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Showing papers by "José Jaime Castaño Castrillón published in 2016"


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TL;DR: A study about the use of internet by college students from five universities in Colombia and how it is related to personal aspects that can be affected by internet use is presented in this article.
Abstract: Objective: internet is one of the most frequently used tools by people, it has been used so much that people are suffering problems caused by its abuse and addiction, we present a study about the use of internet by college students from five universities in Caldas, Colombia and how it is related to personal aspects that can be affected by internet use. Materials and methods: 640 students from five universities in Caldas were included, surveys were applied using several instruments to measure demographic variables, familiar functioning, sleep and feeding disorders, hyperactivity and attention deficit, anxiety and depression and observe if it exists a relation between internet addiction and these disorders. Results: 77.7% of the respondents have addiction to internet, the most frequently used tool to access internet is the cellphone, the most frequent reason for internet access were social networks. We found addiction to internet associated to the following variables, drowsiness (p=0,000), feeding disorders (p=0,012), depression (p=0,000), exam stress (p=0,000), familiar functioning (p=0,000), grade average (p=0,000), genre (0,000), sore fingers (0,000), discomfort in the elbow (0,000), hyperactivity (0,000) and inattention (0,000). Conclusion: like in other student populations, this population presents a high proportion of internet addiction, which is related to several life aspects of these individuals.

13 citations


01 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the frequency of bullying and cyberbullying and associated factors in a representative sample of 475 high school students in three public institutions of Chinchina (Colombia) in 2014.
Abstract: espanolEl presente estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar la frecuencia del acoso y ciberacoso escolar y los factores asociados en una muestra representativa de 475 estudiantes de secundaria en tres instituciones publicas del municipio de Chinchina, en el departamento de Caldas, Colombia, en el ano 2014. La poblacion fue seleccionada mediante un muestreo probabilistico estratificado por grado y genero. Aplicamos las escalas: APGAR familiar, CAGE (Cut, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye), Escala Hospitalaria de Ansiedad y Depresion (HAD), la SCOFF (Scik Control On Fast Food), el acoso escolar por medio de la encuesta sobre convivencia escolar para alumnos, y el ciberacoso por medio de Escala de Patchin. De acuerdo al cuestionario empleado se encontro una proporcion del mas alto nivel de acoso del 1.9%, 0.4% acosadores, 1.3% ciberacoso, 1.9% ciberacosadores, en rango medio, 14% acoso, 8.5% acosador, 5.5% ciberacoso, 4.9% ciberagresores. Se encontraron relaciones significativas entre nivel de acoso y funcionalidad familiar, consumo de alcohol, ansiedad, depresion, consumo de sustancias, nivel de ciberacoso tambien con trastornos de la conducta alimentaria. Los factores asociados con acoso y ciberacoso afectan por igual a acosados y acosadores, resultado tambien encontrado en otros estudios. En esta poblacion se presentan principalmente niveles de acoso medio y bajo. EnglishThis study aimed to identify the frequency of bullying and cyberbullying and associated factors in a representative sample of 475 high school students in three public institutions of Chinchina (Colombia) in 2014. This is a cross sectional study. Demographic variables were taken; family functioning was assessed by the family APGAR scale instrument, taken with the CAGE (Cut, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye) scale, anxiety and depression, with hospital scale of anxiety and depression (HAD), eating disorders SCOFF (Scik Control On Fast Food), scale bullying staff through the survey about coexistence school for students and cyberbullying through Patchin scale. According to the questionnaire employed a high ranking proportion of 1.9% was found, 4% bullies, cyber bullying 1.3%, 1.9% cyberbulliesin the middle bullying 14%, 8.5% stalker 5.5% cibera-sew, 4.9% cyber attackers. Significant relationships between the level of harassment and family functioning, alcohol consumption, anxiety, depression, substance abuse levels were found, level of cyberbullying also disordered eating behavior. We found that factors associated Aphek-as both bullies and bullied, result similar to that found in other studies. In this population, high levels of harassment have low proportions, not harassment levels low and medium.

