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    Prevalencia de intento de suicidio en pacientes que ingresan en el Centro de Reposo y Adicciones (CRA), Cuenca marzo- julio 2012
    (2013) Peralta Quito, Sandra Gabriela; Pesántez Abril, Ángela Andrea; Piedra Mogrovejo, Carmen Margarita; Pacurucu Castillo, Saúl Francisco; Morocho Malla, Manuel Ismael
    Objective: To determine the prevalence of attempted suicide in patients admitted to the Centro de Reposo y Adicciones (CRA), Cuenca March - July 2012.- Methods and materials: It is a descriptive quantitative study, which used the survey for collecting personal data and a test "Scale of attempted suicide (Beck et. al)". With the data we use software Epi Info 3.5.3. and Microsoft Excel 2007 to make a database.- Results: We studied to 214 patients and we observed that 61 of them (28.5%) had at least one suicide attempt at some point in their lives. Among the socio-demographic risk factors for attempted suicide group, we found that the average age was 32.63 years (SD: 15.31). It was found that most male had suicide attempt and they had a secondary academic instruction, belonged to the urban sector, most were employed, and 45.90% of them were single. It was noted that there were more suicide attempts in those suffering from mood disorder. The most common method of suicide for men was the use of sharp weapons and for women the use of pesticides and poisons. Finally we analyzed the severity of suicide attempt and we found that 57.38% of patients who attempted suicide had a moderate risk to die.- Conclusions: From the 214 patients of the study, 28.50% had a suicide attempt at some point in their lives.AU
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    Prevalencia y factores asociados a incontinencia urinaria en mujeres entre 30-59 años, Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca, 2017
    (2019) Piedra Mogrovejo, Carmen Margarita; Guamán González, Edgar Patricio; Vintimilla Maldonado, Jaime Rosendo
    Objective: to determine the prevalence and factors associated with urinary incontinence in women aged 30 - 59 years, Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, during the year 2017. Materials and Methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out, with a sample of 272 women. The sample size was calculated with 95% confidence, 23% prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus type 2; 5% error of inference and infinite population, patients entered the study sequentially. The data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed with the software SPSS version 15. The statistical association was determined with the prevalence ratio, confidence interval and the p value. Results: the median age was 42 years, 62.5% were married and 37.6% were single, divorced, widowed, free and separated, with a median of 13 years of study approved, 81.6% reside in the area urban areas and 67.7% carried out manual activities. The prevalence of urinary incontinence was 37.9%, being 54.0% higher in postmenopausal women and associated with multiparity (RP 2.0, 95% CI: 1.5 - 2.6; p 0.000), with ≥ 2 vaginal births (RP 1.6; 95% CI: 1.6-3.1; p 0.000), overweight and obesity (RP 1.8, 95% CI: 1.8-4.1, p 0.000), menopause (RP 1.9, 95% CI: 1.4-2.6; p 0.000) and constipation (RP 2.5; 95% CI: 1.9-3.3; p 0.000). Conclusions: urinary incontinence is associated with: multiparity, ≥2 vaginal births, menopause, overweight / obesity and constipation; no significant association was found with Diabetes Mellitus type 2.