autoestima de Coopersmith Adultos. Los resultados revelan una correlación negativa y moderada entre las variables de estudio (Rho= -,637, P<.00), donde el nivel de autoestima alcanzo el 77% de la muestra, mientras que 22% presentó niveles alto y muy alt...

ABSTRACT Aims It is important to have valid and reliable measures to determine the psychological impact of COVID-19 in patients with diabetes; however, few instruments have been developed and validated for this population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to validate the Scale of Worry for Contagion of COVID-19 (PRE-COVID-19) in a sample of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Materials and methods A total of 219 patients (66.2% female, mean age 58.5 SD = 18.2) participated, selected through non-probabilistic sampling. The PRE-COVID-19 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-2 were applied. Reliability analysis was performed for internal consistency, structural equation modeling and item response theory modeling. Results The results show that a unidimensional 5-item model presents satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices and excellent reliability values. Likewise, convergent validity...

Introduction: Concern about becoming infected is a particularly relevant psychological aspect in the context of a pandemic, as it is associated with social reactions and behavioral changes. Objectives: The present study sought to determine some sociodemographic and health factors associated with concern about COVID-19 infection in Cuban patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: 203 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, who attended nine primary care areas of four Cuban provinces belonging to different regions of the country (65.52% female, mean age 57.5, SD=19.2), selected through non-probabilistic sampling, participated in the study. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the COVID-19 contagion concern scale (PRE-COVID-19) and an evaluation of blood glucose level were applied. Bivariate associations were examined with a series of analyses of variance (ANOVA). Adjusted (multiple) reg...