What Drives Abdominal Obesity in Peru? A Multilevel Analysis Approach Using a Nationally Representative Survey.

Abdominal obesity (AO) is a serious public health threat due to its increasing prevalence and effect on the development of various non-communicable diseases. A multilevel analysis of the 2019 Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES in Spanish) using the Latin American Diabetes Association (ALAD in Spanish) cut-off points was carried out to evaluate the individual and contextual factors associated with AO in Peru. A total of 30,585 individuals 18 years and older were included in the analysis. The prevalence of AO among Peruvians in 2019 was 56.5%. Individuals of older age (aOR 4.64; 95% CI: 3.95-5.45), women (aOR 2.74; 95% CI: 2.33-3.23), individuals with a higher wealth index (aOR 2.81; 95% CI: 2.40-3.30) and having only secondary education (aOR 1.45; 95% CI: 1.21-1.75) showed increased odds of presenting AO compared to their peers. At a contextual level, only the Human Development Index (aOR 1.59; 95% CI: 1.17-2.16) was associated with the development of AO. A high Human Development Index is the contextual factor most associated with AO. It is necessary to formulate and implement new public health policies focused on these associated factors in order to reduce the prevalence of OA and prevent the excessive burden of associated noncommunicable diseases.

"Evaluación de grado estudiantes de medicina del último año mediante simulación clínica multimodal: experiencia de una universidad peruana"

Introducción: La educación médica ha sido afectada por el aislamiento social por la pandemia, y la evaluación de competencias clínicas en estudiantes debe optar por opciones como la simulación clínica. Objetivo: describir la evaluación de examen de grado de internos de medicina humana con simulación clínica multimodal. Evaluación clínica: La actividad estructurada con multimodalidad desde la metodología y ubicación de los participantes cumplió el objetivo de evaluar y graduar internos. Se realizó a través de la presentación de casos-escenario de 2 de las especialidades grandes en el internado por alumno, realizadas en consultorio de simulación y sala de alta fidelidad ocupando pacientes simulados, simuladores de alta prestación, enfermera/o asistiendo, software de funciones vitales y técnico de simulación, todos ellos en presencial además del alumno, y los jurados en remoto que a través de la observación primero y luego la sustentación del alumno fueron capaces de evaluar el desempeño mediante rúbricas.

Introduction: Medical education has been affected by social isolation due to the pandemic, and the evaluation of clinical skills in students must opt ​​for options such as clinical simulation. Objective: to describe the evaluation of the degree exam for human medicine interns with multimodal clinical simulation. Clinical evaluation: The structured activity with multimodality from the methodology and location of the participants fulfilled the objective of evaluating and graduating interns. It was carried out through the presentation of case scenarios of two of the major specialties in the intern per student, carried out in a simulation office and a high-fidelity room occupying simulated patients, high-performance simulators, nurse/assistance, function software vital and technical simulation, all of them in person in addition to the student, and the juries remotely who, through observation first and then the support of the student, were able to evaluate performance through rubrics.