Asthma Control Infographics, 2017-2018

The purpose of the Asthma Control Infographics research project was to develop infographics that make personal health information about asthma easy to understand. The infographics are intended to be tailored with the viewer’s own health information. The two tailorable infographics developed through this project can be used to display an asthma control score and the results of a pulmonary (lung) function test. Our team used a participatory design process to incorporate feedback from adults with asthma. This packet contains a pedigree chart that traces the development of the designs throughout the process, as well as the prototype and final designs. A list of project team members, funding acknowledgments, and contact information are also provided

Manifestaciones clínicas Posagudas y calidad de vida de pacientes atendidos por Covid-19 en una institución de la red pública de Barranquilla, de enero a julio del 2021

OBJETIVO GENERAL Determinar las manifestaciones clínicas posagudas y nivel de calidad de vida a 6 meses en pacientes atendidos por COVID-19 en el Hospital General de Barranquilla, durante el periodo de enero a julio de 2021. METODOLOGÍA Estudio descriptivo, longitudinal, prospectivo. Los datos fueron obtenidos del Hospital General de Barranquilla y el seguimiento a 6 meses se realiza— por vía telefónica mediante encuesta de síntomas y escala SF12. El análisis se hizo mediante el programa SPSS en su versión 15. Se emplearon medidas descriptivas para el análisis univariado: porcentaje y promedio y desviación estándar. Para el análisis bivariado se emplea— prueba t.Ê RESULTADOS De 16 manifestaciones clínicas postagudas descritas en la literatura, la disnea y la fatiga, fueron las más frecuentes, con 42,2% y 41,3%, respectivamente, el resto de las manifestaciones estuvieron entre 13,9% y 28,3%. El resultado de los componentes de salud física y salud mental, según el SF-12, muestran que, en ninguno de los casos el promedio llega a 50 puntos, siendo más bajo para salud física (Prom: 38,1 +/-5,5). ??Al comparar los promedios de salud física y emocional según las variables sociodemográficas, se encontraron diferencias significativas (p<0,05) para el sexo (mayor puntaje en hombres) en salud física y para el estrato (mayor puntaje en el estrato dos) en salud mental. Al relacionar los promedios de las dimensiones salud física y salud mental según cada una de las manifestaciones clínicas postagudas, no se encontraron diferencias significativas en ninguno de los casos, con excepción—n del dolor torácico en la primera dimensión. CONCLUSIONES La dificultad respiratoria y la fatiga fueron las manifestaciones más frecuentes. Los puntajes del SF-12 tanto para el componente de salud física como para el de salud mental fueron relativamente bajos en la mayoría de los participantes, por lo que solamente se encontraron diferencias significativas al cruzar salud física con sexo y salud mental con estrato socioeconómico, para el caso de las variables sociodemográficas. Para las manifestaciones clínicas postagudas no hubo diferencias significativas entre los que las padecían y los que no.Universidad Libre Seccional Barranquilla -- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud -- Especialización en Medicina InternaGENERAL OBJECTIVE To determine the post-acute clinical manifestations and level of quality of life at 6 months in patients treated for COVID-19 at the General Hospital of Barranquilla, during the period from January to July 2021. METHODOLOGY Descriptive, longitudinal, prospective study. The data were obtained from the General Hospital of Barranquilla and the 6-month follow-up was carried out by telephone using a symptom survey and the SF12 scale. The analysis was done using the SPSS program in its version 15. Descriptive measures were used for the univariate analysis: percentage and mean and standard deviation. For the bivariate analysis, a t-test was used. RESULTS Of 16 post-acute clinical manifestations described in the literature, dyspnea and fatigue were the most frequent, with 42.2% and 41.3%, respectively, the rest of the manifestations appeared between 13.9% and 28.3%. The result of the physical health and mental health components, according to the SF-12, shows that, in none of the cases, the average reached 50 points, being lower for physical health (Average: 38.1 +/-5,5). When comparing the averages of physical and emotional health according to the sociodemographic variables, significant differences (p<0.05) were found for gender (higher score in men) in physical health and for the stratum (higher score in stratum two) in mental health. When relating the averages of the physical health and mental health dimensions according to each of the post-acute clinical manifestations, no significant differences were found in any of the cases, except for chest pain in the first dimension. CONCLUSIONS Respiratory distress and fatigue were the most frequent manifestations. The SF-12 scores for both the physical health and mental health components were relatively low in most of the participants, so significant differences were only found when crossing physical health with gender and mental health with socioeconomic status. for the case of sociodemographic variables. For post-acute clinical manifestations, there were no significant differences between those who suffered from them and those who did not

WICER Infographics Comprehension Testing, 2015-2017

The purpose of this document is to present the full collection of infographics used for the WICER comprehension testing study, many of which have not previously been published. The introduction contains a capsule summary of the WICER study, the purpose and development of the infographics, the comprehension testing study, characteristics of the infographics, and a note about colors. References to related scholarly articles are provided as well as a list of key contributors, funding acknowledgments, and contact information. The remainder of the document contains English and Spanish samples of the tailored infographics along with explanatory notes

Propuesta de atención pedagógica dirigida al menor de cinco de años en condición de enfermedad, en el contexto de aulas hospitalarias en Bogotá.

La presente investigación tiene como propósito el diseño de una propuesta educativa dirigida a niños y niñas menores de 5 años en condición de enfermedad, lo que implica que se encuentren durante tiempos prolongados hospitalizados que impiden que exista continuidad en su proceso de formación dentro del contexto de la escuela. En la revisión y búsqueda de propuestas de atención en las denominada aulas hospitalarias comprendidas como espacios físicos dentro de hospitales que cumplen con brindar atención educativa en los niveles de la educación formal, se evidenció que se adolece de propuestas de atención en estos contextos para la primera infancia, existen algunas pero no está documentado cómo es el proceso de atención, y en otros espacios, se aborda los procesos pedagógicos a partir de la Básica primaria, lo que nos llama la atención como pedagogas infantiles y de acuerdo a nuestro rol, hizo que se iniciara un proceso investigativo que permita visibilizar la población y posibilitar una atención educativa de calidad como la tienen los diferentes grupos dentro del marco de la política de inclusión educativa

Predictors of Nulliparas' Childbirth Preferences

The aims of this study were to describe the childbirth preferences of nulliparous women in early pregnancy and to develop a model of the predictors of those preferences. Participants were recruited with Facebook advertisements and data were collected from 344 women via online survey. Predictors were measured using the Utah Test for the Childbearing Year. Predictors of childbirth preferences (type of birth care provider, birth setting, mode of delivery, and use/avoidance of pain medication) were tested using structural equation modeling. Conventional content analysis was employed to analyze women’s reasons for selecting the type of provider and setting they expected for their delivery. Although the majority of respondents preferred physicians and hospital birth, the proportions of women who preferred midwifery care and planned home birth were higher than currently access those types of care in the U.S. More respondents preferred to use pain medication than to avoid it. Over 95% of respondents preferred vaginal delivery. Women who had an internal locus of control and perceived their childbearing role to be one of active participation were more likely than women who saw their role as a passive one to prefer midwifery care, home birth, vaginal delivery, and to avoid pain medication. Women who saw the provider’s role as dominant to their own were more likely to prefer physicians and hospital birth than those who viewed the provider’s role as a collaborative one. The more fearful/painful women expected birth to be, the more likely they were to prefer cesarean delivery.</p