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Background Both pulmonary and mental health are affected following hospitalization for COVID-19 pneumonia. Pulmonary rehabilitation therapy has demonstrated benefits in improving mental health, but no validated combined programs that include mental health have been proposed. Objective This article presents the design of a trial that aimed to assess whether the participation in a combined rehabilitation program that includes home-based respiratory physiotherapy and telephone-based psychological support is associated with a greater improvement of pulmonary and mental health outcomes 7-12 weeks after COVID-19 hospitalization discharge compared with posthospital usual care provided by a public Peruvian hospital. Methods WAYRA (the word for air in the Quechua language) was an open-label, unblinded, two-arm randomized controlled trial. We recruited 108 participants aged 18-75 years who were discharged from the hospital after COVID-19 pneumonia that required >6 liters/minute of supplemental oxygen during treatment. Participants were randomly assigned at a 1:1 ratio to receive the combined rehabilitation program or usual posthospital care provided by a public Peruvian hospital. The intervention consisted of 12 at-home respiratory rehabilitation sessions and 6 telephone-based psychological sessions. The primary outcome was the 6-minute walk distance. Secondary outcomes included lung function, mental health status (depression, anxiety, and trauma), and quality of life. Outcomes were assessed at baseline (before randomization) and at 7 and 12 weeks after hospital discharge to assess the difference between arms. Results This study was funded by the Peruvian National Council of Science Technology and Technology Innovation in July 2020. Ethics approval was obtained on September 2, 2020. Recruitment and data collection occurred between October 2020 and June 2021. Results are expected to be published by the end of 2022. Conclusions WAYRA was the first randomized controlled trial evaluating combined pulmonary-mental health rehabilitation for hospitalized COVID-19 survivors in resource-limited settings, potentially providing a foundation for the cost-effective scale-up of similar multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04649736; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04649736 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR1-10.2196/36001

Introduction: Fear is a natural response to something unknown. In the current scenario, it is important to assess it in relation to the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic in Latin American countries. Objective: To determine the fear perception according to factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted based on a virtual questionnaire. The main question was “how much fear people had of COVID-19?”, using a scale from zero (without fear) to 10 (very fear). This scale was divided into tertiles, and the upper tertile was the reference category (compared to the middle and lower tertiles). Statistical significances between fear perception of COVID-19 and sociodemographic data were calculated. Results: A total of 3887 participants responded the questionnaire about fear perception. In the multivariate analysis was found that women (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR): 1.37; 95% confidence interval (CI) : 1.26-1.48; p

Objective: To determine the level of risk perception of skin cancer in a population from Cusco. Materials and methods: It is an observational descriptive cross-sectional study and was aplied in a skin cancer screening campaign in Cusco. The applied questionnaire was designed and validated by Morales-Sánchez M and Cols, and it measures the risk perception of skin cancer. The reported Cronbach's alpha value is 0.824. Results: The majority of patients were female (64.7%), average age was 44.9 years (SD: 14.2) and the 51.0% had higher education level. The median hours of sun exposure was 4 (95% CI: 1-6), the most frequent origin was from Cusco (77.6%) and most of the population have normal risk perception of skin cancer (65.8%). Conclusion: The risk perception of skin cancer was normal in the majority of the population. Keywords: Skin Neoplasms, Perception, Health Behavior, Attitude Objetivo: Determinar el nivel de percepción de riesgo de cáncer de piel en una población de Cusco. Materiales y métodos: El estudio es observacional de tipo transversal descriptivo y se llevó a cabo en una campaña de despistaje de cáncer de piel en la ciudad de Cusco. El cuestionario aplicado fue diseñado y validado por Morales-Sánchez M y Cols, y mide la percepción de riesgo de cáncer de piel. El valor de alfa de Cronbach reportado es de 0,824. Resultados: La mayoría de pacientes fue de sexo femenino (64,7%), de edad promedio fue de 44,9 años (DS: 14,2) y de grado de educación superior (51,0%). La mediana de horas de exposición solar fue de 4 (IC95%: 1 – 6), la procedencia más frecuente fue del Cusco (77,6%) y con una percepción normal del cáncer de piel (65,8%). Conclusión: La percepción de riesgo de cáncer de piel fue normal en la mayoría de la población. Palabras clave: Percepción, Neoplasias Cutáneas, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud

RESUMEN Introducción: La adaptación a la vida extrauterina de los recién nacidos es importante, especialmente en poblaciones de altura donde las características son diferentes a poblaciones a nivel del mar. Objetivos: Determinar la correlación entre saturación de oxígeno, frecuencia cardiaca y respiratoria durante los primeros 720 minutos de vida en recién nacidos a término a 3 400 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Métodos: Estudio observacional, prospectivo. Se incluyó a recién nacidos de parto eutócico a término del servicio de neonatología de un hospital de Cusco-Perú durante octubre y diciembre del 2016. Se evaluó la saturación de oxígeno, frecuencia cardiaca y respiratoria a los 5, 30, 120, 360, 480 y 720 minutos después del nacimiento. Se realizó un análisis descriptivo y se calcularon las correlaciones entre las variables utilizando el coeficiente de Correlación de Pearson. Se consideró significativos los valores p