Burden of disease of COVID-19 in the department of Nariño, Colombia, 2020-2021.

Objectives.: To estimate the burden of disease of COVID-19 in the department of Nariño, Colombia, based on the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) between March 2020 and August 2021.

Materials And Methods.

Health-related quality of life of patients with rotator cuff injuries, Cofee Triangle, Colombia, 2013.

Objective: To determine the quality of life related to health and its related factors in patients diagnosed with rotator cuff lesions in the Municipality of Pereira, Colombia, 2013.

Methods: Cross-sectional study. Simple random sampling of 239 patients over 18 years of age attended at five health care institutions in the urban area of Pereira.

[Family vulnerability index in the municipality of Pasto, Colombia, 2012].

This study's objective was to measure the vulnerability index of families in the municipality of Pasto, Colombia. In a sample of 270 families of all socioeconomic strata (239 urban and 31 rural), a confidential survey was conducted using the vulnerability index, consisting of five dimensions: demographic, social, economic, environmental, and geography, forecasting, and prevention. The families in strata 1 and 2 and the houses in the center, west, northwest, and northeast of the urban area showed high vulnerability, even higher than those in rural areas.

Ethnicity and Health in Colombia: What Do Self-Perceived Health Indicators Tell Us?

Objective: To compare self-perceived health indicators between ethnic groups in Colombia.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with data from the 2007 National Public Health Survey (ENSP-2007). Data from 57,617 people ≥18 years were used.

Burden of disease in Nariño, Colombia, 2010.

Objective: This study sought to measure burden of disease and identifies health priorities from the Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) indicator.

Methods: This is the first study on burden of disease for a department in Colombia by using a standardized methodology. By using the.

Oral cancer and dentists: knowledge, attitudes and practices in a South Colombian context.

An estimated 36.38% of oral cancer cases in Colombia are lethal. Most cases are diagnosed in late stages, so early detection and control of risk factors would be the most effective tools for prevention.