Internet Addiction and Academic Performance in Dental Students.

Objective: To determine the association between Internet addiction (IA) and academic performance in dental students at the University of Cartagena.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 402 students included through non-probabilistic sampling who answered an anonymous and self-reporting questionnaire that included socio-demographic variables, academic performance (last semester overall grade), presence of IA (Young's Test) and covariates related to IA based on academic performance. Data were analysed by means of proportions, relationships between variables with the χ test and strength of association was estimated with odds ratios (OR) using nominal logistic regression.

[Distribution of empathetic orientation among dentistry students of Cartagena, Colombia].

Objective To describe the level of empathy of dental students at the University of Cartagena. Methods A descriptive, quantitative study on a sample of 360 students from 1st to 5th year of Dentistry at the University of Cartagena (Colombia) during the second academic period of 2012. The Spanish version for students (S version) of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy (JSPE) was administered to them.

[IMCI and the maternal practice of African descendants' living on the Colombian Caribbean coast regarding the common cold and diarrhea].

Objective: Evaluating maternal practice regarding diarrhoea and the common cold.

Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study which was conducted on the island of Barú, near Cartagena, Colombia. It involved 127 mothers of African descent and their 138 children aged less than 5 years of age; convenience sampling was used.

[Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Dental Students: Prevalence and Related Factors].

Objectives: To estimate the relationship between depressive symptoms, anxiety and stress and socio-demographic, academic and social factors among dental students.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on dental students from a university in Cartagena, selected by simple random sampling. Students answered a self-report anonymous questionnaire of 20 questions that included demographic characteristics, depression, anxiety and stress symptoms (DASS scale 21), family function (APGAR family) and other factors associated with the academic, economic and social context.

[Prevalence of occupational accidents and related factors in students of dentistry].

Objective: Describe the prevalence of occupational accidents students of dentistry and associate it with factors of their clinical practice.

Methods: Cross-sectional study, developed in a public university in the city of Cartagena in 2010. Participants included 213 students in l pre-clinics and clinics practice of dentistry, selected by simple random sampling.

[The prevalence of dental caries related to family factors in schoolchildren from the city of Cartagena in Colombia].

Objective: Describing the prevalence and severity of caries in schoolchildren attending the John F. Kennedy school in Cartagena and its relationship to family factors.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of 243 students.

Ergonomic factors that cause the presence of pain muscle in students of dentistry.

Objective: To identify the ergonomic factors and the presence of muscular pain in dental students of VIII, IX, X semesters presently practicing at the clinics of the College of Dentistry of university of Cartagena, Colombia, South America.

Materials And Methods: This is a descriptive study carried out in dental students of the VIII, IX, and X semesters which were undergoing clinical practice at the College of Dentistry of University of Cartagena. A convenience sample of 83 students who met the inclusion criteria was taken and those who agreed to participate signed an informed consent.