Efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Objective: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious public health problem. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a program that has provided encouraging results for its treatment. However, scientific evidence about its efficacy is scarce. Therefore, we aimed to describe the scientific production on the components of the DBT program and its therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of people with BPD. Method : A systematic review with relevant keywords was conducted based on studies available in Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed until June 2023, including studies in English, research on therapeutic intervention, studies with a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design that included people with the diagnosis of BPD. Results: We found 18 RCTs, most of which supported the effectiveness of DBT for BPD. There were a total of 1,755 participants in these studies, most of whom were women. These studies looked for treating self-injurious behaviors, suicidal thoughts or ideations, number of visits to emergency services, and frequency of hospital admissions. Most studies revealed that both short-term DBT and standard DBT improved suicidality in BPD patients with small or moderate effect sizes, lasting up to 24 months after the treatment period. Furthermore, these studies showed that DBT can significantly improve general psychopathology and depressive symptoms in patients with BPD. Improvement of compliance, impulsivity, mood instability, as well as reduction in hospitalization rate are other findings observed in the trials following DBT. Conclusion: Although DBT shows efficacy in the treatment of BPD, heterogeneity in the methodologies employed is highlighted. Therefore, it is necessary to design studies from a homogeneous theoretical and methodological framework.

Autoría latinoamericana sobre ansiedad en tiempos de COVID-19 / Latin American Authorship on Anxiety in Times of COVID-19

Introducción: Las publicaciones científicas permiten el desarrollo científico y tecnológico sobre un área del conocimiento. Objetivo: Caracterizar la producción científica de autores con afiliación a instituciones latinoamericanas sobre ansiedad y COVID-19. Métodos: Se realizó una revisión de las publicaciones indizadas en la base de datos Scopus relacionados con la ansiedad y la COVID-19, especificando que al menos un autor tenga afiliación de un país latinoamericano. Se revisó cada artículo para seleccionar solo aquellas publicaciones que hayan estudiado estas variables. Finalmente, sus características fueron registradas y analizadas usando Microsoft Excel y el software VOSviewer. Conclusiones: La producción científica latinoamericana sobre ansiedad y COVID-19 aún es escasa, pero se encuentra en crecimiento, por lo que es importante generar alternativas para incrementar el número de redes de colaboración y producción(AU)

Introduction: Scientific publications allow scientific and technological development on an area of knowledge. Objective: To characterize the scientific production of authors affiliated to Latin American institutions on anxiety and COVID-19. Methods: A review of the publications indexed in the Scopus database related to anxiety and COVID-19 was carried out, specifying that at least one author had affiliation with a Latin American country. Each article was reviewed to select only those publications that studied these variables. Finally, their characteristics were recorded and analyzed using Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer software. Conclusions: Latin American scientific production on anxiety and COVID-19 is still scarce, but it is growing, so it is important to generate alternatives to increase the number of collaborative networks and production(AU)

Academic Procrastination, Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation in University Students: A look during the Pandemic.

Objective: The aim is to determine the relationship between academic procrastination, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in students of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Method : It was a non-experimental and cross-sectional study of correlational scope. The non-probabilistic convenience sample, made up of 578 participants between 16 and 30 years old (69% female), completed the Academic Procrastination Scale, the Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideation Inventory (PANSI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II). Frequencies and percentages were estimated at a descriptive level, the partial correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression were utilized to examine the associations between academic procrastination and suicidal ideation. Results: Subjects with a higher score of academic procrastination and BDI-II reported higher scores for suicidal ideation than those with a lower score (P < 0.01). A positive significant relationship was found between total academic procrastination and its subscales and suicidal ideation (P < 0.01). This correlation remained significant after controlling for depression (P < 0.05). Moreover, multiple linear regression revealed that academic procrastination, its subscales and depressive symptoms could explain about 20% of the total suicidal ideation in university students (R2 = 0.198). Conclusion: Increased levels of academic procrastination increase suicidal ideation in college students during the pandemic. These results suggest the need to create interventions for the prevention of this problem in the fields of educational and public health.

