Risk of corrected QT interval prolongation in patients receiving antipsychotics.

Antipsychotic (AP) use has been associated to QT interval prolongation on the surface electrocardiogram (ECG). Our study aimed to determine the incidence of corrected QT (QTc) interval prolongation among patients admitted to a psychiatric hospitalization unit requiring AP treatment and to assess the relationship between administered dose and QTc interval changes. We enrolled 179 patients admitted to the Hospital Psiquiátrico Departamental Universitario del Valle in Cali, Colombia.

Association between Cervical Cancer and Dietary Patterns in Colombia.

Cervical cancer is a global public health problem. It is the second leading cause of death among women of childbearing age worldwide. Several factors, including diet, have been shown to influence the risk of persistent HPV infection and tumor progression.

Factors Associated with Dietary Patterns in Colombia.

The selection of food depends on various factors such as cultural, social, economic and biological. This paper determines the factors associated with dietary patterns in Colombia. It is an observational, descriptive exploratory study collecting secondary data from the National Survey of Nutritional Status of Colombia (ENSIN, 2015) of 16,216 people between 15 and 64 years of age.

Factors associated with family function in school children: Case-control study.

Background: Family functionality is that which promotes the integral development of its members, as well as a favorable state of health in them; fulfilling the basic parameters of adaptation, participation, growth, affection, and resources. Family dysfunction is understood as the failure to comply with any of these functions due to an alteration in one or more of the subsystems.

Objective: There is little research on variables related to family functioning with a case-control design, for this reason, we present the family functioning of school students, identify variables found to be related to family functioning, and describe a model of variables related to family dysfunction.

A cross-sectional study of the socio-demographic and epidemiological factors associated with childhood cancer in Cali, Colombia.

This study investigates the occurrence of childhood cancer between the years 2015 and 2016 in the city of Cali, Colombia, with respect to: a) sociodemographic characteristics, b) type of cancer, c) epidemiological weeks of cancer and d) comparative survival according to health system affiliation by consolidating the records notified to the municipal health secretariat. Statistically significant differences were found between the groups analysed in relation to the variables related to the type of cancer (p = 0.006).

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of gestational syphilis in Cali, 2018.

Introduction: Gestational syphilis is considered an event of public health interest given its impact on mother and child. In Colombia, despite having specific protocols for its notification, diagnosis, and management, there are still limitations in its control. Objectives: To describe the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, as well as the spatial distribution of gestational syphilis in Cali, Colombia, in 2018.

Characterisation of Community Mental Health Consultations in a Primary Care Centre in Cali, Colombia.

Objective: To characterise community mental health consultations in a primary care centre in Cali, Colombia.

Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. A secondary database was used, systematically recording patients seen in the community outpatient clinic, and a description of the information recorded therein was prepared.

Data from quality life questionnaries: QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23 in a cohort of Women with breast cancer in Cali, Colombia - 2020.

In an attempt to evaluate the contribution of symptoms, functionality and health perception on health-related quality of life of 80 women with breast cancer that underwent chemotherapy for disease treatment was studied. In this study cohort, retrospective data was extracted after the application of the questionnaires QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23 for quality of life. These patients belong 3 oncology centers in Cali - Colombia 2020.

[Relationship between pattern of food consumption and body composition in university students: a cross-sectional study].

Introduction: young university students face a social dynamics that has generated complex lifestyles and, especially, an imbalance in the intake of macro and micronutrients, characterized by having a high caloric density intake, which results in significant excess of weight. It is unknown if these consumption patterns are related to body composition. This research aimed to determine the relationship between pattern of food consumption and body composition in university students.

[Prevalence of mental disorders in children treated in a public psychiatric hospital].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of mental disorders in children treated at a regional psychiatric hospital.

Materials And Methods: Period prevalence study. A secondary database was supplied by the Hospital Psiquiátrico Universitario del Valle (HPUV) of Santiago de Cali.

Quality of life in women treated with chemotherapy for breast cancer in Cali, Colombia.

Introduction: Breast cancer is a serious neoplasm that originates in mammary tissues whose treatment with chemotherapy seems to generate significant changes in the quality of life. Objective: To determine the risk factors associated with health-related quality of life in women with breast cancer under chemotherapy in Cali, Colombia. Materials and methods: We conducted an observational, cross-sectional study with analytical components in a sample of 80 female patients using the QLQ-C30 questionnaire for cancer, and the QLQ-BR23 for breast cancer, as well as sociodemographic and clinical information.

[Knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and community practices for urban malaria. Tumaco, Colombia].

Objective: To describe the condition of malaria in the District 5 of San Andres de Tumaco-Nariño-Colombia, with regards to knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and community practices.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between January and May 2014. Logistic analysis of the CAP-PP survey of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) was carried out.

[Reliability and dimensionality of PHQ-9 in screening depression symptoms among health science students in Cartagena, 2014].

Introduction: Depression among university students must be screened with valid instruments. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is reliable and valid for screening depression in a university context; however, its psychometric performance in Colombia is unknown.

Objective: To estimate the reliability and dimensionality of PHQ-9 as a screening instrument for depressive symptoms among health sciences students of a university in Cartagena, Colombia.

[Factors Related With Psychoactive Substance Use in an Educational Institution in Jamundí Valle, Colombia].

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of psychoactive substances (SPA) use in young people in an educational institution in Jamundí and possible related factors.

Methods: Cross-sectional study, analytical approach that simulates cases and controls, was conducted in an educational institution in Jamundí-Valley. The sample was composed of 146 students selected through simple random probability sampling without replacement.

[Self-Reported consumption of illegal psychoactive substances in a street inhabitant population from Cali, Colombia].

Objective To determine the prevalence of self-reported use of illegal psychoactive substances in a homeless population of the city of Cali. Method Descriptive study of prevalence of period. The target population was 763 homeless people registered during 2010 in the database provided by a temporary shelter facility in the city of Cali.

[Bullying and its related factors amongst high school students from a school in Cali, Colombia].

Objective: Determining the prevalence of bullying and its related factors amongst students from a high school in Cali, Colombia, 2011.

Material And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving sixth to ninth grade students attending a private school in Santiago de Cali. Cisneros' scale was used for assessing bullying in this population.

[Risk Factors Associated With School Bullying in Local Authority Schools in Four Municipalities of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Year 2009].

Objective: To determine the association between family and social relationships and School Bullying (SB) among peers in public education institutions in four municipalities of the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, during 2009.

Methods: A case-control study matched by sex and educational institution was carried out. The study population came from a secondary database provided by the Departof Health Secretaryhealth, which consisted of data gathered in a survey of schoolchildren enrolled in grades 6 to 11.