Publications by authors named "J Franco Rodriguez-Alarcon"
Introduction: The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has generated concern about contagion, especially among healthcare workers who are on the front line.
Objective: To design and analyse the evidence of content validity, internal structure and reliability of a measure of concern about the spread of COVID-19 among Peruvian healthcare workers.
Material And Methods: Quantitative study and instrumental design.
Introduction: The pandemic has caused fear, especially due to the daily disseminated news; however, there is not an instrument to measure this fear in multiple realities.
Objective: To validate a scale for Latin American perception of fear and concern transmitted by the media during the pandemic.
Methodology: This is an instrumental study.
Critical congenital heart disease detection in the ANDES: Challenges and opportunities.
Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis
December 2022
Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) represents a challenging problem in global health equity due to the need for specialized surgical or transcatheter intervention within the first year of life. CCHD screening using pulse oximetry (POS) has led to significant improvements in mortality due to early referral and intervention. Andean America represents one of the few regions in the world with increasing CHD deaths and variable POS implementation.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the economy, leading to job instability and losses, prompting researchers to assess job security in Latin America.
- A study was conducted to revalidate a short scale measuring perceived job security, confirming that four items accurately reflect a single underlying factor.
- The revalidated scale displayed strong goodness-of-fit measures and demonstrated reliability with a McDonald's omega coefficient of ω = 0.72, indicating its effectiveness for measuring job security perceptions.
Introduction: The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has generated concern about contagion, especially among healthcare workers who are on the front line.
Objective: To design and analyse the evidence of content validity, internal structure and reliability of a measure of concern about the spread of COVID-19 among Peruvian healthcare workers.
Material And Methods: Quantitative study and instrumental design.