Latin American Scientific Production on COVID-19 Vaccines.

Background: Currently, there is a worldwide health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic; consequently, it is necessary to find effective vaccines in order to immunize the population and prevent the transmission of the disease. Likewise, it is important to know vaccine progress and efficacy research, mainly in Latin American countries where no studies have been conducted yet to know the scientific production on COVID-19. Methods: A retrospective and descriptive study was carried out and COVID-19 vaccine publications in Scopus-indexed journals were considered as a unit of analysis for the period between 2020 and June 2021, with authors affiliated to Latin American institutions. Results: We found 141 published Scopus-indexed COVID-19 vaccine articles with authors affiliated to Latin American institutions. Brazil has the highest scientific production with 33.33%, followed by Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. Regarding productivity by institution, 137 international institutions have participated in the Latin American COVID-19 vaccine production. The journals with the highest number of published articles are Vaccines and Vaccine. Both journals are located in Q1 of the SJR. The most frequently used descriptor was coronavirus disease 2019. Conclusion: The Latin American scientific production on COVID-19 vaccines included 141 published Scopus-indexed articles. Likewise, Brazil is the Latin American country with the highest scientific production.

Producción científica de directivos de la carrera de enfermería en universidades peruanas / Scientific Production of the Nursing Major's Managment Personal from Peruvian Universities

Introducción: La producción científica de los directivos de una carrera profesional es importante, pues su aporte a la generación de conocimientos puede ser una referencia y motivación para los estudiantes que dirige. Objetivo: Describir la producción científica de los directivos de la carrera de enfermería de universidades peruanas. Métodos: Estudio observacional, descriptivo, retrospectivo y bibliométrico realizado en Perú durante el año 2020. Se hizo una búsqueda y análisis de la producción científica, en revistas indizadas en las bases de datos Scopus, Web of Science y Redalyc y las colecciones SciELO y catálogo Latindex de los años 2014 al 2019, correspondiente a directivos de la carrera de enfermería de 42 universidades peruanas estatales y privadas, licenciadas por Superintendencia Nacional de Educación Superior Universitaria. La autenticidad de los directivos fue corroborada a través de Orcid, Google Scholar, CTI Vitae (ex-DINA) y en el Registro Nacional Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica. Para el análisis de datos se usó estadísticos para describir proporciones. Resultados: Fueron identificados42 directivos, 17 cuentan con al menos una publicación científica. La media del número de manuscritos publicados fue de 2,32 y el índice H de 0,25. Se identificó que 4 directores publicaron artículos en revistas indizadas en Scopus y uno lo hizo además en Web of Science. Conclusiones: La producción científica de los directivos de la carrera de enfermería es baja. Los artículos publicados en su mayoría son de tipo original(AU)

Introduction: The scientific production of the personnel managing a university major is important, because their contribution to knowledge production can be both a reference and a motivation for the students under their supervision. Objective: To describe the scientific production of the Nursing major's management personnel from Peruvian universities. Methods: Observational, descriptive, retrospective and bibliometric study carried out in Peru during the year 2020. A search and analysis was made of the scientific production, in journals indexed in the Scopus, Web of Science and Redalyc databases, as well as in the SciELO collections and the Latindex catalog, from 2014 to 2019, corresponding to the personnel managing the Nursing major at 42 Peruvian state and private universities, accredited by the National Superintendence of University Higher Education. The authenticity of the management personnel was corroborated through Orcid, Google Scholar, CTI Vitae (ex-DINA) and the National Scientific, Technological and Technological Innovation Registry. For data analysis, statistics were used to describe proportions. Results: Forty-two managers were identified, seventeen of which have at least one scientific publication. The mean number of published manuscripts was 2.32 and the H index was 0.25. Four managers were identified to publish articles in journals indexed in Scopus and one did so, in addition, in Web of Science. Conclusions: The scientific production of the Nursing major's managment personnel is low. Most of the published articles are original(AU)

Psychometric Validation of the Persian Self-Compassion Scale Youth Version.

