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Introducción. En diversas partes del mundo, incluido Perú, existe déficit de recursos humanos para la atención de los pacientes COVID-19, por lo que, se está reclutando a los médicos recién egresados. Material y Métodos: Estudio transversal analítico, mediante una encuesta virtual se preguntó acerca de la posibilidad de ser reclutado para la atención de pacientes con Coronavirus, así como, otras percepciones de esta posibilidad (obteniendo un Alpha de Cronbach: 0,86); se obtuvo estadística analítica. Resultados: De 352 encuestados, el 54% manifestó que si aceptaría ser reclutado. En el análisis multivariado, se encontró que a más percepción fatalista de la enfermedad aceptaría menos ser reclutado en un hospital (p<0,001); sin embargo, si se sentirían bien capacitados (p<0,001), cómodos apoyando en hospitales (p=0,015), capaces de atender en forma general (p<0,001) y podrían trabajar en un lugar con muchos casos (p<0,001); ajustado por dos variables. Conclusión: Si bien no hubo una gran mayoría que quisiese ser reclutados, si esto pasaría, se tendrían que adaptar y manifestaron que estarían cómodos y capacitados atendiendo a pacientes con esta patología.
Introduction. Worldwide, including Peru, there is a shortage of human resources to attend for COVID-19 patients, for which reason, newly graduated doctors are being recruited. Material and Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study, using a virtual survey, asked about the possibility of being recruited to care for patients with Coronavirus, as well as other perceptions of this possibility (obtaining a Cronbach's Alpha: 0.86); analytical statistics were obtained. Results: Of 352 respondents, 54% stated that they would accept to be recruited. Multivariate analysis revealed that more fatalistic disease perception takes less be recruited in a hospital (p <0.001); however, if they felt well trained (p <0.001), comfortable supporting in hospitals (p= 0.015), able to provide general care (p <0.001) and could work in a place with many cases (p <0.001); adjusted for two variables. Conclusion: Although there was not a large majority who wanted to be recruited, if this would happen they would have to adapt and they stated that they would be comfortable and trained attending to patients with this pathology.
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INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is a very common disease worldwide, and medication is needed to prevent its short-term and long-term complications. Our objective was to determine the characteristics and factors associated with antihypertensive medication use in patients attending Peruvian health facilities. MATERIALS & METHODS: We performed a multicenter, cross-sectional study with secondary data. We obtained self-reported antihypertensive medication from patients attending health facilities in 10 departments of Peru. We looked for associations of the antihypertensive treatment according to sociopathological factors and obtained p values using generalized linear models. RESULTS: Of the 894 patients with hypertension, 61% (547) were women and 60% (503) were on antihypertensive treatment, of which 82% (389) had monotherapy and 52% (258) had recently taken their medication. Antihypertensive treatment was positively correlated with the patient's age (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR]: 1.01; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.007 to 1.017; p value < 0.001), diabetes (aPR: 1.31; 95% CI: 1.11 to 1.55; p value = 0.001) and cardiovascular disease (aPR: 1.38; 95% CI: 1.26 to 1.51; p value < 0.001). Conversely, the frequency of antihypertensive treatment decreases with physical activity (aPR: 0.80; 95% CI: 0.70 to 0.92; p value = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Patients who have comorbidities and advanced age are more likely to be on antihypertensive treatment. In contrast, patients with increased physical activity have a lower frequency of antihypertensive treatment. It is important to consider these factors for future preventive programs and to improve therapeutic compliance.
