De la experiencia personal a la docencia y de la docencia a la experiencia personal

Memoria ID11-109. Ayudas de la Universidad de Salamanca para la innovación docente, curso 2011-2012

The importance of emotional intelligence and meaning in life in psycho-oncology

[EN] Objective: Cancer was considered the disease of the 20th century, and the management, treatment, and adaptation of patients to general wellbeing were worldwide concerns. Emotional intelligence has frequently been associated with wellbeing and considered one important factor to optimal human functioning. The purpose of the present study was to test the differences regarding the relationship between emotional intelligence, purpose in life, and satisfaction with life between cancer and healthy people. Methods: This model was tested using structural path analysis in two independent samples. First, in a general Portuguese population without chronic disease, 214 participants (nmale = 41, nfemale = 173; Mage = 53). Second, in 202 patients with cancer (nmale = 40, nfemale = 162; Mage = 58.65). A two-step methodology was used to test the research hypothesis. Results: First, a confirmatory factor analysis supported the measurement model. All factors also show reliability, convergent, and discriminate validity. Second, the path coefficients for each model indicate that the proposed relationships differ significantly according to the groups. The perception capacities of emotional intelligence were more related to satisfaction with life and purpose in life in oncologic patients than in the general population without chronic disease, specifically emotional understanding and regulation. Likewise, the relationship between purpose in life and satisfaction with life in oncologic patients was significantly higher than for the general population. Conclusion: The current findings thus suggest that emotional intelligence and purpose in life are potential components to promoting satisfaction in life in healthy people and more so in oncologic patients

La sensibilización precoz hacia la muerte en la adquisición de competencias actitudinales en estudiantes de Medicina: fase clínica

Memoria ID-0205. Ayudas de la Universidad de Salamanca para la innovación docente, curso 2016-2017

La sensibilización precoz hacia la muerte en la adquisición de competencias actitudinales en estudiantes de Medicina: consolidación y seguimiento

Memoria ID-0253. Ayudas de la Universidad de Salamanca para la innovación docente, curso 2014-2015

Body mass index and disease activity in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases: results of the Cardiovascular in Rheumatology (Carma) Project

Objective: Since obesity has been associated with a higher inflammatory burden and worse response to therapy in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRD), we aimed to confirm the potential association between body mass index (BMI) and disease activity in a large series of patients with CIRDs included in the Spanish CARdiovascular in rheuMAtology (CARMA) registry. Methods: Baseline data analysis of patients included from the CARMA project, a 10-year prospective study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) attending outpatient rheumatology clinics from 67 Spanish hospitals. Obesity was defined when BMI (kg/m2) was >30 according to the WHO criteria. Scores used to evaluate disease activity were Disease Activity Score of 28 joints (DAS28) in RA, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) in AS, and modified DAS for PsA. Results: Data from 2234 patients (775 RA, 738 AS, and 721 PsA) were assessed. The mean ± SD BMI at the baseline visit were: 26.9 ± 4.8 in RA, 27.4 ± 4.4 in AS, and 28.2 ± 4.7 in PsA. A positive association between BMI and disease activity in patients with RA (β = 0.029; 95%CI (0.01- 0.05); p = 0.007) and PsA (β = 0.036; 95%CI (0.015-0.058); p = 0.001) but not in those with AS (β = 0.001; 95%CI (-0.03-0.03); p = 0.926) was found. Disease activity was associated with female sex and rheumatoid factor in RA and with Psoriasis Area Severity Index and enthesitis in PsA. Conclusions: BMI is associated with disease activity in RA and PsA, but not in AS. Given that obesity is a potentially modifiable factor, adequate control of body weight can improve the outcome of patients with CIRD and, therefore, weight control should be included in the management strategy of these patients

Tecnofobias y Tecnofilias

La invasión masiva de las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información (TIC), han surgido fenómenos psicológicos originados tanto por el exceso como por el rechazo del uso de estas tecnologías. La bipolaridad de estos fenómenos psicológicos puede desarrollarse hasta la categoría de trastornos, emergiendo en un polo como tecnodependencias o simbiosis tecnológica cuando existe un uso excesivo y desordenado de las mismas; su fenómeno opuesto sería cuando la tecnología generara inseguridad o percepción de incompetencia, aumentando los niveles de ansiedad, comportamientos de aversión o rechazo y que se denomina tecnofobia. En el presente trabajo los autores analizan estos fenómenos y señalan algunos datos respecto a su tratamiento y prevenció

Desenvolvimento e avaliação das características psicométricas do Questionário de Auto-Percepção de Inteligência Emocional (QIE-AP)

Este estudo pretendeu desenvolver e avaliar as características psicométricas de um novo instrumento para avaliar a autopercepção de capacidades de inteligência emocional (IE) baseado no modelo de IE de Mayer e Salovey (1997): o Questionário de Auto-Percepção de Inteligência Emocional (QIE-AP). Foram desenvolvidos dois estudos transversais. A amostra inclui 401 participantes (n1=191; n2=210) com idades entre 16 e 75 anos. Os dados foram analisados considerando uma análise fatorial exploratória (AFE), análise fatorial confirmatória (AFC), análise multigrupos, confiabilidade, e análises de correlação. Os resultados da análise fatorial exploratória suportam a retenção de quatro fatores do modelo teórico original: percepção, avaliação e expressão emocional, facilitação emocional do pensamento, compreensão e análise emocional, e regulação emocional. A análise fatorial confirmatória demonstrou um bom ajustamento dos dados à estrutura original de quatro fatores, e os fatores revelaram confiabilidade, validade convergente e discriminante. Adicionalmente, as duas análises multigrupos demonstraram que o modelo final é totalmente invariante entre as duas amostras independentes e parcialmente invariantes entre gêneros. O estudo suporta a validade e confiabilidade inicial do QIE-AP, tornando-o num instrumento útil na área da IE

Body mass index and disease activity in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases: results of the cardiovascular in rheumatology (Carma) project

Objective: Since obesity has been associated with a higher inflammatory burden and worse response to therapy in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRD), we aimed to confirm the potential association between body mass index (BMI) and disease activity in a large series of patients with CIRDs included in the Spanish CARdiovascular in rheuMAtology (CARMA) registry. Methods: Baseline data analysis of patients included from the CARMA project, a 10-year prospective study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) attending outpatient rheumatology clinics from 67 Spanish hospitals. Obesity was defined when BMI (kg/m2) was >30 according to the WHO criteria. Scores used to evaluate disease activity were Disease Activity Score of 28 joints (DAS28) in RA, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) in AS, and modified DAS for PsA. Results: Data from 2234 patients (775 RA, 738 AS, and 721 PsA) were assessed. The mean ± SD BMI at the baseline visit were: 26.9 ± 4.8 in RA, 27.4 ± 4.4 in AS, and 28.2 ± 4.7 in PsA. A positive association between BMI and disease activity in patients with RA (β = 0.029; 95%CI (0.01- 0.05); p = 0.007) and PsA (β = 0.036; 95%CI (0.015-0.058); p = 0.001) but not in those with AS (β = 0.001; 95%CI (-0.03-0.03); p = 0.926) was found. Disease activity was associated with female sex and rheumatoid factor in RA and with Psoriasis Area Severity Index and enthesitis in PsA. Conclusions: BMI is associated with disease activity in RA and PsA, but not in AS. Given that obesity is a potentially modifiable factor, adequate control of body weight can improve the outcome of patients with CIRD and, therefore, weight control should be included in the management strategy of these patients