Artículos de Investigación: Recent submissions
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Factors associated with severe COVID-19 in people with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)Objectives To investigate factors associated with severe COVID-19 in people with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). Methods Demographic data, clinical characteristics and COVID-19 outcome severity of adults with IIM ... -
Micro-tomographic characterization of the root and canal system morphology of mandibular first premolars in a Chilean population
(Nature Research, 2021)This study aimed to analyze the root anatomy and root canal system morphology of mandibular first premolars in a Chilean population. 186 teeth were scanned using micro-computed tomography and reconstructed three-dimensionally. ... -
Contralateral Breast Screening with Preoperative MRI: Long-term Outcomes for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
(Radiological Society of North America, 2022)Background: The diagnostic value of screening the contralateral breast with MRI in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer is poorly understood. Purpose: To assess the impact of MRI for screening the contralateral ... -
Socio-economic inequalities in the consumption of fruits and vegetables in Peru between 2014 and 2019
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)Objective: To estimate the prevalence and socio-economic inequalities in adequate consumption of fruits and vegetables in Peru between 2014 and 2019. Design: Analytical cross-sectional study. The outcome variable was ... -
Socio-demographic, migratory and health-related determinants of food insecurity among Venezuelan migrants in Peru
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Objective: To evaluate the factors associated with food insecurity (FI) among Venezuelan migrants residing in Peru. Secondarily, to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Design: ... -
Cut-off points of anthropometric markers associated with hypertension and diabetes in Peru: Demographic and health survey 2018
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)Objectives. To determine the optimal anthropometric cut-off points for predicting the likelihood ratios of hypertension and diabetes in the Peruvian population. Design. A cross-sectional study was performed to establish ... -
Inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Peru: An ecological study
(Elsevier, 2023)Objective: To assess the correlation between COVID-19 vaccination coverage and the Human Development Index (HDI) at the provincial level in Peru. Study design: Ecological study. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional ... -
Measuring Boredom during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(South-West University "Neofit Rilski", 2023)The aim of this study was to translate into Spanish and validate the Boredom Proneness Scale-Short (SBPS) in a sample of young people and adults in Peru during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 588 people between 17 and ... -
Measurement Invariance of the Short UCLA Loneliness Scale in Spanish and Peruvian Old People: Latent Mean Differences and Evidence for Differential Effects on Perceived Health
(South-West University "Neofit Rilski", 2023)The objectives of this study are to evaluate the measurement invariance of the University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS) three-item version (UCLA-LS-3) in older adults in Peru and Spain, to compare ... -
Validation Study of the Spanish Version of the Pandemic (COVID-19) Anxiety Travel Scale in Peru
(South-West University "Neofit Rilski", 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic has changed tourists' thoughts, feelings and ways of travelling. In this regard, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Pandemic Anxiety Travel Scale (PATS) ... -
Test of Invariance of the Anomie Brief Scale with the Alignment Method in 12 Latin American Countries
(South-West University "Neofit Rilski", 2023)The Social Anomie Brief Scale (SAS10) is a self-report measure of social anomie against new social standards implemented during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the invariance ... -
Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, 2023)Thousands of people have died of COVID-19 in El Salvador. However, little is known about the mental health of those who are mourning the loss of a loved one to COVID-19. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on quality of life in Peruvian older adults: construct validity, reliability and invariance of the COV19—Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL) measurement
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, 2023)The aim of the present study was to translate into Spanish and evaluate the psychometric evidence of the Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL) applied to a sample of Peruvian older adults (N = 298; 58.1% women, 41.9% men, ... -
Cross-cultural invariance of the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard to measure the perception of government actions against COVID-19 in Latin America
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, 2023)Objectives: The present study aimed to evaluate the measurement invariance of a general measure of the perception of governmental responses to COVID-|19 (COVID-SCORE-10) in the general population of 13 Latin American ... -
Influence of maxillary posterior dentoalveolar discrepancy on angulation of maxillary molars in individuals with skeletal open bite
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016)Background: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the maxillary posterior dentoalveolar discrepancy (MPDD) on the angulation of maxillary molars in open bite subjects. Methods: Pre-treatment lateral cephalograms ... -
Three-dimensional evaluation of the root resorption of maxillary incisors after the orthodontic traction of bicortically impacted canines: case reports
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019)Background: The root resorption of the maxillary incisors after the orthodontic traction of impacted canines is a concern for clinicians. The aim of this case series report was to evaluate the root resorption of the maxillary ... -
Midpalatal suture maturation stage assessment in adolescents and young adults using cone-beam computed tomography
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019)Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the midpalatal suture maturation stages in adolescents and young adults using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Methods: The sample comprised 200 CBCT scans of individuals ... -
Skeletal and dentoalveolar bilateral dimensions in unilateral palatally impacted canine using cone beam computed tomography
(Springer, 2017)Background: The aim of this investigation was to compare skeletal and dentoalveolar measurements of subject with unilateral palatally impacted canine versus the unaffected contralateral side on cone beam computed tomography ... -
Nemátodos Pharyngodonidae en Liolaemus parvus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) en el Centro-Oeste de Argentina
(Universidad Nacional de Nordeste (UNNE), 2022)This brief communication describes the first design and validation ofprimers for the Calmegin gene in alpacas. It was observed by horizontal electrophoresis that the designed amplicons complied with the predicted size in ... -
COVID-19 symptomatology and compliance with community mitigation strategies in Latin America early during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Elsevier, 2022)Introduction: Community mitigation strategies (CMS) have demonstrated to be effective in the reduction of transmission and incidence of COVID-19, especially in the population with symptoms associated with the disease. The ...