Objectives: Empirical research investigating self-compassion is a rapidly developing field, and it is potentially crucial in early adolescence. The primary aim of the present study was to psychometrically evaluate the Persian translation of the Self-Compassion Scale Youth version (SCS-Y) and evaluate its factor structure among young adolescents. The second aim was to explore the buffering effect of self-compassion against the negative effect of difficulties in emotion regulation on COVID-19-related anxiety. Methods: A sample of young students (n = 532; mean age 13.57 years) completed an online survey, which included the SCS-Y, Patient Health Questionnaire, Difficulties In Emotion Regulation Scale, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, Youth Life Orientation Test, Brief Resilience Scale, and Brief 10-Item Big Five Inventory. First-order (six-factor) confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and bi-factor exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) analysis were used to evaluate the factor structure of the SCS-Y. Results: Results showed that the SCS-Y had very good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient: 0.88; McDonald's omega coefficient: 0.90), composite reliability (0.87), and adequate test-retest reliability after 4 weeks (0.60). The first-order (six-factor) CFA and bi-factor ESEM analysis demonstrated the SCS-Y had excellent dimensionality. Further analysis found negative associations between self-compassion with both depression and neuroticism, and positive associations between self-compassion with both resilience and optimism. Moreover, self-compassion moderated the association between emotion dysregulation and anxiety generated by the COVID-19. Overall, the findings indicated that the SCS-Y had acceptable criterion-related validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. Conclusions: The findings provide evidence that the SCS-Y is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the six factors of self-compassion among younger adolescents. Based on the study's findings, self-compassion appears to be a protective factor against mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic for younger adolescents.

Breaking infodemic: discovering SARS-CoV-2 / Rompiendo la infodemia: descubriendo el SARS-CoV-2

By December 2019, multiple cases of unexplained pneumonia were reported in some hospitals in the city of Wuhan, China. Since then, it had been confirmed that it corresponded to an acute respiratory infection caused by a new coronavirus that spread quickly, becoming pandemic in a very short time. On the other hand, this pandemic forced confinement for months, something unprecedented. In that time, millions of people went online for entertainment, education, etc. Consequently, the use of the Internet increased, bringing, on the one hand, online education, and entertainment on the Internet, ensuring social distancing; and on the other hand, it brought new new risks to human life, among them rumors. In this way and given the large number of publications that could denote the level of misinformation about COVID-19 and the impact it could have on global public health, various scientific publications were analyzed and identified from a bibliometric point of view. Potential relationships between the descriptors obtained from the bibliometric search were identified. The results were conglomerated into 5 clusters: Cluster 1, related to studies on access to information provided on COVID-19; cluster 2 shows the list of studies that have been carried out on the information on the COVID-19 vaccine, cluster 3 analyzes the different responses given by conspiracy theories, rumors and misinformation about COVID-19, the Group 4 shows cross-sectional and longitudinal research on COVID-19 and the information it provides to the health sector, and cluster 5 represents studies on scientific production and communication that have contributed to global health during the pandemic(AU)

Para diciembre de 2019, se registraron múltiples casos de una neumonía inexplicables en algunos hospitales de la ciudad de Wuhan, China. Desde ese momento se había confirmado correspondía a una infección respiratoria aguda causada por un nuevo coronavirus que se propagó rápidamente haciéndose pandémico en muy poco tiempo. Por otra parte, esta pademia obligó a un confinamiento por meses, algo sin precedente. En ese tiempo, millones de personas se conectaron en línea para entretenimiento, educación, etc. En consecuencia, el uso de Internet aumentó trayendo, por una parte, educación online y entretenimiento en Internet asegurando el distanciamiento social; y por otra parte, trajo nuevos nuevos riesgos a la vida humana, entre ellos los rumores. En ese sentido, y ante la gran cantidad de publicaciones que podrían denotar el nivel de desinformación sobre el COVID-19 y el impacto que podría tener en la salud pública mundial, se analizaron e identificaron diversas publicaciones científicas desde el punto de vista bibliométrico. Se identificaron las relaciones potenciales entre los descriptores arrojados de la búsqueda bibliométrica. Los resultados se conglomeraron en 5 clúster: El clúster 1, relacionado con los estudios sobre el acceso a la información proporcionada sobre COVID-19; el clúster 2, muestra la relación de los estudios que se han realizado sobre la información de la vacuna COVID-19, el clúster 3, analiza las distintas respuestas que dan las teorías conspirativas, los rumores y la desinformación sobre el COVID-19, el grupo 4 muestra investigaciones transversales y longitudinales sobre el COVID-19 y la información que brinda al sector salud, y el clúster 5 representa los estudios sobre producción y comunicación científicas que han contribuido a la salud mundial durante la pandemia(AU)

