El siguiente trabajo investigativo de diseño no experimental, de enfoque cuantitativo tiene el propósito de determinar los niveles de influencia de las intervenciones quirúrgicas ambulatorias en la calidad de atención a los pacientes del servicio de otorrinolaringología del Hospital María Auxiliadora, 2019. Para ello, se ha desarrollado una investigación de tipo básico, de corte trasnseccional, cuya totalidad poblacional estuvo constituida por 174 pacientes atendidos en el servicio de otorrinolaringología del referido establecimiento hospitalario, considerando a una totalidad muestral conformada por 120 usuarios, acorde con los criterios de selección. Para recopilar datos, se empleó la técnica conocida como encuesta, cuya información fue procesada mediante el Programa estadístico SPSS v25 con la finalidad efectuar el análisis de las estadísticas descriptivas. Del mismo mo...

The objective of this study was to determine the diagnosis and prevalence of temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD) in Maria Auxiliadora General Hospital in Lima, Peru, during 2019. Material and Methods: This is a prospective randomized longitudinal descriptive study. The sample included 76 patients, and Research Criteria for Diagnosing Temporomandibular Joint Disorders were used. Results: We found that 73.7% patients were female, particularly belonging to the 30-39 years age group (35.6%). TMJD etiology is multifactorial and it is related to structural, functional, and psychological factors. When diagnosing TMJD, headache was the main symptom (38.1%), and pain on palpation (51.4%) was the most prominent sign on clinical examination, particularly in females (38.2%). Mixed anxiety-depressive disorder, was the most frequent mental status alteration associated with TMJD found on clinica...

The objective of this study was to determine the diagnosis and prevalence of temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD) in Maria Auxiliadora General Hospital in Lima, Peru, during 2019. Material and Methods: This is a prospective randomized longitudinal descriptive study. The sample included 76 patients, and Research Criteria for Diagnosing Temporomandibular Joint Disorders were used. Results: We found that 73.7% patients were female, particularly belonging to the 30-39 years age group (35.6%). TMJD etiology is multifactorial and it is related to structural, functional, and psychological factors. When diagnosing TMJD, headache was the main symptom (38.1%), and pain on palpation (51.4%) was the most prominent sign on clinical examination, particularly in females (38.2%). Mixed anxiety-depressive disorder, was the most frequent mental status alteration associated with TMJD found on clinica...