Introduction: Internal medicine specialty is challenged in remaining competitive in the complex health system. Low public awareness of the capabilities and competence of the internists is one of these challenges. Objectives: To determine patients’ knowledge and perceptions on both internal medicine and medical internist roles. Design: Transversal, descriptive and analytical study. Settings: Arzobispo Loayza Hospital, Edgardo Rebagliati Hospital, and a private clinic. Participants: Adult patients attended at the three hospitals’ internal medicine services. Interventions: The patients solved a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire in September 1-15, 2008. Main outcomes measures: Level of knowledge on internal medicine and internists and perception of confidence. Results: Five hundred patients answered the questionnaire, 42,8% at Loayza Hospital, 40% at Rebagliati Hospital, and ...

Objectives: To determine the frequency of Bartonellosis in the district of Ocalli,Luya, Amazonas, and to describe treatment outlines at the Ocalli’s Health center.Design: Observational, transverse and retrospective study. Setting: District ofOcalli, province of Luya, department of Amazonas. Patients: Persons with Carrion’sDisease. Interventions: Review of acute anemic febrile records and follow-up ofBartonellosis cases at Ocalli’s Health Center between January 1998 and December2008. Main outcome measures: Prevalence and treatment outlines for Carrion’sDisease. Results: In 111 registered cases of Bartonellosis the average age was15,7 years. The most affected age group was from 2 to 7 years with 47 (42,3%)patients; 61 (54,9%) patients were female. The prevalence was 25,4 cases per1000 and the death rate 2,7%. In the acute phase, 82 (73,9%) patients wereregistered, other 12 (10,8%) ...

Mr. Editor We consider important the observation and contribution made regarding the scientific production in Human Resources in Health in Peru. The study in reference had as one of its objectives to characterize the scientific production around the national research agenda on Human Resources in Health (period 2011-2014). This agenda included 30 specific research topics grouped in two areas: health education and health work (1). The search strategies employed used the descriptors called Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for the SCOPUS database and the descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS) for the LILACS database. In this last structured vocabulary, the descriptors related to Human Resources in Health are 'Human Resources in Health' and 'Personal Health', which were used in the construction of our search strategy.

Introducción. Existe limitada evidencia acerca de la exposición al hantavirus en el Perú. Los casos sintomáticos y estudios de seroprevalencia en febriles y población asintomática provienen de la región Loreto; sin embargo, existen grupos ocupacionales expuestos a los reservorios en regiones sin circulación conocida del virus. Objetivo. Determinar la frecuencia de anticuerpos contra el hantavirus en arroceros de un valle ubicado en una zona subtropical del Perú. Métodos. Estudio transversal en una muestra aleatoria de 250 agricultores de arroz obtenida en 2010 en el valle Alto Mayo (región San Martín), que incluyó la obtención de una muestra de sangre en cuyo suero se determinó la presencia de anticuerpos inmunoglobulinas G (IgG) mediante ELISA indirecto, y anticuerpos inmunoglobulinas M (IgM) mediante ELISA de captura. Resultados. I...

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Introduction. Instruments in Spanish with known psychometric properties are required to measure the attitudes of medical students towards scientific activities. Objectives. To determine the psychometric properties of three instruments to measure attitudes towards scientific research, perceptions about barriers to research and attitudes towards scientific reading. Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed in 311 medical students from an university in Peru. The instruments used the Likert scale of six responses. A confirmatory analysis was performed by modeling structural structures. Results. The instrument on attitudes towards scientific research resulted in three factors, the first (9 items, coefficient α = 0.888), the second (8 items, α = 0.847) and the third (3 items, α = 0.653). Perceptions of barriers to research are evaluated with two factors, one with 6 items (α = 0.779) a...

Introduction. Scientific literacy comprises skills to explain phenomena scientifically, evaluate science and interpret its results. Validated tools in different languages are needed to ensure their correct measurement. Objective. To adapt and validate, to Peruvian Spanish, an instrument to measure scientific literacy skills in medical students. Methods. The cultural adaptation of the Test of Scientific Literacy Skills (TOSLS) into Spanish had six steps. First, an independent, simultaneous translation from English into Spanish was performed. Then, both translations were synthesised and back-translated, followed by comparison with the original version and back-translation. This was followed by a pilot test and a cross-sectional study with medical students in Lima, Peru. The last step involved psychometric evaluation using the Rasch model. The instrument consisted of 28 multiple-choice ques...

Introduction. Tacna is a region with very high risk of tuberculosis transmission; however, the diagnostic performance of direct smears in their healthcare centers is 1.5%. Objectives. To describe the knowledge, perceptions and practices about detection of respiratory symptomatic subjects. Design. Cross sectional study. Setting. Health care centers of Tacna Regional Health Directorate. Participants. Health professionals including physicians and nurses. Interventions. A structured self-administered, anonymous questionnaire, developed by the authors, based on the current "Technical Standard for Comprehensive Management of People Affected by Tuberculosis", was applied to 178 health professionals (physicians and nurses). Main outcome measures. Absolute and relative frequency of adequate knowledge, perceptions and practices on detection of respiratory symptomatic subjects. Results. In the stud...

Objectives. To analyze the scientific production framed in the National Research Agenda 2011-2014. Design. Bibliometric research using SCOPUS, LILACS and LIPECS databases. Setting National Health Institute, Lima, Peru. Unit of analysis. Original article with at least one researcher with a Peruvian institution affiliation or whose study population or part of it, came from Peru and framed on any issue of national research agendas. Main outcome measures. Bibliometric indicators of production. Results. Out of the 882 publications retrieved, 215 (24.4%) were admitted to the analysis. The national research agendas with more scientific production were tuberculosis and STD-HIV/AIDS that included 78 and 59 articles respectively. The most common language of publication was English (69.8%). The articles were published in 90 scientific journals. Peruvian institutions with the highest number of signa...