Education in environmental health: scientific contributions of the last 20 years / Educación en salud ambiental: aportes científicos de los últimos 20 años

Man's attitudes about the environment have generated irreversible damage to the planet, emerging as an alternative to this problem Environmental Education, which aims to reorient social awareness towards a friendly and thoughtful culture. Through environmental education, we seek to make people aware of the problems of the natural and social environment from their school education in childhood to generate values, new attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs aimed at caring for the environment and learning new relationships between people. Likewise, to carry out these environmental education strategies, it is important to know some specific parameters, such as biological diversity and conservation, in addition to the conservation policies carried out by each nation. In this sense, in this work a bibliometric study was carried out based on high-impact scientific production and stipulated by ScienceDirect related to Environmental Education during a period of the last 20 years. The results were grouped into five clusters: "Environmental Education" OR "Education for Sustainable Development" OR "Education for Sustainability" OR "Education for Climate Change" OR "Eco citizenship". The union of all these clusters are connected and intertwined with each other. Them in a dependent way, which is a consequence of the study carried out(AU)

Las actitudes del hombre sobre el medio ambiente han generado daños irreversibles al planeta, surgiendo como alternativa para esta problemática la Educación Ambiental, que tiene como finalidad reorientar la conciencia social hacia una cultura amigable y reflexiva. Mediante la educación ambiental se busca concientizar a las personas sobre los problemas del ambiente natural y social desde su formación escolar en la niñez para generar valores, nuevas actitudes, comportamientos y creencias orientadas al cuidado del medio ambiente y el aprendizaje de nuevas relaciones entre las personas. Asimismo, para lleva a cabo estas estrategias de educación ambiental, es importante conocer algunos parámetros específicos, como la diversidad biológica y conservación, además de las políticas propias de conservación llevada a cabo por cada nación. En ese sentido, en este este trabajo se realizó un estudio bibliométrico basado en la producción científica de alto impacto y estipuladas por ScienceDirect relacionados con la Educación Ambiental durante un periodo de los últimos 20 años. Los resultados fueron agrupados en cinco clustes: "Environmental Education" OR "Education for Sustainable Development" OR "Education for Sustainability" OR "Education for Climate Change" OR "Eco citizenship". La unión de todos estos clústers se encuentran conectados y entrelados entre ellos de manera dependiente, lo cual es consecuencia del estudio realiz(AU)

Latin American authorship in scientific production on COVID-19.

Latin American scientific production related to the COVID-19 epidemic means that only 6% represent publications by Latin American authors, led by countries such as Brazil and Mexico; however, this production is still scarce, so efforts must be doubled to make a substantial contribution to the search for alternatives to address the global health crisis that is now in place.

Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection for Clustering Taxa through Vocalizations in a Neotropical Passerine (Rough-Legged Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias burmeisteri).

