Evaluación de la condición física en personas con discapacidad intelectual

Objetivo: El objetivo principal de este proyecto de investigación es verificar si la batería de Test Eurofit es válida para evaluar la condición física en deportistas con discapacidad intelectual Método: Se realizó una intervención que constaba de dos mediciones con dos asociaciones diferentes, Special Olympics (18 sujetos) y Niños con Amor (10 sujetos). Se realizaron búsquedas sistemáticas en las bases de datos Dialnet, Google Académico, Scopus y Sportdiscus. Para la búsqueda de bibliografía se utilizaron las siguientes palabras claves: (1) Intellectual Disability, (2) Physical Fitness, (3) EUROFIT TEST BATTERY, (4) Basic Physical Abilities (strenght, flexibility, velocity, endurance). Resultados: Teniendo en cuenta los resultados obtenidos, y atendiendo a la bibliografía científica encontrada, podemos decir que la batería de Test Eurofit no es válida para evaluar la condición física en personas con discapacidad intelectual. Sí que es verdad que algunas pruebas son válidas, pero otras para que sean validadas deben de sufrir unas determinadas modificaciones, ya que este colectivo presenta una serie de limitaciones y/o barreras a la hora de la realización-comprensión de algunas de las pruebas, por lo cual, el Test Eurofit en general no es válido para evaluar la condición física en personas con discapacidad intelectual. Conclusión: Se ha determinado que las personas con DI tienen una condición física menor a sus iguales sin DI. También es importante incidir en que estas personas han tenido una serie de limitaciones y barreras a la hora de la compresión y realización de las pruebas de la batería de Test Eurofit. Aunque podemos decir que la batería de Test Eurofit no es válida para evaluar la condición física en personas con discapacidad intelectual, hay que tener en cuenta que no son muchos los estudios analizados, por ello las conclusiones a las que se pueden llegar tienen ciertas limitaciones.Objective: The main objective of this research project is to verify if the Eurofit test battery is valid to assess the physical condition in athletes with intellectual disabilities Method: An intervention was performed consisting of two measurements with two different associations, Special Olympics (18 subjects) and Children with Love (10 subjects). Systematic searches were conducted on the Dialnet, Google Scholar, Scopus and Sportdiscus databases. The following keywords were used to search the bibliography: (1) intellectual disability, (2) Physical Condition, (3) EUROFIT TEST BATTERY, (4) Basic Physical capabilities (strenght, flexibility, velocity, endurance). Results: Taking into account the results obtained, and according to the scientific literature found, we can say that the Eurofit test battery is valid for assessing the physical condition in people with intellectual disabilities. Conclusion: It has been determined that people with ID have a physical condition less than their peers without ID. Although we can say that the Eurofit Test battery is valid to assess the physical condition in people with intellectual disabilities, say that there are not many studies analyzed, so the conclusions that can be reached have certain limitations.Universidad de Sevilla.Grado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deport

Pilot study of a psychotherapeutic intervention for reducing guilt feelings in highly distressed dementia family caregivers (innovative practice)

Many caregivers of people with dementia experience guilt but few interventions have been deigned to help them with these feelings. This study aimed to describe a psychological intervention specifically developed for decreasing caregivers´ guilt. The sample was composed of four caregivers, individually interviewed before and after the intervention. The intervention consisted of eight group-based sessions and was based on cognitive-behavioral, acceptance and self-compassion techniques. Three participants reported clinically reliable change in guilt. Clinically significant changes were also observed in their levels of anxiety and depression. The results suggest that carers might benefit from interventions designed to reduce their feelings of guiltThe authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (PSI2015-65152-C2-1-R

Family dynamics in dementia caregiving: development and validation of the interpersonal triggers of guilt in dementia caregiving questionnaire (ITGDCQ)

The objective was to develop the Interpersonal Triggers of Guilt in Dementia CaregivingQuestionnaire (ITGDCQ). An emotion frequently experienced by caregivers is guilt. Howe-ver, the studies analyzing potential factors that generate guilt are scarce. Guilt may begenerated through interpersonal interactions. A total of 201 dementia caregivers were eva-luated for frequency of leisure, guilt, anxiety, depression, and a pool of items measuring thefrequency, and guilt was derived from different behaviors performed by the care recipient(ITGDCQ-CR) and other relatives (ITGDCQ-OR). Exploratory factor analysis of theITGDCQ-CR showed a two-factor solution, explaining 56.24% of the variance. TheITGDCQ-OR subscale also showed two factors, explaining 63.24% of the variance. All thefactors had acceptable to good reliability indexes. Positive associations were found betweenboth subscales and depression, anxiety, guilt, and stress associated with CR’s behavioralproblems. ITGDCQ-CR was negatively correlated with frequency of leisure. The interperso-nal dynamics assessed with the ITGDCQ generated other emotions such as anger or sad-ness. Through structural equation modeling, 28% of the variance of caregivers’ distresswas explained by the assessed variables, including a significant contribution of the inter-personal dynamics assessed with the ITGDCQ. The results provide preliminary supportfor the use of the ITGDCQ as a valid and reliable measure of care recipients’ or other relati-ves’ factors that trigger or facilitate the experience of guilt in the caregivers. The associationbetween these factors and caregiver distress suggests potential clinical implications for the findingsThe study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grants PSI2015-65152-C2-1-R and PSI2015-65152-C2-2-R

La Iglesia Evangélica en la programación televisiva española: análisis del tratamiento y cobertura en los contenidos de ficción e información

