Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

Self-medication is one of the most common health maintenance practices in the world, and has been observed more frequently after the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this context, responsible self-medication is very important to ensure public health and to alleviate health systems. Medical students are referents in society in terms of medication knowledge and therefore are promoters of medication use behaviors. The aim of this study was to evaluate self-medication practices among medical students in the context of non-specific symptoms associated or not with SARS-COV-2 infection at a university in Barranquilla, Colombia. Cross-sectional study conducted in a population of 2285 medical students. A sample of 350 randomly selected students was taken, and a self-administered survey was applied to inquire about aspects related to self-medication practices. The prevalence of self-medication in the study sample was 100%, with 70.1% having inadequate self-medication practices. Additionally, 48% would be willing to self-medicate without requesting medical assistance if they present mild symptoms associated with COVID-19. This study reports the highest prevalence of self-medication registered in Colombia. The results suggest the need for interventions aimed at promoting responsible self-medication practices to minimize negative health impacts, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Physical fitness (PF) is closely related to health, physical activity and sports practice; includes multiple multisystemic abilities such as aerobic power, muscular strength, agility, and balance. The evaluation of the physical condition is essential for the identification of the health condition, athletic potential and classification of psychomotor deficiencies in children. The tests that allow its evaluation, classify children according to international reference values that differ from the anthropometric, biological and sociocultural characteristics of the different nations and regions. The objective of the present study is to construct the first percentile charts of four tests that reflect some of the components of PF in children from 6 to 10 years in Barranquilla city. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, carried out in 3333 children aged between 6 and 10 years. Anthropometric characteristics were evaluated, and 4 specific fitness tests were performed for upper and lower extremity muscle strength, agility and aerobic power. The results allowed to strengthen the first normative tables for the classification of the physical condition of boys and girls living in Colombian Caribbean.

Interdisciplinarity in the diagnosis and treatment of large periapical lesions in the jaws is essential for a favorable prognosis and preservation of dental organs. This case presents apical granulomas as a consequence of chronic endo-periodontal diseases and inadequate and untimely diagnoses. This is how tools such as cone-Bean tomography, histopathology and immunohistochemistry were also applied, playing a fundamental role in their intervention for an accurate diagnosis. The objective of this case was to describe an interdisciplinary approach to a confluent periapical lesion involving the maxillary sinus, which evolved satisfactorily.

The objective of the investigation consisted in determine the lifestyles of university students of the Nutrition and Dietetics. Observational, descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional study. The information was collected through the Lifestyles Questionnaire in Young University Students. Of the practices referred by the students for each of the dimensions of the lifestyle evaluated (8), 87.5% were healthy, except for that corresponding to exercise and physical activity. 62.4% said that the main reason for not doing or stop exercising and physical activity was laziness. Significant differences by sex were identified for unhealthy physical activity practices (p = 0.000). Although the practices for the feeding dimension were healthy, 61.2% of the students expressed the consumption of fast, fried, or sweet foods and 58% of soft drinks or artificial drinks. A large percentage of students stated that they had the knowledge to choose healthy foods, a resource for which significant differences by sex were identified, being more likely in men than women (p = 0.039). The students carry out healthy practices for the different dimensions of life style except the one corresponding to exercise and physical activity, however, they referred resources and motivations that allow them to make decisions and adopt fundamental behaviors for health.

90% of the population with stroke suffer sequelae that disable the individual for their independence in the activities of daily life. We sought to determine the effects of interventions in adults after stroke of the motor relearning program vs different physiotherapeutic treatments on functional independence. A systematic review of the literature was carried out. in PubMed, PEDro, LILACS, Cochrane, Scopus and ScienceDirect databases, and a manual search, taking into account clinical trials, Spanish, English or Portuguese. The methodological quality was carried out using the PEDro scale and the risk of bias assessment was applied according to the Cochrane Manual. Eight studies out of a potential 984 were included. A clinically significant improvement was found in the motor relearning groups and only in one study is this improvement significant compared to another intervention. There are significant clinical effects in the use of the motor relearning program.

Seminario Internacional en Avances de la Investigación en Salud Mental, Psicobiología, Educación y Tecnologías

En Colombia, las revistas científicas de la salud son editadas principalmente por las universidades o las asociaciones médicas1. Durante la última década, con la globalización del conocimiento, la mayoría de estas revistas rápidamente quedaron por fuera de las indexaciones internacionales más prestigiosas debido a que muchas revistas universitarias se crearon con el ánimo de mejorar en las acreditaciones o clasificaciones institucionales y ayudaron a incrementar los salarios de los algunos profesores con las divulgaciones en revistas con una clasificación más favorable en Publindex, el Sistema Nacional de Indexación de Publicaciones Seriadas de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Colombia

The purpose of this study was to analyze the scientific production on the effects of excess workload on workers' health and to identify the main research trends. For this, a bibliometric analysis was carried out in the scopus database, which was complemented with a network analysis using the Vosviwer tool. The results yielded two main areas in which research on workload predominates. The first is related to occupational risks, and the second to the mental and physical health of workers, associated with work with shift rotation. These results indicate that the workload has a strong association with the concepts of psychosocial and occupational risks.

The use of photocatalysis for the abatement of contaminants in water bodies has attracted increasing attention in the last decades, and this should be also reflected in the scientific background of undergraduate chemical engineering students. To expand their competencies in this issue, a five-sessions multidisciplinary experiment is herein introduced. It is composed of three sequential laboratory stages: synthesis of photocatalysts, non-supported and supported TiO2 (including the step-by-step description of the preparation of the activated carbon and the solvothermal synthesis of TiO2); structural and optical characterization of samples, and the evaluation of the photocatalytic activity (in the solar-assisted degradation of acetaminophen, commercially paracetamol) and separation from the solution; and an additional one regarding the presentation and discussion of results. Results show that the non-supported TiO2 performs the fastest degradation of the contaminant, whereas the supported photocatalyst (TiO2/AC) has the highest settling velocity (and thus, easier recovery from the medium). Therefore, students are encouraged to consider both aspects for the general application of a photocatalyst, giving them a multidisciplinary insight into how photocatalysts can be used for environmental protection and developing their conception of environmental justice and its importance in chemical engineering.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate House of Chemistry game as a Hydrocarbon learning media able to enhance the motivation of high school students. The study was conducted on high school students in East Java Indonesia and determined randomly in two classes each as a control group and experimental group. Before learning is done the initial test then learning according to plan using the available media in the class for the control group and the experimental group with the game House of Chemistry as learning media, after the learning is done the final test, motivation questionnaire, and student response questionnaire. The results of the data obtained in the experimental group: (a) student learning motivation of 94.5%; (b) scores on student learning outcomes achieving classical completeness; there is an increase compared to before learning; learning outcomes score is better than the control group learning outcomes score; (c) student responses obtained 90.6%; (d) there is a relationship of 0.437 between motivation and student learning outcomes scores. It was concluded that hydrocarbon learning using the game House of Chemistry as a learning media had a positive impact on student learning motivation, there was an increase in student learning outcomes, and the experimental group learning scores were better than scores of students' control groups giving positive responses and positive correlation between motivation and student learning outcomes