6 citations


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TL;DR: Female prisoners of a prison in Caldas (Colombia) are not very different from those found in other colombian non-prison populations, but significantly lower than in other populations of male and female prisoners from other countries.
Abstract: Objective : to determine the risk factor of suicide, suicide attempts and associated factors in female prisoners of a prison in Caldas (Colombia), 2015. Materials and methods : cross-sectional study in which an instrument was applied in 96 female prisoners.The Plutchick suicide risk questionnaire was applied. On inquires about previous suicide attempts, associated factors and demographic variables. Results: 95.7% are mixed race4.4% were born in Manizales, 51% are social stratum 1, 88.9% had an occupation before admission, 26.1% housewife. Average length of sentence 8.24 ± 7.37 years, 13.5% have been in isolation, 14.4% with suicide risk according Plutchik, 11.5% have had suicidal attempt, 65.9% good family functioning, 42.4% normal anxiety, depression average 63.2%, 71.1% average self-esteem, 45.8% did not consume alcohol, psychoactive substances consumed 17.7%, 2.1% with psychiatric illness, with 34.7% general illness, suicide significant positive relationship was found FR according Plutchik with being alone (p = 0.046), no family support (p = 0.003), with family functioning (p = 0.05), anxiety level (p = 0.01), with previous suicide attempt (p = 0.015). Concerning the previous suicide attempt, only significant relationship to have experienced the death of a family member (p = 0.032) was found. Conclusions : values suicidal risk factor according Plutchik, and suicide attempts found in this population, are not very different from those found in other colombian non-prison populations, but significantly lower than in other populations of male and female prisoners from other countries.

4 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
01 Sep 2016
Abstract: El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar la frecuencia del acoso y ciberacoso escolar y los factores asociados en una muestra representativa de 475 estudiantes de secundaria en tres instituciones públicas del municipio de Chinchiná, en el departamento de Caldas, Colombia, en el año 2014. La población fue seleccionada mediante un muestreo probabilístico estratificado por grado y género. Aplicamos las escalas: APGAR familiar, CAGE (Cut, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye), Escala Hospitalaria de Ansiedad y Depresión (HAD), la SCOFF (Scik Control On Fast Food), el acoso escolar por medio de la encuesta sobre convivencia escolar para alumnos, y el ciberacoso por medio de Escala de Patchin. De acuerdo al cuestionario empleado se encontró una proporción del más alto nivel de acoso del 1.9%, 0.4% acosadores, 1.3% ciberacoso, 1.9% ciberacosadores, en rango medio, 14% acoso, 8.5% acosador, 5.5% ciberacoso, 4.9% ciberagresores. Se encontraron relaciones significativas entre nivel de acoso y funcionalidad familiar, consumo de alcohol, ansiedad, depresión, consumo de sustancias, nivel de ciberacoso también con trastornos de la conducta alimentaria. Los factores asociados con acoso y ciberacoso afectan por igual a acosados y acosadores, resultado también encontrado en otros estudios. En esta población se presentan principalmente niveles de acoso medio y bajo. Palabras clave: Acoso, acosador, ciberacoso, ansiedad, depresión, sustancias.

3 citations




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09 Nov 2016
TL;DR: The findings of this research, in general, agree with those reported in other studies in similar populations.
Abstract: Objective: To characterize the diagnosed with epilepsy population at the “Hospital Infantil Universitario Rafael Henao Toro”, in the city of Manizales (Colombia) from the behavior of the disease, risk factors, treatment and demographic characteristics. Methods: Cross-sectional study of the population referred to and performed by reviewing medical records. Results: of 172 patients, 51,2% were male gender; focal seizures were the most frequent with 59.1%; the most common comorbidity was delayed psychomotor development (30.9%), although if is consider the association with other diseases the figure is 57.9%; the most commonly monotherapy used was Valproic Acid (39.8%). Childhood epilepsy was associated with maternal hypertensive disorders in 8,7%; 21.7% had hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; 24.1% had a family history of epilepsy; in 15.1 % of cases was underweight and 16.7% of short stature at birth. Conclusion: The findings of this research, in general, agree with those reported in other studies in similar populations.