Objective: To identify the relationship that self-esteem has on the subjective happiness of theemployees of the health area of a primary health center in Chillán. Methodology: Quantitativeapproach, non-experimental design, cross-sectional, and correlational type. the studied populationcorresponded to 250 civil servants analyzed in an intentional non-probabilistic sample of 105 people.The Rosemberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Lyubomirsky and Lepper Subjective Happiness Scalewere used as measurement instruments. Results: There is a relationship between the medians of thevariables average self-esteem and average subjective happiness, with a significance of (P <0.000) and a strength of R = 0.386. This evidenced a significant bilateral correlation between self-esteem andsubjective happiness, which showed that both variables influence each other. In addition, a relationshipwas found between ...

Objective: Identify the main factors that lead adolescents to use drugs, analyzing the frequency of use.Methodology: descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a sample of 124 adolescents and youngpeople between 13 and 21 years of age, from a public secondary school in the province of Corrientes-Argentina. Results: The most frequent consumption experience was with alcohol (87.90%), thentobacco (28.22%) and marijuana (12.09%). As for the dimension “Social Permission” and “Accessibilityto Psychoactive Substances”, 62.10% He surrounds himself with friends who think that it is not wrongto get drunk, while 33.06% feel the need to consume alcohol or drugs when they are in a bar, clubor other place, considering drug consumption as normal in 57.26%. Regarding the “Preconceptions”dimension, only 33.87% considered that it was difficult for young people like them to obtain drugs.Conclu...

Objective: To describe the characteristics of arterial hypertension and the quality of care received,in inhabitants of vulnerable villages in Angola. Methodology: Observational, descriptive and crosssectionalstudy in 113 representatives of families from the Candundu / São Pedro, Elumbi and Sanjimbivillages. The qualitative variables were exposed using absolute and relative percentage frequencytables; while for the quantitative variables means and standard deviation were used. Results:Regarding the measurement of HT, 38.9% presented blood pressure above normal ranges (SBP <130/ DBP <85), the patients presented symptoms such as dizziness or vertigo, headache and palpitations.Regarding the general perception of the living condition, 64.6% evaluated it as fair and 35.4% bad.Regarding the intervention, 100% expressed feeling satisfied with the assistance offered. Conclusion:Due to envi...

Objective: To analyze the relationship of lifestyle and habits associated with health care and religiosity in Chilean Adventist medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Analytical and cross-sectional, census, non-experimental design. The population consisted of 72 Adventist medical students who attended or are in any year of the career in 2020 and 2021. The FANTASTIC instrument was applied, in its validated version, and an evaluation of habits associated with health care and religiosity. The work was approved by an ethics committee. Results: 55.6% are female. The mean age is 22.64. 43.1% of the students have some type of diet associated with vegetarianism. Tobacco use was not evidenced. 66.7% study the Bible and pray always or almost always. 77.8% of the students have a very good or fantastic lifestyle. When performing the Spearman correlation between the variable habits a...

Objective: To compare the levels of depression, stress and anxiety according to Adventist affiliation during the pandemic in residents of the commune of Maipú, 2022. Methods: Quantitative, analytical, correlational and cross-sectional study, applied to a sample of 176 inhabitants of the commune of Maipú, in the Metropolitan Region of Chile, using the modified Graffar scale to measure socioeconomic level and the Depression, Stress and Anxiety Scale (DASS-21) to measure levels of symptoms of depression, stress and anxiety in the population. The Mann Whitney U test was used to compare indicators of depression, anxiety and stress in both groups. The study was approved by an ethical committee. Results: The Adventist population considering the sample obtained better indicators, with lower symptomatology level scores in depression and anxiety with values (p=0.002) and (p=0.00) respectively sh...

Objective: To describe nursing care in patients with autism spectrum disorder given by nurses whoparticipate in the assistance activities of the surgical ward service in a private clinic. Material andmethods: Quantitative descriptive study, the sample corresponded to 40 Nursing professionals whoparticipate in health care within the surgical ward, who attend children between 1 and 15 years of agein a private clinic in the city of Iquique . For the nurses of the service, the Survey of Knowledge andActions on the Care of Boys and Girls with ASD (ECA-ASD) was created, which allows describingsociodemographic characteristics, and assessing nursing care in a ward towards children. Results: Itwas appreciated that more than 90% of the professionals in this clinic do not have training regardingASD, which reduces the performance of care appropriate to ASD. Conclusions: It is necessary tocreate a su...