La Iglesia Evangélica en España ha pasado de veinte mil personas en 1921 a un millón doscientos mil en la actualidad, convirtiéndose en una minoría significativa de nuestra sociedad. Como tal, su representación en la programación televisiva española es un derecho que, sin embargo, generalmente no se cumple, y cuando lo hace es de forma marcadamente estereotipada. El incorrecto empleo de la terminología, la escasa cobertura de eventos vinculados – directa o indirectamente – con la Iglesia Evangélica y la falta de identificación de personajes que guardan relación con esta minoría son las principales características del tratamiento que la programación televisiva da a los evangélicos españoles. El presente trabajo busca mostrar estos rasgos mediante el análisis de cuatro espacios televisivos – una serie, dos programas de reportajes y el Telediario de TVE – todos ellos emitidos entre 2008 y 2012

Implementation of an Artificial Neural Network on the Test Barcelona Workstation As a Predictive Model for the Classification of Normal, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Subjects Using the Neuronorma Battery

Objective: To develop and implement an online Artificial Neural Network (ANN) that provides the probability of a subject having mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Method: Different ANNs were trained using a sample of 350 controls (CONT), 75 MCI and 93 AD subjects. The ANN structure chosen was the following: (1) an input layer of 33 cognitive variables from the Neuronorma battery plus two sociodemographic variables, age and education. This layer was reduced to a 15 features input vector using Multiple Discriminant Analysis method, (2) one hidden layer with 8 neurons, and (3) three output neurons corresponding to the 3 expected cognitive states. This ANN was defined in a previous study [28]. The ANN was implemented on the web site www.test-barcelona.com (Test Barcelona Workstation) [9]. Results: When comparing CONT, MCI and AD participants, the best ANN correctly classifies up to 94,87% of the study participants. Conclusions: The online implemented ANN, delivers the probabilities (%) of belonging to the CONT, MCI and AD groups of a subject assessed using the 35 characteristics (variables) of the Neuronorma profile. This tool is a good complement for the interpretation of cognitive profiles. This technology improves clinical decision making. Keywords: Artificial Neural Network, Probability, Alzheimer disease, Test Barcelona Workstation

To pay attention or not: the associations between attentional bias towards negative emotional information and anxiety, guilt feelings, and experiential avoidance in dementia family caregivers

Caring for a relative with dementia has been linked to negative consequences for caregivers’ psychological health, such as anxiety or guilt. Cognitive theories of psychopathology propose that attentional bias towards negative stimuli contribute to the development and maintenance of emotional disorders and clinical symptomatology. However, attentional bias has scarcely been explored in dementia family caregivers. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between attentional bias and anxiety symptomatology, guilt feelings, and experiential avoidance in a sample of dementia family caregivers. Participants were 244 dementia family caregivers. Attentional bias was measured using a novel priming adaptation of the dot-probe task. The sample was divided into high and low anxiety symptomatology, guilt feelings, and experiential avoidance groups. The results revealed two opposite patterns of emotional information processing in dementia family caregivers. While anxiety was found to be associated with an attentional preference for negative information, experiential avoidance was related to attentional avoidance of this information. Although guilt was also related to an attentional preference for negative information, this relationship was no longer significant when controlling for anxiety levels. These inflexible attentional patterns may have negative clinical consequences, given that in both cases relevant information necessary for adaptive coping with the stressful situation of caregiving may be unattended to or omittedThis work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under the grant PSI2015-65152-C2-2-R and PSI2015-65152-C2-1-

Contenido mineral en aguas de riego de la costa de Granada

Este trabajo ha sido presentado en el V Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Farmacéutica del Mediterráneo Latino, celebrado en Fuengirola (Málaga) en Diciembre de 1993.Este estudio recoge la determinación de Cu, Fe y Mn en aguas de riego de la costa de Granada (sureste de España). La técnica analítica utilizada ha sido la espectrofotometría de absorción atómica. Las concentraciones de Cu han oscilado entre no detectables y 0.20 mg/L, los niveles de Fe entre 0.1 y 1.00 mg/L, y las concentraciones de Mn entre no detectable y 2.80 mg/L. Se ha comprobado una correlación estadísticamente significativa entre los niveles de Fe y Mn.This study reports the determination of Cu, Fe and Mn in irrigation water from an area on coast of Granada (southeastem of Spain). The analytical technique used was atomic absorption spectrometry. The concentrations of Cu ranged from not detectable to 0.20 mg/L, the Fe levels from 0.1 to 1.00 mg/ L, and the Mn concentrations from not detectable to 2.80 mg/L. We could establish a significant correlation between Fe-Mn levels

Contenido mineral en aguas de riego de la costa de Granada

This study reports the determination of Cu, Fe and Mn in irrigation water from an area on coast of Granada (southeastem of Spain). The analytical technique used was atomic absorption spectrometry. The concentrations of Cu ranged from not detectable to 0.20 mg/L, the Fe levels from 0.1 to 1.00 mg/L, and the Mn concentrations from not detectable to 2.80 mg/L. We could establish a significant correlation between Fe-Mn levels.Este estudio recoge la determinación de Cu, Fe y Mn en aguas de riego de la costa de Granada (sureste de España). La técnica analítica utilizada ha sido la espectrofotometría de absorción atómica. Las concentraciones de Cu han oscilado entre no detectables y 0.20 mg/L, los niveles de Fe entre 0.1 y 1.00 mg/L, y las concentraciones de Mn entre no detectable y 2.80 mg/L. Se ha comprobado una correlación estadísticamente significativa entre los niveles de Fe y Mn