IN THIS ARTICLE THE VALIDATION RESULTS OF THE ONLINE SELF-REGULATED LEARNING QUESTIONNAIRE (OSLQ) ARE PRESENTED. THE ADAPTATION WAS BASED ON A METHOD OF RETRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT AND THE SUBSEQUENT FULFILMENT OF A PILOT TEST, WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY SAMPLE OF 238 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. THE RESULTS SHOW A HIGH INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF THE SCALE, WHICH PRESENTED A 0.90 CRONBACH ALPHA VALUE, AND THEREFORE, THE SCALE IS HIGHLY RELIABLE AND CONFIRMS THE CONSTRUCTS PROPOSED BY THE AUTHORS. THROUGH THE USE OF CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL ANALYSIS, THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS VERIFIED. IN CONCLUSION, THIS DOCUMENT WILL PERMIT FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO MEASURE SELF-REGULATED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS THAT USE EDUCATIONAL PLATFORMS, AND IT WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES OF COGNITIVE, MOTIVATIONAL/EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL ABILITIES OF THE STUDENT.

INTRODUCCIÓN: ESTÁ COMPROBADA LA EFECTIVIDAD DE LAS VACUNAS EN LA POBLACIÓN GENERAL Y EN ESPECIAL EN LOS GRUPOS DE MAYOR RIESGO YA QUE DISMINUYE LA MORBILIDAD Y MORTALIDAD DE ENFERMEDADES INFECTOCONTAGIOSAS. EL PRESENTE ESTUDIO EVALÚA LA COBERTURA DE VACUNACIÓN CONTRA LA INFLUENZA EN RELACIÓN CON LA MORTALIDAD POR INSUFICIENCIA RESPIRATORIA Y NEUMONÍA EN PERSONAS DE 65 AÑOS Y MÁS, DURANTE LOS AÑOS 2015, 2017 Y 2019 EN LA REGIÓN DE ÑUBLE. MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: DISEÑO ECOLÓGICO. SE INCLUYÓ A PERSONAS DE 65 AÑOS Y MÁS QUE FUERON VACUNADAS CONTRA LA INFLUENZA ENTRE MARZO Y AGOSTO DE LOS AÑOS 2015, 2017 Y 2019 Y PERSONAS MAYORES DE 65 Y MÁS AÑOS, FALLECIDAS POR INSUFICIENCIA RESPIRATORIA Y NEUMONÍA EN ESE MISMO PERÍODO. SE UTILIZARON BASES DE DATOS DEL REGISTRO NACIONAL DE INMUNIZACIÓN Y REGISTROS DE MORTALIDAD PROCEDENTES DEL SERVICIO DE REGISTRO CIVIL. SE REALIZARON ANÁLISIS DESCRIPTIVOS Y MODELOS DE REGRESIÓN LINEAL CON EL PROGRAMA ESTADÍSTICO SPSS V. 23.

OBJETIVO EVALUAR LA RELACIÓN ENTRE LOS FACTORES SOCIODEMOGRÁFICOS, LABORALES Y DE SALUD CON LA CARGA MENTAL DE TRABAJO GLOBAL Y POR DIMENSIONES EN CIRUJANOS DENTISTAS EN CHILE. MÉTODOS SE REALIZÓ UN ESTUDIO TRANSVERSAL CON UNA MUESTRA DE 51 CIRUJANOS DENTISTAS DE UN DEPARTAMENTO DE SALUD MUNICIPAL DE CHILE. SE RECOGIERON VARIABLES SOCIODEMOGRÁFICAS, LABORALES Y DE SALUD Y SE APLICÓ LA ESCALA DE EVALUACIÓN SUBJETIVA DE CARGA MENTAL DE TRABAJO Y EL INVENTARIO ANSIEDAD ESTADO-RASGO. SE RECURRIÓ A LA ESTADÍSTICA DESCRIPTIVA Y PARA EL ANÁLISIS CORRELACIONAL SE UTILIZÓ EL COEFICIENTE DE CORRELACIÓN DE PEARSON. SE CONSIDERÓ UN NIVEL DE SIGNIFICANCIA P...