 Objective: To describe nursing care in patients with autism spectrum disorder given by nurses who participate in the assistance activities of the surgical ward service in a private clinic. Material and methods: Quantitative descriptive study, the sample corresponded to 40 Nursing professionals who participate in health care within the surgical ward, who attend children between 1 and 15 years of age in a private clinic in the city of Iquique . For the nurses of the service, the Survey of Knowledge and Actions on the Care of Boys and Girls with ASD (ECA-ASD) was created, which allows describing sociodemographic characteristics, and assessing nursing care in a ward towards children. Results: It was appreciated that more than 90% of the professionals in this clinic do not have training regarding ASD, which reduces the performance of care appropriate to ASD. Conclusions: It is necessary...

Objective: To understand the experience of adolescents with emotional dysregulation in a postrationalistcognitive psychotherapy process. Methodology: Qualitative approach, adopting aphenomenological perspective. It seeks to generate a grounded theory through a comprehensivehypothesis from the post-rationalist cognitive theoretical model (Krause, 1995). Results: Significantchanges could be observed in the operated patients with respect to the main indicators of emotionaldysregulation that were made known during the first sessions, verbalized both by the patients andthe information obtained from the establishment from which they were derived. The adolescents wereable to experience emotions, at the level of understanding the sense of continuity they maintained andhow this is altered when they become an observer of themselves. Conclusions: It was possible toaccompany the adolescent in this p...

Objective: The objective was to measure the self-esteem of schoolchildren aged 8 to 13 diagnosedwith ADHD. In private schools and municipal schools in the city of Chillán. Methodology: Quantitative,transversal methodology was used. The Marchant, Isabel Haeussler and Torretti School Self-EsteemTest (TAE) was applied. Results: At the end of the investigation, there was a significant differencebetween the self-esteem of students from subsidized and municipal private schools (p = 0.771), Fisher’sexact statistical test did not show a relationship between the variables of type of school and self-esteem(p = 0.597). The ANOVA test showed no relationship between the course variable and self-esteem (F= 0.400 p = 0.844). The T test showed a relationship between the variables self-esteem and sex (p = 0.039). Regarding the comparison by sex, it is observed that there is a significant difference in...

  Objective: The objective was to measure the self-esteem of schoolchildren aged 8 to 13 diagnosed with ADHD. In private schools and municipal schools in the city of Chillán. Methodology: Quantitative, transversal methodology was used. The Marchant, Isabel Haeussler and Torretti School Self-Esteem Test (TAE) was applied. Results: At the end of the investigation, there was a significant difference between the self-esteem of students from subsidized and municipal private schools (p = 0.771), Fisher’s exact statistical test did not show a relationship between the variables of type of school and self-esteem (p = 0.597). The ANOVA test showed no relationship between the course variable and self-esteem (F = 0.400 p = 0.844). The T test showed a relationship between the variables self-esteem and sex (p = 0.039). Regarding the comparison by sex, it is observed that there is a signif...

Objective: To analyze risky eating behaviors in relation to nutritional status and physical activity in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in the communes of Chillán and Chillán Viejo. Methods: Observational and cross-sectional design. A sample of 184 young adults of both sexes, who lived in two communes in the Ñuble region (Chile) during the period of confinement due to COVID-19 pandemic, was obtained. A personal history questionnaire and the SCOFF scale that assesses the risk of eating behavior disorders (EDs) were applied. Results: A 37.16% risk for ED was found (95% CI: 30.23 – 44.63%). The risk of eating behavior disorders was related to the variables: physical activity (p=0.01 bivariate analysis) and nutritional status (p=0.03, adjusted analysis). Conclusion: It was possible to identify a higher proportion than that recorded in the literature and the factors asso...

Objective: To determine the predominant risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents from a secondary school in Coihueco (Chile) during the second half of 2018. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with a group of secondary school adolescents during the second half of 2018. A simple random sampling was performed. Data were processed using percentage calculation and entered into tables. Family bond, knowledge and risky behaviors were considered as sociodemographic variables in order to identify the predominant factors. Results: The sample consisted of people aged between 15 and 19 who were in the 3rd and 4th year of secondary education. The students demonstrated they were knowledgeable about sexually transmitted infections. Approximately 30 % had started sexual intercourse, thus showing risky behaviors such as early first sexual interco...