Duazary

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Authors: Adalberto Campo-Arias

ala fecha, Duazary, Revista Internacional de Ciencias de la Salud ha publicado catorce volúmenes, 28 números regulares y un suplemento en trece años ininterrumpidos de divulgación científica nacional e internacional. Sin embargo, no se cuenta con la publicación de una carta al editory ello se evidencia claramente en las publicaciones de los años más recientes en que está modalidad ha crecido notablemente.

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Authors: Felipe E. García; Félix Cova-Solar; Flor Bustos-Torres; Érica Reyes-Pérez

The working conditions in intensive care units (ICUs) are related to a high risk of burnout. In this study we aim to measure the influence of rumination and social support on burnout and psychological well-being in members of the staff of an ICU in a reference hospital in Chile. We proposed a model showing an indirect influence of brooding mediated by social support and burnout on the psychological well-being. We surveyed one hundred and thirty six employees (81.9% of the total) of ages 23 to 59 years of age. This sample consisted of 85.3% women and 14.7% men. We used the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being (PWB), Zimet’s Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and the Ruminative Responses Scale by Treynor et al (RRS). Results indicated direct relations between social support and well-being, and between brooding and burnout. They also indicated inverse relations between social support and burnout, and between brooding and well-being. The mediation model showed adequate fitting indices.

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Authors: Carlos Alejandro Pineda-Roa; Adalberto Campo-Arias

Increase in information about the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-AIDS) infection has not changed the attitudes towards HIV-AIDS. For this reason, the HIV / AIDS-65 questionnaire was designed to quantify knowledge and attitudes towards infection. The psychometric performance of this instrument has not been lately reviewed. The objective of the study was to analyze the performance of the dimensions that quantify attitudes towards HIV-AIDS. A validation study was designed in 190 students of psychology from two Colombian schools. The students were between 18 and 30 years old, mean = 21.7 (SD = 3.1); 72.1% women and 27.9% men. The students completed the 25 items of the dimensions of HIV-AIDS-65 attitudes (positive attitudes, negative attitudes, attitude towards the condom, susceptibility and self-efficacy). The psychometric performance was assessed by exploratory factor analysis (AFE) and confirmatory (AFC), parallel analysis (ANP), and internal consistency. The AFE, AFC and ANP showed a poor dimensionality. The internal consistency was very low (Cronbach and McDonald <0.70) for negative attitudes, attitude towards the condom and susceptibility and excessively high (Cronbach and McDonald> 0.95) for positive attitudes and self-efficacy. It is concluded that in students of psychology the dimensions of attitudes of HIV-AIDS-65 present are inadequate.

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Authors: Miriam Belber-Gómez; Fátima Valencia-Agudo; María Eugenia De la Viuda-Suárez

In this article the psychological experience and needs shown in the discourse of women diagnosed with breast cancer in a psychological group intervention were analyzed. The sessions are transcribed and a discourse analysis is performed, selecting the most prevailing topics. The main psychological difficulties perceived by the participantsare the following: body identity change, sexuality changes, new quality of interpersonal relationships, implications of positive thinking culture, fear of recurrence, the relationship with the hospital staff, and change after diagnosis. The aspects that the group considered helpful are also addressed, i.e. feeling understood by the others, seeing the rest of participants as coping models, changing their relationship with the illness. Several clinical implications are highlighted in order to improve a comprehensive care.