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Validation and application of the Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale in Cuban patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Endocrinol Diabetes Nutr (Engl Ed)

December 2022

Centro Provincial de Atención y Educación al Paciente Diabético, Hospital Provincial General Docente Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. José Assef Yara, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de Ávila, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to validate the Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale (ITAS) in the Cuban population with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional, multicentre analytical study was performed in Cuba from February 2020 to April 2021; 199 patients were surveyed in a hospital institution and in primary healthcare. We used the Insulin Treatment Appraisal Scale, consisting of 20 items, with a minimum score of 20 points and a maximum of 100, where the higher the score, the worse the perception of insulin therapy.

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Perceived Stress by Students of the Medical Sciences in Cuba Toward the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of an Online Survey.

Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed)

October 2021

Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Introduction: The aims of this study were to determine the usefulness of the Modified (10-item) Scale of Perceived Stress related to COVID-19 (EEP-10-C, for its acronym in Spanish) and to identify the levels of stress perceived by students of medical sciences in Cuba due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, with self-reported data of students from 14 Cuban universities of medical sciences (n=200), through an online survey. The EEP-10-C was used as an instrument to identify stress.

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Aims: It is important to have valid and reliable measures to determine the psychological impact of COVID-19 in patients with diabetes; however, few instruments have been developed and validated for this population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to validate the Scale of Worry for Contagion of COVID-19 (PRE-COVID-19) in a sample of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Materials And Methods: A total of 219 patients (66.

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