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    Abuso de alcohol e intervención mediante habilidades sociales en estudiantes del colegio “Ezequiel Cárdenas Espinoza” Azogues-Ecuador
    (Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, 2015-12) Romero Romero, María de Lourdes; Lorenzo Ruiz, Alexis
    Objective: To identify cases of alcohol abuse and develop a prevention strategy through the strengthening of social skills from a cognitive-behavioral approach. Material and Methods: A study with a quantitative approach and a descriptive and intervention design was developed. About 232 students were enrolled in Ezequiel Cardenas Espinoza High School in Azogues, who agreed to participate by informed consent, and who had no physical or mental illness. The Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) and CAPs were applied to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices. A psychotherapeutic program with cognitive behavioral approach also was applied to enhance the social skills of selected students in 16 sessions with specific subtopics through participatory and motivational workshops. Results: About 232 students had an average age of 14.9 ± 2.07 years. The 47% male and 53% female; according to the SRQ the 23.3% (n = 54) of students consumed alcohol with a pattern that suggests problematic consumption, men consume more than women in relation 3 to 1. With the prevention strategy focused on cognitive-behavioral approach, significant statistical changes were obtained in knowledge and attitudes (p <0.05), but not in changing practices (p> 0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of alcohol abuse in the students from Ezequiel Cardenas HighSchool is higher than the reported in other studies. The Intervention with cognitive behavioral approach by strengthening social skills produced an improvement in knowledge and attitudes.
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    Determinantes sociales del consumo de alcohol en adolescentes de bachillerato del Colegio Daniel Córdova Toral, Cuenca-Ecuador 2016
    (2016) Romero Romero, María de Lourdes; Jaramillo Oyervide, Julio Alfredo; Morocho Malla, Manuel Ismael
    Background: Alcohol consumption in adolescence is frequent, studies reveal that consumption is associated with some social determinants. Objective: to identify the prevalence of alcohol consumption among adolescents at Daniel Córdova Toral School in the city of Cuenca-Ecuador and its relationship with social determinants. Materials and methods: cross-sectional quantitative study, 218 adolescents. A form was used for data on demographic variables, family structure and migration. For the prevalence of alcohol consumption, the DSM5 diagnostic criteria were used, for the FF-SIL family test and for the FANTASTIC lifestyle test. To determine the level of association between social determinants and alcohol consumption, PR was obtained with its 95% CI, and to determine statistical significance, p value was obtained by Chi square, being statistically significant when p was less than 0.05. Results: The prevalence of alcohol consumption was 42.2%; They come from a nuclear household 56%, 55% have a migrant family, have a good lifestyle 39% and 50% belong to moderately functional families. Having a migrant family member, having a bad lifestyle, belonging to a reconstituted and dysfunctional family are risk factors for alcohol consumption. Conclusion: Alcohol consumption is higher than reports of other studies conducted in the city of Cuenca and is associated with the social determinants studied