RESUMEN Antecedente: Existe asociación entre hipoacusia conductiva y rinitis alérgica. Objetivo: Estimar la relación entre rinitis alérgica e hipoacusia conductiva en los pacientes que acudieron a la Clínica Ortega de Huancayo de enero de 2016 a setiembre de 2017. Metodología: Diseño observacional, prospectivo, transversal tipo casos y control. Muestreo no probabilístico, intencional según criterio considerando criterios de inclusión y exclusión, aplicación del cuestionario diagnóstico de rinitis alérgica para estudios epidemiológicos. Resultados Tamaño de la muestra 72 pacientes. Edad media 33 ± 8 años. Sexo femenino 55,56 % de los casos. Rango etario más frecuente 31 a 40 años, 52,77 %. Determinación de la relación rinitis alérgica e hipoacusia conductiva chi cuadrado de independencia X2 = 22,857 (p = 0,000), estimación del riesgo odds ratio 14,091 (IC 95% 4,325...

Objective: To determine the factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination in medical students from Universidad Peruana Los Andes. Materials and methods: An observational, analytical and cross-sectional study. A total of 243 second- to tenth-academic term students completed a questionnaire about sociodemographic and academic characteristics, family and personal medical history, and the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received. To determine the association, chi-square test and Student’s t-test were used. Results: Vaccination coverage was 98.77 %, out of which 61.73 % had three doses. In addition, 46.50 % of the students reported having been infected with COVID-19 at least once. The bivariate analysis showed that age (p = 0.047) and place of residence (p = 0.042) were significantly associated with the vaccination status. Conclusions: Although vaccination coverage was very high, it should ...

Objective: To identify the factors associated with fear of COVID-19 prior to returning to in-person classes among medicalstudents. Materials and methods: An observational, analytical and cross-sectional study. Through convenience sampling, aquestionnaire was administered to 252 students from a medical school in Huancayo, Peru. The questionnaire consisted of a first section comprising the study information and informed consent, another one devoted to the sociodemographic characteristics and a last section which included validated questionnaires used in similar contexts, such as the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), and a psychological questionnaire, i.e., the DASS-21 questionnaire, made up of three subscalesthat assess both the presence and level of depression, anxiety and stress. To determine the correlation between thescales, the Pearson correlation coefficient was used. In addition, cr...