LOS SÍNTOMAS DE CLIMATERIO JUNTO CON EL PROLAPSO GENITAL EN LA MUJER QUE ENVEJECE, AFECTAN LA FUNCIÓN SEXUAL Y LA CALIDAD DE VIDA RELACIONADA CON LA SALUD. EL OBJETIVO DE ESTE ESTUDIO FUE DESCRIBIR LA FUNCIÓN SEXUAL Y LA CALIDAD DE VIDA RELACIONADA CON LA SALUD EN MUJERES CLIMATÉRICAS CON PROLAPSO GENITAL SEGÚN CARACTERÍSTICAS SOCIODEMOGRÁFICAS Y CLÍNICAS. MÉTODOS: DISEÑO DESCRIPTIVO DE CORTE TRANSVERSAL, SOBRE UNA MUESTRA CONSECUTIVA DE 45 MUJERES CLIMATÉRICAS INSCRITAS EN DOS CENTROS DE SALUD FAMILIAR DE LA REGIÓN DE ÑUBLE, SE SELECCIONARON A TODAS AQUELLAS ENTRE 42 Y 60 AÑOS DE EDAD, CON DIAGNÓSTICO CLÍNICO O ECOGRÁFICO DE PROLAPSO GENITAL, CON VIDA SEXUAL ACTIVA LOS ÚLTIMOS 6 MESES Y SIN TERAPIA HORMONAL DE REEMPLAZO. PARA EVALUAR LA FUNCIÓN SEXUAL SE APLICÓ EL ÍNDICE DE FUNCIÓN SEXUAL FEMENINA Y PARA LA CALIDAD DE VIDA RELACIONADA CON LA SALUD EL MENOPAUSE RATING SCALE. SE UTILIZÓ ESTADÍSTICA DESCRIPTIVA, Y PARA ANALIZAR LA DIFERENCIA ENTRE LAS VARIABLES SE APLICARON LAS PRUEBAS ESTADÍSTICAS CHI-CUADRADO Y TEST EXACTO DE FISHER. EN TODOS LOS CASOS SE CONSIDERÓ UN NIVEL DE SIGNIFICANCIA P

INTRODUCTION: DIABETES AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ARE INCREASING IN ADULTS, WHERE CALF CIRCUMFERENCE AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE ARE TWO CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MARKERS POORLY STUDIED FOR PREDICTING CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK. OBJECTIVE: TO CHARACTERIZE FOUR PHENOTYPICAL MODELS IN THE CHILEAN ADULT POPULATION BASED ON MUSCLENESS AND FATNESS USING BOTH CALF CIRCUMFERENCE AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE OUTCOMES.

BACKGROUND: THERE IS A SCARCITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUCH THE POSTURAL BALANCE PARAMETERS, AS THE AREA AND MEAN VELOCITY OF THE CENTER OF PRESSURE (COP), CAN BE MODIFIED BY TRADITIONALLY ADIPOSITY MARKERS IN OLDER ADULTS. OBJECTIVES: TO DESCRIBE AND ASSOCIATE POSTURAL BALANCE PARAMETERS IN CHILEAN OLDER ADULTS WITH DIFFERENT BMI. A SECOND OBJECTIVE WAS TO ASSOCIATE THE AREA OF BALANCE WITH WEIGHT.

