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Authors: Zuleima Cogollo; Edna Margarita Gómez-Bustamante; Edwin Herazo; Heidi Celina Oviedo; Adalberto Campo-Arias

Background: Several studies report a significant association between religiosity and depressive symptoms among adolescents; but, other researches do not. Up to date, this relation has not investigated in adolescent students who live in a violent and low-income country. Objective: To establish the correlation between religiosity and depressive symptoms among students in Cartagena, Colombia. Method: A cross-sectional study was done with participation of adolescents aged between 13 and 17 years old. Students completed two scales: the five-item form of the Francis scale of attitude toward Christianity (Francis-5), which asked about God, Jesus and prayer (higher scores suggest higher religiosity); and the WHO Well-Being Index (WHO-5) inquired depressive symptoms last two weeks (lower scores suggest higher depressive symptoms). It was accepted as a significant Pearson correlation (rho, r) a coefficient value higher than 0.20. A total of 1,730 students answered the questionnaires. The mean age was 14.7 (SD = 1.2). According to gender, 912 (52.7%) students were girls; and 818 (47.3%), boys. Francis-5 showed high internal consistency, coefficient alpha of 0.909; and coefficient omega of 0.910. WHO-5 presented coefficient alpha of 0.757; and omega of 0.759. The Francis-5 scores were between zero and twenty (Mean = 18.2, SD = 3.0, median = 20, mode = 20); and WHO-5 scores, between zero and fifteen (Mean = 10.2, SD = 3.1, median = 10, mode = 10). Religiosity had not significant correlation with depressive symptoms (r = 0.080). Conclusions: Religiosity is not associated with depressive symptoms among adolescent students in Cartagena, Colombia. (DUAZARY 2013 No. 1, 15 - 19)

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Authors: Henry J. González-Torres; Alberto Moreno Rossi

The statistics applied to health sciences should be a tool and not the object of study, so you want is that you get professional training in basic skills and can apply it to his scientific work. But often the researcher, usually one that ignores the particular theoretical statistical method incurs called statistical simplicity, which leads to inadequate, deficient or misleading analysis of the results obtained, thereby losing the ability to deliver conclusions relevant research.

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Authors: José Elias Flórez Ariza; Edinson Gabriel Quintero Ricardo

The Endodontic perforations are artificial openings that result in the communication of the root canal system with the perirradicular tissues or oral cavity. These are undesirable complications that can occur during any stage of root canal treatment, or during the preparation of the space for the bolt. Although they can be produced by cavities or resorptive processes, the majority of the perforations are made iatrogenically. The therapeutic management of root perforations throughout history has been a critical and ongoing investigation topic in search of the development of suitable materials for their sealing, but the mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is the mostly used as a guarantee of success in such a procedure due to its physical and biochemical properties, such as biocompatibility, and regenerative bone, cementum and periodontal ligament. This case demonstrates the nonsurgical success obtained from the sealing of a contaminated apical perforation using MTA in the affected area, and the use of thermoplastic gutta for the complementary filling in upper anterior tooth.

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Authors: Aneth Cristina Rivas Castro; Ángela Verónica Romero Cárdenas; Mirith Vásquez Munive; Ediltudis Ramos de la Cruz; Tatiana González Noguera; Diana Patricia Acosta Salazar

Objective: To describe the quality of life of the elderly, user eaters Family Welfare Methodology: A descriptive, cross, whose shows were 343 seniors, selected through random sampling, the instrument used sociodemographic National University Colombia and the quality of life instrument Betty R Ferrell, appreciating the physical, psychological, social and spiritual Results: Most are separated or widowed men, 80% of them live forcibly displaced come from the lower strata. The physical dimension: showed progressive deterioration of physical and chronic diseases, the psychological dimension: feelings of depression, loneliness and uncertainty. The social dimension: abuse in some cases, and that generates a situation of displacement, disruption of social networks, affective and change in family roles. Dimension spirituality, attending religious rituals and activities that foster their spirituality. Conclusions: There is a loss of quality of life, based on the physical, social and psychological.

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Authors: Adalberto Campo-Arias; Edwin Herazo

Historically, sexual and reproductive behavior does receive social, political and religious influences. Male circumcision has been proposed recently as a public health strategy to reduce Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission. The aim of this paper is to review male circumcision implications and its impact in preventing HIV transmission, in a historical context. A non-systematic review of available bibliography was made, up to today, using Pubmed and Bireme data bases. First records of male circumcision are more than 4000 years. Mostly it has been used in a religious context. Female circumcision is traditionally questioned, but male not. The therapeutic indication for circumcision includes phimosis, paraphimosis, and repeated infections of the glans; however, its prophylactic recommendation is questioned. Medical and psychological complications associated with male circumcision are frequent. Available evidence shows a consistent diminution of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Chlamydia trachomatis transmission, but not HIV. There are ethical and medical questions related to the systematic practice of male circumcision, especially in children. Male circumcision is a millenary practice, which is effective to reduce HPV and Chlamydia trachomatis transmission, but not HIV. Additional debates about medical and ethical implications of masculine circumcision are required.