Vocalizations from birds are a fruitful source of information for the classification of species. However, currently used analyses are ineffective to determine the taxonomic status of some groups. To provide a clearer grouping of taxa for such bird species from the analysis of vocalizations, more sensitive techniques are required. In this study, we have evaluated the sensitivity of the Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) technique for grouping the vocalizations of individuals of the Rough-legged Tyrannulet Phyllomyias burmeisteri complex. Although the existence of two taxonomic groups has been suggested by some studies, the species has presented taxonomic difficulties in classification in previous studies. UMAP exhibited a clearer separation of groups than previously used dimensionality-reduction techniques (i.e., principal component analysis), as it was able to effectively identify the two taxa groups. The results achieved with UMAP in this study suggest that the technique can be useful in the analysis of species with complex in taxonomy through vocalizations data as a complementary tool including behavioral traits such as acoustic communication.

Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica peruana sobre la formación de profesionales de la salud / Bibliometric analysis of Peruvian scientific production on the training of health professionals

La investigación y la publicación científica son aspectos importantes dentro de la formación profesional en salud, pues permitirán practicar eficientemente una medicina basada en evidencias. El objetivo del trabajo fue describir a través de indicadores bibliométricos la producción científica relacionada con la formación de profesionales de la salud en Perú durante el periodo 2014-2018. Estudio bibliométrico sobre la totalidad de la producción científica peruana que trata de la formación de profesionales de la salud en el período 2014-2018, recuperada de la base de datos de Google Académico. Se calcularon los indicadores cienciométricos de 155 artículos filtrados por el software Harzing's Publish or Perish v. 6. Las variables estudiadas fueron: total de artículos, citas, promedio de citas por año, por artículos, por autores y por autores por año, promedio de artículos por autor, promedio de autores por artículo, índices h, g, h contemporáneo (hc), h individual (hI), hI normalizado, AWCR, AW, AWCRpA, e, hm, hI anual, amplitud H, amplitud, cantidad de autores, índice de colaboración, artículos más citados y distribución anual de los artículos, así como su publicador. Se obtuvo un total de 905 citas con un promedio de 181.00; 5.84 y 457.37 citas por año, artículos y autores respectivamente. Las publicaciones poseen un índice h de 16 y un índice g de 19. Destaca la producción anual del año 2015, con 41 publicaciones. La mayor cantidad de autores trabajan en parejas (48 artículos). Se totalizaron 458 autores en los 155 artículos, generando un índice de colaboración de 2.95. La producción científica relacionada con la formación de profesionales de la salud en Perú fue escasa en los últimos 5 años. Los indicadores cienciométricos muestran una tendencia decreciente(AU)

Research and scientific publication are important aspects of professional training in health, as they will allow efficient practice of evidence-based medicine. The objective was to describe through bibliometric indicators the scientific production related to the training of health professionals in Peru during the period 2014-2018 . Bibliometric study of the entire Peruvian scientific production that deals with the training of health professionals in the period 2014-2018, retrieved from the Google academic database. We calculated the scientometric indicators of 155 articles filtered by the Harzing's Publish or Perish v.6 software. The variables studied were: total number of articles, citations, average citations per year for articles, authors and authors per year, average articles per author, average number of authors per article, the h, g indexes contemporary h (hc), individual h (hI), standard hI, AWCR, AW, AWCRpA, e, hm, annual hI, amplitude H, amplitude, number of authors, index of collaboration, most-cited articles and annual distribution of articles, as well as their publishers. A total of 905 citations were obtained with an average of 181.00; 5.84 and 457.37 citations per year, articles and authors respectively. The publications have an H-index of 16 and a G-index of 19. The annual production of 2015, with 41 publications, stood out, the largest number of authors work in pairs (48 articles). A total of 458 authors were published in the 155 articles, generating a 2.95 collaboration rate. Scientific production related to the training of health professionals in Peru was scarce in the last 5 years. Scientometric indicators show a decreasing trend(AU)

Felicidad, optimismo y autorrealización en estudiantes de un programa de educación superior para adultos / Happiness, optimism and self-realization in students from a higher education program for adults

