Objetivos: Comprender el significado de ser docente para el adulto mayor de la Facultad de Medicina de San Marcos y describir las motivaciones que determinan, de alguna forma, su decisión de postergar su retiro, no obstante haber cumplido con los requisitos legales para la jubilación. Diseño: Estudio de caso cualitativo. Institución: Facultad de Medicina, UNMSM. Participantes: Docentes adulto mayores de la Facultad de Medicina. Intervenciones: Entrevista a profundidad. Principales medidas de resultados: Se identificó cuatro categorías: exponiendo sus motivaciones para continuar en la docencia siendo adulto mayor; valorando sus vivencias como profesional y como docente; sintiéndose marginado por su edad y sintiendo preocupaciones sociales, políticas, educativas y humanas. Resultados: Los docentes adultos mayores reconocieron que el ejercicio de la docencia los hacía ‘sentir viv...

Introduction: Most available studies show that youngsters’ perception on old age is usually negative. Aim: To analyze the perception of Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos’ medical students on old age, and to analyze the presence of negative stereotypes towards old age and elder teachers’ faculties. Design: Cross-sectional study. Location: Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Participants: First, third and fifth year medical students. Interventions: A self-administered questionnaire using a semantic differential scale to determine student’s perception of the elderly was applied. Main outcome measures: Perception of the elder teachers’ faculties and the elderly. Results: From the 319 students sampled 54.2% were male and mean age was 21.7± 2.6 years old; 90.3% had proximity to teachers older than 70. Fifth year students gave lower score...

Objectives: The study aims to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of depression in the peruvian older adults using the results of the Demographic and Family Health Survey 2014-2015 (ENDES). Design: The study was observational, transversal and analytic. Institution: UNMSM. Participants: Olders adults. Interventions: Probabilistic sample of 11411 older adults who participated in the ENDES 2014-2015. Main Outcomes: Prevalence estimates, means, standard deviations and OR with 95% confidence probability and p-values. Results: Depression prevalence was estimated as 14%. Identified risk factors for depression were being female [OR 1.92 (1.72 – 2.15)]; being ≥ 75 years old (OR 1.56 (1.40 – 1.74)]; lack of education (OR 2.63 (2.35 – 2.95)]; living without a couple [OR 1.32 (1.19 – 1.45)]; living in rural areas [OR 2.12 (1.90 – 2.36)]; being poor [OR 2.30 (2.06 – 2.56)] an...

Introduction. In our country changes are taking place in the structure by age in the last decades, one of the most important is the increase of the older adult population. Objectives. To determine the perception of living a successful aging and identify some variables associated with this perception in the elderly teachers of the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Methods. Cross-sectional and correlational study. Sample of 106 older adult teachers selected for convenience, from september to november 2017. The Successful Aging Inventory of Meredith Troutman was used by the author. Results. The mean age was 67,38 ± 5,77 with a range between 60 to 87 years. 67% were married; 47,7% lived with their partner and relatives, only four teachers (3,8%) lived alone without any support. 70,1% (74) work in the university for 26 years or ...

Introduction. Violence in medical school is a frequent phenomenon but little studied in students of the first cycles. Objective. To determine the perception of bullying and stress by students of the 1st year of medicine of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), 2016. Methods. Descriptive cross - sectional study carried out in 133/160 (83%) students enrolled in 1st year of medicine school at UNMSM. A validated instrument was used. Results. The students perceived some type of violence in 95,5% (127 students), like verbal aggression in 91%, social exclusion 84,2%, physical 58,6%, bullying 84,2% and, malicious sexual conduct and harassment in 41,4%. The stress was reported in 94% of students, usually due to the demands of the studies, followed by family problems. Conclusions. The perception of violence and stress by first year students o...

Introducción: El hostigamiento sexual en el ámbito laboral es de conocimiento y objeto de denuncia por sus víctimas; sin embargo, son escasas las evidencias científicas en el ámbito universitario. Objetivos: Desarrollar un cuestionario que proporcione datos confiables y válidos sobre la percepción de hostigamiento sexual en estudiantes universitarios. Diseño: Evaluación psicométrica de pruebas empíricas. Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Participantes: Estudiantes matriculados. Intervenciones: Cuestionario de 31 ítems a 189 estudiantes matriculados. Principales medidas de resultados: La confiabilidad global del instrumento fue de 0,924. El análisis factorial exploratorio con rotación varimax dio un valor de convergencia general que explica el 64,75% de la varianza total. La estructura factorial permitió identificar cinco factores: el prim...

Introduction. Previous studies pointed out mental health problems in undergraduate health students of School of Medicine from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). Objective. To assess if there are differences between the frequency of mental health problems between first-year students and other years’ students from five professional schools of the UNMSM School of Medicine. Methods. A cross-sectional study. Validated instruments were used to assess mental health problems: suicidal intent, homicidal thinking, disocial behavior, alcoholism, depression and anguish. In addition, levels of resilience were evaluated. Students from all professional schools of the Faculty of Medicine were included in two analysis groups: first-year students and other years’ students. Results. 7,5% of suicide attempts, 18,9% of disocial behavior and 21,9% of ...