POSTURAL BALANCE AND GAIT ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS IN THE FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF OLDER PEOPLE; HOWEVER, FEW STUDIES HAVE ADDRESSED DIFFERENCES BY SEX. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ANALYZE THE POSTURAL BALANCE AND TEMPORAL-SPATIAL PARAMETERS OF GAIT IN INDEPENDENT OLDER ADULTS BY SEX. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED. THIRTY-EIGHT INDEPENDENT OLDER WOMEN (69 ± 5 YEARS), AND 33 MEN (71 ± 5 YEARS) WERE EVALUATED. THE POSTURAL BALANCE TEST WITH OPEN AND CLOSED EYES WAS PERFORMED ON TWO SURFACES (HARD/SOFT) ON A FORCE PLATFORM. GAIT WAS RECORDED WITH CAMERAS TO ANALYZE CYCLE DURATION AND SPEED, STEP LENGTH, STRIDE LENGTH, AND FOOT CLEARANCE. THE AREA OF POSTURAL BALANCE WAS GREATER IN MEN IN ALL TESTS (P < 0.001). FOOT CLEARANCE HEIGHT AND CYCLE DURATION WERE LOWER IN WOMEN (P < 0.05). MEN SHOWED A NEGATIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AREA OF BALANCE AND GAIT PARAMETERS. IN WOMEN, A POSITIVE CORRELATION WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN FOOT CLEARANCE AND BALANCE WITH EYES CLOSED. THE POSTURAL BALANCE AND GAIT SUGGEST DISCREPANCIES BY SEX, SHOWING THAT OLDER MEN BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE MOTOR TASK COMPARED TO WOMEN. THESE FINDINGS SUGGEST BEING CORROBORATED IN MORE COMPLEX STUDIES IN THE FUTURE.

RESTING METABOLIC RATE (RMR) DEPENDS ON BODY FAT-FREE MASS (FFM) AND FAT MASS (FM), WHEREAS ABDOMINAL FAT DISTRIBUTION IS AN ASPECT THAT HAS YET TO BE ADEQUATELY STUDIED. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESENT STUDY WAS TO ANALYZE THE INFLUENCE OF WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE (WC) IN PREDICTING RMR AND PROPOSE A SPECIFIC ESTIMATION EQUATION FOR OLDER CHILEAN WOMEN. THIS IS AN ANALYTICAL CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY WITH A SAMPLE OF 45 WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 60 AND 85 YEARS. WEIGHT, HEIGHT, BODY MASS INDEX (BMI), AND WC WERE EVALUATED. RMR WAS MEASURED BY INDIRECT CALORIMETRY (IC) AND %FM USING THE SIRI EQUATION. ADEQUACY (90% TO 110%), OVERESTIMATION (>110%), AND UNDERESTIMATION (

OBJETIVO: EVALUAR LA RELACIÓN ENTRE LAS CARACTERÍSTICAS SOCIODEMOGRÁFICAS Y DEL CUIDADO CON LA SOBRECARGA DE LOS CUIDADORES PRINCIPALES DE ADULTOS MAYORES CON DEPENDENCIA SEVERA. METODOLOGÍA: ESTUDIO CORRELACIONAL DE CORTE TRANSVERSAL, SOBRE UNA MUESTRA CONSECUTIVA DE 43 CUIDADORES PRINCIPALES DE ADULTOS MAYORES CON DEPENDENCIA SEVERA PERTENECIENTES AL PROGRAMA DE ATENCIÓN DOMICILIARIA DE UN CENTRO DE SALUD FAMILIAR DE CHILE. PARA EVALUAR EL NIVEL DE SOBRECARGA SE UTILIZÓ LA ESCALA DE SOBRECARGA DEL CUIDADOR DE ZARIT; ADEMÁS, SE REGISTRARON VARIABLES SOCIODEMOGRÁFICAS Y DEL CUIDADO. LA RECOGIDA DE DATOS SE REALIZÓ MEDIANTE VISITA DOMICILIARIA. SE APLICÓ ESTADÍSTICA DESCRIPTIVA, Y PARA ANALIZAR LA RELACIÓN ENTRE LAS VARIABLES SE APLICARON LAS PRUEBAS ESTADÍSTICAS ?2 Y PRUEBA EXACTA DE FISHER. EN TODOS LOS CASOS SE CONSIDERÓ UN NIVEL DE SIGNIFICACIÓN P < 0,05. LOS DATOS FUERON ANALIZADOS CON EL SOFTWARE ESTADÍSTICO SPSS V. 23. RESULTADOS: EL 69,77% DE LOS CUIDADORES PRESENTÓ SOBRECARGA. LA EDAD MEDIA FUE DE 58,33 ± 12,98 AÑOS, EL MAYOR PORCENTAJE FUERON MUJERES CON UN 74,42% Y EL 46,51% ESTABA SOLTERO. EL 86,05% DE LOS CUIDADORES PRINCIPALES CUIDABA 24 HORAS AL ADULTO MAYOR Y EL 55,81% ERAN HIJAS/OS. EL ABANDONO DE UNA ACTIVIDAD POR EL CUIDADO ALCANZÓ UNA DIFERENCIA ESTADÍSTICAMENTE SIGNIFICATIVA CON LA PRESENCIA DE SOBRECARGA DEL CUIDADOR (P < 0,05). CONCLUSIONES: LAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DEBEN APOYAR A LOS CUIDADORES EN LA ACTIVIDAD DEL CUIDADO, CON LA FINALIDAD DE DISMINUIR LA CARGA MEJORANDO ASÍ SU CALIDAD DE VIDA Y SU ESTADO DE SALUD.

