Antecedentes: Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, los programas de atención de las personas viviendo con el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) fueron afectados. La variación de la mortalidad por VIH/SIDA durante la pandemia por COVID-19 no ha sido explorada en el Perú. Objetivo: Describir la mortalidad ajustada a la edad por VIH/SIDA durante el período 2017-2019 (pre-pandemia) y asociada a COVID-19 durante el período 2020-2022 (pandemia) a nivel nacional y subnacional. Materiales y métodos: Estudio ecológico en base a las defunciones relacionadas a VIH/SIDA del Registro Nacional de Defunciones (SINADEF) del 2017 a 2022. Se estimaron las tasas de mortalidad ajustadas a la edad a nivel nacional, por regiones, según área natural y causa de muerte. Se integraron variables sociodemográficas regionales mediante regresiones lineales mixtas. Resultados: La mortalidad ajustada a la ed...

Objective: To determine the relationship and connecting factors between pre-existing diseases, medication intake and peritraumatic distress in physicians in face-to-face activity in the city of Lima, Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: The study included physicians working in the first line of care of patients with COVID-19, as well as physicians working in other areas. The instruments used were the COVID-19 related Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7). A general linear model was performed taking the CPDI values as the dependent variable to assess distress-related factors. Results: 288 physicians were included, 54.50% of whom worked in the front line. The CPDI value showed a direct relationship with GAD-7 and PHQ-9, as well as with medical illness. A statistically significant direct relationsh...