Actualmente se comienzan a estudiar temas novedosos e interesantes que son promovidos por la Psicología Positiva (PP). Esta nueva orientación de la Psicología estudia lo que va bien en la vida, desde el momento en el que el ser humano llega a este mundo hasta que fallece (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). Seligman después de muchos años de estudiar la depresión, realizó un giro de 180º para estudiar las emociones positivas, dando lugar a lo que hoy se conoce como Psicología Positiva (Zúñiga, 2010). Se presenta un estudio que analiza la relación que existe entre felicidad, optimismo y autorrealización, en alumnos de un Programa de Educación Superior para Adultos. Se estudió también la descripción de las variables de estudio, a través de datos sociodemográficos. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 300 sujetos de ambos sexos, de 19 a 59 años de edad. Se administraron la versión revisada y española del Test de Orientación Vital, la Escala de Felicidad de Lima (EFL) y la Escala de Autorrealización APICE de LENI. Las propiedades psicométricas de los instrumentos evidencian su validez y confiabilidad. Entre los principales hallazgos se encontró que existe una correlación directa y altamente significativa entre felicidad y optimismo y felicidad y autorrealización. De igual forma, se observa una distribución normal múltiple de las dimensiones de felicidad, optimismo y autorrealización, las que representan las variables de entrada al análisis de correlación canónica. Se encontró una correlación positiva muy intensa entre el sentido positivo de la vida y una correlación negativa muy intensa con el pesimismo.

Currently, new and interesting topics are being studied and they are promoted by Positive Psychology. This new psychological approach studies what makes life worth living, analyzes what is going well in life since birth until death (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). Positive Psychology studies the optimal experience, in which people show how they are and do their best in each activity they perform. Thus, a new look at humans, focusing on their positive qualities, welfare, optimism and happiness, this new landscape gives us a new approach to solving the problems of mental health and obtaining optimum quality is provided of life. The results of the Positive Psychology are aimed at contributing to a more complete and balanced scientific understanding of the existence and experience of the human being and transmitting valuable lessons about how to build a happy, healthy, productive and significant life (Park & Peterson, 2009). Based on the literature review, there are currently few studies addressing topics of Positive Psychology, and of happiness, optimism and self-realization in adult college students compared to self-concept or anxiety. "Martin Seligman was one of the mentors in relation with this. After he had studied about depression for many years, he started to study positive emotions giving place to what is known today as Positive Psychology" (Zúñiga, 2010, p. 9). A research was done and it analyzes the relationship between happiness, optimism and self-realization in students of a Higher Education Program for Adults. The description of study variables was also studied using sociodemographic data. Samples consisted of 300 adult students of both genders and of age 19 to 59. The reviewed Spanish version of Life Orientation Test, the Happiness Scale of Lima (EFL) and the APICE Self-realization Scale of Leni were applied. The psychometric properties of the instruments show that they are valid and reliable. The validity of the content was obtained from the opinions of experts, and reliability values for the scales. Among the main findings, it was found that there is a direct and highly significant correlation between happiness and optimism, happiness and self-realization and optimism and self-realization, that is, high levels of happiness and optimism are better predictors of self-realization, ie that as college students adults evidencing higher levels of happiness, also presented higher levels of optimism, which allows feel self-realization, so students who are perceived happy and optimistic have less unsolved problems when fighting for their goals, targets or face the difficulties of their environment, performing them in a more successful way. Likewise, there is a multiple normal distribution of happiness, optimism and self-realization dimensions, which represent input variables to the canonical correlation analysis. A very intense positive correlation was found between positive meaning of life and a very intense negative correlation with pessimism. In conclusion, each stage of the cycle of life in the human being implies getting adapted, setting goals, accepting losses, as well as new challenges; but during the early adult hood stage, the human being experiences and develops physical, cognitive, affective and social changes, which are framed in a single goal, responsibility in the family, work and studies (François, 2001). Thus, people who feel happy, optimistic and self-realized will be more socially affective, more persistent, tenacious in achieving their goals and more competitive and will be more motivated for the effective performance. By focusing on the discussion of this article, the positive relationships they play an important role, are related to social skills which favors the academic development, especially in adults who undertake the challenge of becoming professionals; also it is invited to these results as a basis to highlight the need to expand research with positive variables as its application in academia can help promote the role of a student.