Competency-based learning in scientific research in the medicine faculties has been the subject of several theoretical approaches and many implementation experiences worldwide. We present the experience of an private university located in the city of Lima, Peru. This university has implemented a strategy of «research-based teaching» in conjunction with «research-oriented teaching» in order to incorporate the achievement of competences for scientific research in the curricular design. The experience is added to those described in medical schools, but with the appropriateness regarding the context of medical education in Peru. The implementation of the curricular strategy has generated unforeseen challenges in the formulation of the intervention, which are described for consideration in new scenarios. The experience is based on a conceptual framework that can serve as a reference for i...

El Instituto Nacional de Salud brinda una oportunidad formativa laboral en un centro especializado de investigación en salud, que permite a los futuros profesionales involucrarse en el proceso de la investigación científica y su gestión.

El INS como instituto de investigación requiere una constante actualización en las competencias de sus investigadores, así como del personal de apoyo, y servidores dedicados a la gestión y administración. Respecto a la ejecución, se vienen estableciendo estrategias para incrementar la cobertura de capacitación por encima del 90%, entre estas estrategias se encuentra el potenciar la modalidad de capacitación virtual.

La transferencia tecnológica (TT) es una actividad relacionada con el ciclo de vida de la tecnología en salud. Se encuentra en la interfaz de la innovación y difusión. Producto de sus actividades de investigación el Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS) tiene como tecnologías potencialmente transferibles métodos y técnicas diagnósticas. Dichas tecnologías tienen un componente de tecnología dura (equipo biomédico, insumo e infraestructura) y un componente blando (competencia laboral). El presente artículo describe el estado actual de la TT en el INS y propone una estrategia para su implementación en el corto y mediano plazo.

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Se cuenta con limitada evidencia sobre la exposición al hanta virus en el Perú, los casos reportados y estudios de seroprevalencia en febriles y población asintomática provienen de la región Loreto, sin embargo, existen grupos ocupacionales expuestos a los potenciales reservorios del hantavirus en regiones sin circulación conocida del virus. Determina la frecuencia de anticuerpos contra el hanta virus en agricultores de arroz de un valle ubicado en una zona tropical del Perú. Realiza un estudio transversal en una muestra de 250 agricultores de arroz captada en 2010 en el valle Alto Mayo de la región San Martín. Se determinó la presencia de anticuerpos IgG mediante ELISA indirecto, y anticuerpos IgM mediante ELISA de captura. Aplicamos un cuestionario estructurado de características del hogar y trabajo vinculadas a exposición con roedores. No se encontraron agricultores con an...

Introduction. Excess weight is a growing phenomenon in the adolescent population, however, studies on the lipid profile in Peruvian adolescents are scarce. Objective. To identify the patterns of triglycerides/HDL cholesterol ratio and lipid profile in schoolchildren without metabolic syndrome in urban areas of an Andean region of Peru. Methods. Secondary analysis database from the study «Frequency of Metabolic Syndrome in residents of an Andean region of Peru». Of 586 students from the original study, 19 were excluded because they had a diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome. The levels of glucose, total cholesterol, high density cholesterol (HLD), low density cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides were analyzed. Non-HDL cholesterol was calculated by the difference between total cholesterol and HDL. The triglyceride / HDL cholesterol index (Tg / HDL-C) is the ratio between the serum concentratio...

Objective: To evaluate the sociodemographic and academic characteristics associated with sleep quality among School of Human Medicine students. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a randomly selected sample of 184 School of Human Medicine students from a private university located in the city of Lima, Peru. The study was conducted between June and July 2022, a period of gradual return to in-person classes. The participants completed an anonymous virtual survey containing questions on sociodemographic and academic factors as well as the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). This instrument comprised seven parameters with scores ranging from 0 to 21, where a good sleep quality was established from 0 to 5 points. The outcome was dichotomous (good and poor sleep quality), so binary logistic regression was used to evaluate the associated factors. Results: Female...

Objective: To estimate the coverage of being a beneficiary of the Vaso de Leche (VDL – Glass of Milk) and Qali Warma (QW – Vigorous Child) programs among children under 5 years of age and to determine the associated factors. Materials and methods: This study used a secondary source, based on the 2022 Encuesta Demogrática y de Salud Familiar (Endes – National Demographic and Family Health Survey) in Peru. For this purpose, women aged 15 to 49 years with children aged five years or younger and complete anthropometric data were selected to answer questions about being a beneficiary of the VDL and QW programs. The dependent variable was being or not a beneficiary of the programs, and the rate of beneficiaries was compared across levels of the independent variables. A log-binomial regression from the family of generalized linear models was used for the multivariate analysis, with a sig...

Objective: To describe the characteristics of asthma consultations provided in Peruvian emergency departments during 2021. Materials and methods: A descriptive study using secondary sources was conducted. The source of information was the open-access dataset “Morbilidad en Emergencia Hospitalaria” (Morbidity in Hospital Emergency Departments), prepared by the Ministry of Health (MINSA) and available on the Plataforma Nacional de Datos Abiertos (National Open Data Platform). A total of 4,338 consultations for patients with a definitive diagnosis of asthma treated in MINSA emergency departments were included. The evaluated characteristics were age, sex, diagnosis according to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), level of care and month of consultation. In addition, patients with five or more consultations were identified to describe their emergency dep...