Introducción: Los trastornos del sueño generan deterioro de las habilidades motoras y de concentración, sin embargo, hasta ahora se tiene solo la hipótesis de que el sueño es un estado de descanso dinámico con propiedades antioxidantes, y son pocos los estudios relacionados a establecer la relación entre problemas del sueño y la peroxidación lipídica, y los efectos de vitaminas para reducir dicha oxidación. Objetivo: determinar la peroxidación lipídica y evaluar el efecto de las vitaminas antioxidantes en internos de medicina con somnolencia diurna en hospitales de Lambayeque-2018. Material y métodos: Se realizó valoración fotométrica para determinar la concentración de MDA, glucosa, colesterol total, triglicéridos, HDL, LDL y VLDL. Además se evaluó el IMC y la edad. Se compararon los valores de estas variables entre grupos de internos somnolientos (33 internos) y co...

Introduction: The epidemic that had its beginning in the city of Wuhan in December 2019, has become a public health problem that is advancing at dizzying steps. Objective: To determine the clinical and epidemiological profile in Covid-19 patients attended at the Hospital Apoyo I Santiago Apóstol - Utcubamba, 2020.  Method: The type of research was observational, descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional. The population consisted of 312 patients from which a sample of 173 patients was extracted that met the conditions of being representative and adequate. All data processing and statistical calculations were performed using Microsoft Excel 2019 software. Results: Regarding the results, it was determined that the epidemiological profile: male gender a total of 102 and female gender 71, representing 59.0% and 41.0% respectively; average age of 45 years; most affected place of orig...

Objective: To determine the sun protection knowledge and habits among street vendors of the Moshoqueque market (Chiclayo, Lambayeque) in January and February 2020. Materials and methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study. A data collection sheet was prepared. The sample consisted of 362 street vendors. A 95 % confidence interval, 5 % accuracy and 50 % of the expected frequency were applied. Results: The average age of the study subjects was 48.54 (SD = 11.6 years) and most of them were women (61 %). The median time as street vendors was 15 years. Ninety-two point five percent (92.5 %) were exposed to the sun 7.6 hours per day. Regarding sun protection knowledge, more than 90 % were aware that skin redness and aging are effects of ultraviolet radiation (UVR). As for their sun protection habits, 34 % never used sunscreen, 90 % did not wear wide-brimmed hats, but they used visors and ...

Objective: To establish the relationship between occupational stress levels and the production of malondialdehyde (MDA), as a product of lipid peroxidation, among workers of Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo in Chiclayo. Materials and methods: A descriptive, correlational research. The sample consisted of 72 workers, 37 of whom wereprofessors and 35 administrative staff members. Plasma MDA was measured spectrophotometrically by thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reaction. To determine stress, the Occupational Stress Scale, developed by Ivancevich and Matteson in 1989 and adapted by Suárez in 2013, was used. The instrument had 25 items and seven dimensions: organizational climate, organizational structure, organizational territory, technology, leadership influence, lack of cohesion and group support. Results: Twenty-three men and 49 women participated in the research. The mean age ...