Factors Associated with the Health-Related Self-Care Capacity of Overweight and Obese People.

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between beliefs about obese people and health-related self-care among overweight and obese people, considering sociodemographic aspects. This study adopted a cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 207 participants selected through a simple random sampling method.

Association between the health vulnerability of family members and concern about the contagion of COVID-19 in Peruvian residents after the pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created additional challenges for family health. Worry, fear, and anxiety associated with this disease can affect the perception of family health. The study's objective was to analyze the factors associated with health vulnerability of family members in the Peruvian population after pandemic.

Concern About Returning to Face-to-Face Classes After the Pandemic: Importance of Emotional Intelligence and Stress Coping Strategies in Health Science Students.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a new normality, a scenario where different circumstances trigger emotions such as concern about returning to face-to-face classes, to which higher education students adapt. The objective was to identify how emotional intelligence and coping with stress explain students' concern about returning to face-to-face classes post COVID-19.

Methods: This was an explanatory and cross-sectional study.

Association Between Family Support and Coping Strategies of People With Covid-19: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: The study aimed to determine the association between family support and coping strategies of people diagnosed with COVID-19.

Methods: The study was analytical and cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 500 participants who were selected by non-probabilistic and snowball sampling and included residents of both sexes who belonged to the city of Lima, with a diagnosis of COVID-19, who lived with relatives, and who accepted to participate in the research.

Preventive measures and concern for SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with lifestyle changes in the Peruvian population.

The study was conducted to establish the association between knowledge of preventive measures and concern about SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection and lifestyle changes in the Peruvian population during the health emergency. This was an analytical and cross-sectional study, with a voluntary non-probabilistic sample of 1101 Peruvian population over 18 years old, from the three regions of the country (Coast, Highlands, and Jungle) who answered the digital questionnaires between June and July 2021. The questionnaires "Knowledge about preventive measures on COVID-19″, PRE-COVID-19, and "Changes in lifestyles during the pandemic," instruments validated in the Peruvian population, were used to determine the association of the variables, the Chi-square test and binary logistic regression were used, considering changes in lifestyles as the dependent variable.

Depression Associated with Caregiver Quality of Life in Post-COVID-19 Patients in Two Regions of Peru.

Due to COVID-19, the workload experienced by caregivers has increased markedly which has led them to experience fatigue, anxiety and depression. This study aims to determine the relationship between quality of life and depression in caregivers of post-COVID-19 patients in two regions of Peru. In a cross-sectional analytical study, the sample was non-probabilistic and by snowball, and consisted of 730 caregivers, to whom the questionnaires "Modified Betty Ferell Quality of Life" and the "Beck Depression Inventory" were applied.

Association Between Perceived Access to Healthcare and the Perception of Illness Among Peruvian Adults with Chronic Diseases During COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the provision of care for patients with chronic diseases. Due to social restrictions and reductions in contact with health services, the negative perception of chronic disease is expected to have increased. The aim of this study was to determine the association between perceived access to healthcare and the perception of illness among Peruvian population with chronic disease.

[Validation of a questionnaire that measures perceptions of the role of community nursing professionals in Peru].

Objective: To develop a valid and reliable scale to measure the role of the nursing professional in the community (REFCO).

Design: Observational with cross-sectional and instrumental design. SITE: Populated centers and communities of the coast, highlands and jungle from Peru.

Association between lifestyles, anthropometric measurements and peripheral arterial disease in public sector health workers.

: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) occurs when there is a narrowing of the blood vessels outside the heart; this disease is concentrated in low and middle income countries such as Peru. : To determine the association between lifestyles, anthropometric measurements and PAD in health workers at the Hospital de Huaycan, 2020. : Cross-sectional analytical study that recruited health workers of both sexes, who had no history of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus nor were pregnant.

Association between dehydroepiandrosterone levels and cardiovascular risk in public sector health workers in a Peruvian region.

Alterations in dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) levels have been shown to affect the cardiovascular system. This study examined the associations between DHEAS levels and cardiovascular risk in workers of a public hospital in Lima, Peru. The analytical cross-sectional study was conducted at the Hospital de Huaycán, Peru.