BACKGROUND: AGEING IS ASSOCIATED WITH SENSORY AND PHYSICAL DECLINES AND FALLING RISK. OBJECTIVE: TO DETERMINE THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN 3 PERFORMANCE-BASED MOBILITY TESTS AND FALL HISTORY. METHODS: FIFTY PARTICIPANTS MOBILITY WAS ASSESSED BY TIMED UP AND GO (TUG) AND 4- AND 6-M WALKING TESTS (WT). RESULTS: THE TUG PERFORMANCE CORRELATED WITH 4- AND 6-M WT PERFORMANCE, AND PERFORMANCE ON 4-M WT POSITIVELY CORRELATED WITH 6-M WT. ONLY TUG PERFORMANCE SHOWED A STRONG RELATIONSHIP TO FALL HISTORY. CONCLUSIONS: PERFORMANCE TESTS COULD INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF FALL HISTORY IN THE INSTITUTIONALIZED OLDER ADULTS; THE TUG BEING THE MOST SUITABLE COMPARED WITH OTHER COMMON WT.

DESPITE THE CENTRALITY OF THE DIFFICULTY CONCEPT IN THE STUDY OF DISABILITY, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE RESEARCH ON ITS SIGNIFICANCE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF PEOPLE WITH FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DESCRIBE WHAT OLDER PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN ASKED ABOUT DIFFICULTY IN UNDERTAKING MOBILITY ACTIVITIES. AS A SECONDARY OBJECTIVE, WE CONSIDERED WHETHER THERE ARE ANY DIFFERENCES DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING (ICF) MOBILITY DOMAINS. METHODS SEVENTEEN COMMUNITY-DWELLING MEN AND WOMEN AGED 70 YEARS OLD OR OVER WERE INTERVIEWED BY MEANS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE CONTAINING 55 ITEMS COVERING THE ICF MOBILITY DOMAINS. THE PARTICIPANTS RESPONDED TO THE ITEMS WHILE THINKING ALOUD, SAYING WHAT LED THEM TO GIVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER ABOUT THEIR LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY. INDUCTIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED AND CATEGORIES, SUBTHEMES AND THEMES WERE IDENTIFIED. RESULTS CAUSES OF DIFFICULTY (PATHOLOGIES, IMPAIRMENTS, SYMPTOMS) AND ACCOMMODATIONS (TASK MODIFICATIONS AND USE OF AIDS) WERE THE TWO THEMES IDENTIFIED; AND THEIR IMPORTANCE (AND THAT OF THE SUBTHEMES INCLUDED) VARIED ACROSS THE TYPES OF ACTIVITY. ALL THE PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT THEY HAD NO DIFFICULTY IN AT LEAST ONE TASK, DESPITE MENTIONING CHANGES IN THE WAY THEY PERFORMED THEM. CONCLUSIONS OLDER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS WERE CONSISTENT WITH THEORETICAL MODELS OF DISABILITY AND WITH THE STANDARD PRACTICE OF MEASURING FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS BY ASKING ABOUT THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY; HOWEVER, THE DESIGN OF THESE MEASURES NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED IN ORDER TO DETECT PERCEPTIONS OF NO DIFFICULTY IN THE PRESENCE OF TASK MODIFICATION.