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    Prevalencia de ejercicio compulsivo y su relación con trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en una población de 20 a 34 años que acuden a gimnasios de Cuenca, 2021
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-02-02) Nieves Nieves, Diana Elizabeth; Lucio Bravo, Miriam Alexandra
    Compulsive exercise is considered a sustained rigid repetitive behavior that represents a morbid behavioral pattern. Indeed, it has been associated with eating disorders that can trigger pathologies such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other unspecified eating disorders. Objective: To determine the prevalence of compulsive exercise and its association with risk behaviors for eating disorders in a population aged 20 to 34 years in gyms de Cuenca, 2021. Methodology: Observational, quantitative, cross-sectional prevalence study in 425 users of gyms in Cuenca, using two questionnaires: Compulsive Exercise Test (CET) and Eating Disorders Examination (EDE-Q). Data processing was carried out with SPSS version 23 and Epidat 3.1 and an analysis of frequencies and percentages with PR and 95% CI was elaborated. Results: 78.1% were aged between 20 and 27 years. Female gender 56 %, urban residence 62.2 %, single marital status 77 % and third level academic degree with 64 % predominated. A prevalence of compulsive exercise of 16 % and of eating disorder behaviors of 10.8 % was observed. Statistical significance was evidenced between eating disorder risk behaviors and the variable of compulsive exercise with a p-value < 0.05. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant relationship between compulsive exercise and eating disorders among the users who attended gyms in the city of Cuenca.
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    Prevalencia y factores asociados a trastornos de sueño en personal de la salud en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, 2014
    (2015) Nieves Nieves, Diana Elizabeth; Ordóñez Mendieta, Verónica Margarita; Campoverde Campoverde, Milton Patricio; Morocho Malla, Manuel Ismael
    General Objective: To determine the prevalence of sleep disorders and associated factors in health personnel working at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital during 2014. Method: An observational, analytical, cross-sectional study on 432 randomly selected professionals was conducted. Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire was by Monterrey sleep disorders. The information was analyzed in the program SPSS version 15, there were simple tables of frequencies and percentages were obtained mean and standard deviation of the quantitative variables and for the association obtained prevalence ratio and p-value with 95% confidence level. Results: The mean age was at 31 - 39 years and in 63.9% of cases were female. The prevalence of sleep disorders was: 37% daytime excessive sleepiness; intermediate insomnia and final insomnia 30.6%; initial insomnia 29.2%; obstructive apnea 1.2%. There were no cases of paralysis of the sleep starting to wake up, bruxism and enuresis, nor of medications for sleep, sleepwalking, and 0.2% somniloquio; snoring 12.3%; restless legs and nightmares 2.3% and start sleeping paralysis only 1.6%.Among the risk factors statistically speaking, only performing night shift was significant for excessive sleepiness:,3; for intermediate and final insomnia: RP 2,5 and end insomnia: RP 1,8; with a value of p <0.05. Conclusions: The prevalence of sleep disorders was variable, the excessive daytime sleepiness was the most frequent; Except the performance of night shifts, the other risk factor were not significant.