Hands Across The Atlantic?

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San Juan National Forest botanical survey of fens

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Características sociales y biológicas de la población masculina adulta menor de 75 años con enfermedades prostáticas, que fueron atendidos en el Servicio de Urología del Hospital Max Peralta de Cartago, durante el año 2015

RESUMEN Introducción: El propósito de este trabajo fue el de Identificar las características sociales y biológicas de la población masculina menor de 75 años con enfermedades prostáticas que fueron atendidos en el servicio de Urología del Hospital Max Peralta durante el año 2015. Metodología: Se realizó un estudio con un enfoque cuantitativo, diseño descriptivo. Los datos fueron brindados por el departamento de estadística de Hospital Max Peralta Jiménez de Cartago. La población fue de 240 varones. Se trabajó con un muestreo no probabilístico, con una muestra de 63 expedientes. Resultados: En relación con las enfermedades prostáticas, los resultados obtenidos reflejan cómo a partir de los 50 años aumenta el riesgo de padecer alguna patología prostática, siendo que más de la mitad de los expedientes analizados corresponden a varones con una edad ubicada en la franja entre los 50 a 59 años. A nivel geográfico, en la provincia de Cartago, el cantón de Turrialba es el de mayor incidencia. En relación con la escolaridad, los resultados reflejan que la mayoría de la población cuenta con un nivel de primaria y su ocupación se desarrolla en el ámbito no profesional, principalmente en trabajos del tipo oficio. De las patologías prostáticas, los varones estudiados sufren de hiperplasia prostática benigna en mayor medida. Por último, en relación el tratamiento, la mayor parte de los varones fueron sometidos a tratamiento quirúrgico. Conclusiones: Las enfermedades prostáticas son un grupo de enfermedades poco exploradas en el contexto nacional. De ellas, la Hiperplasia Prostática Benigna es la más inexplorada, no solo en Costa Rica, sino en el mundo, lo que aumenta el valor de la producción científica. Es necesario que Costa Rica emita y adopte más y mejores políticas dirigidas a la atención de salud del varón, ya que se evidencia como una inequidad en salud el hecho de que no exista una política dirigida a la salud masculina.ABSTRACT Introduction: The purpose of this work was to identify the social and biological characteristics of the male population under 75 years of age with prostate diseases that were treated in the Urology department of the Max Peralta Hospital during 2015. Methodology: It was carried out with a quantitative approach and a descriptive design. The data were provided by the statistics department of Max Peralta Hospital. The total number of users was of 240 men. A non-probabilistic sampling was used, the size of the sample in this investigation was of 63 files. Results: Related to prostate diseases, the results obtained reflect how from 50 years the risk of suffering from prostate disease increases, since more than half of the files analyzed correspond to men with an age located in the range between 50 to 59 years. The region distribution shows that Turrialba canton is the place of the major incidence in the Cartago province. Moreover, schooling was another of the elements analyzed in this study. The results reflect that the majority of the population has a primary level and their occupation is carried out in the non-professional field mainly in trades. Within the prostatic diseases, benign prostatic hypertrophy is the one wich more affects the group of men of this study. Finally, the surgical treatment was the most used treatment for the prostatic disease. Conclusions: Prostate diseases are a group of diseases little explored in the national context. Of these, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia is the most unexplored, not only in Costa Rica, but in the world, which increases the value of scientific production. Also, it is necessary for Costa Rica to issue and adopt more and better policies aimed at men's health care, since it is evidenced as an inequity in health the fact that there is no policy aimed at men's health.UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Sistema de Estudios de Posgrado::Salud::Maestría Profesional en Enfermería Ginecológica, Obstétrica y Perinata