Impacto de los hábitos lectores en los estudiantes de bachillerato en época del covid-19. 2020

Introduction. Reading is considered a connection between the person who is reading and the text, producing significant learning and that is where an exploration of ideas is established and new tastes for reading emerge. Objective. Analyze the impact of reading habits on high school students from the Pedro Zambrano Barcia educational unit at the time of covid-19. Methodology. In the development of this research, a methodology that has a quantitative and descriptive approach is applied, using techniques such as the survey and contrasted in the questionnaire that was applied through the google forms platform. Conclution. According to the results, it is considered that the participating students have a medium reading level and that it is developed as a result of the COVID-19 problem, that is, their academic works require them to have close encounters with readings that are key to the development of their academic activities. The pandemic has allowed the education system to migrate its learning system, opening the way to the construction of an academic, formative and intersectional reading as a reading impact.Introducción. La lectura es considerada una conexión entre la persona que está leyendo y el texto, produciendo un aprendizaje significativo y que es ahí es donde se establece una exploración de ideas y surgen nuevos gustos para leer. Objetivo. Analizar el impacto de los hábitos lectores en los estudiantes de bachillerato de la unidad educativa Pedro Zambrano Barcia en época del covid-19. Metodología. En el desarrollo de esta investigación se aplica una metodología que tiene un enfoque cuantitativo y descriptivo, utilizando técnicas como le encuesta y contrastado en el cuestionario de preguntas que fue aplicado mediante la plataforma de google forms. Conclusión. De acuerdo con los resultados se considera que los estudiantes participantes tienen un nivel de lectura medio y que se encuentra desarrollado a raíz de la problemática por COVID-19, es decir sus trabajos académicos les exigen que tenga encuentros cercanos a lecturas que son claves para el desarrollo de sus actividades académicas. La pandemia ha dejado que el sistema de educación migre su sistema de aprendizaje, abriendo paso a la construcción de una lectura académica, formativa e interseccional como impacto lector

Electroacupuncture efficacy in diabetic polyneuropathy: Study protocol for a double-blinded randomized controlled multicenter clinical trial

Abstract Background Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is the most common complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM); its diagnosis and treatment are based on symptomatic improvement. However, as pharmacological therapy causes multiple adverse effects, the implementation of acupunctural techniques, such as electroacupuncture (EA) has been suggested as an alternative treatment. Nonetheless, there is a lack of scientific evidence, and its mechanisms are still unclear. We present the design and methodology of a new clinical randomized trial, that investigates the effectiveness of EA for the treatment of DPN. Methods This study is a four-armed, randomized, controlled, multicenter clinical trial (20-week intervention period, plus 12 weeks of follow-up after concluding intervention). A total of 48 T2DM patients with clinical signs and symptoms of DPN; and electrophysiological signs in the Nerve Conduction Study (NCS); will be treated by acupuncture specialists in outpatient units in Mexico City. Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of the following four groups: (a) short fibre DPN with EA, (b) short fibre DPN with sham EA, (c) axonal DPN with EA and (d) axonal DPN with sham EA treatment. The intervention will consist of 32 sessions, 20 min each, per patient over two cycles of intervention of 8 weeks each and a mid-term rest period of 4 weeks. The primary outcome will be NCS parameters, and secondary outcomes will include DPN-related symptoms and pain by Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI), Michigan Diabetic Neuropathy Score (MDNS), Dolour Neuropatique Score (DN-4), Semmes-Westein monofilament, Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for pain assessment, and the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). To measure quality of life and improve oxidative stress, the inflammatory response; and genetic expression; will be analysed at the beginning and at the end of treatment. Discussion This study will be conducted to compare the efficacy of EA versus sham EA combined with conventional diabetic and neuropathic treatments if needed. EA may improve NCS, neuropathic pain and symptoms, oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and genetic expression, and it could be considered a potential coadjutant treatment for the management of DPN with a possible remyelinating effect. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov. NCT05521737 Registered on 30 August 2022. International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) ISRCTN97391213 Registered on 26 September 2022 [2b]

Additional file 1 of Electroacupuncture efficacy in diabetic polyneuropathy: Study protocol for a double-blinded randomized controlled multicenter clinical trial

Additional file 1. SPIRIT figure of the phases of the trial and data collection time points