ListarArtículos por tema "América Latina"

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    • Overweight and obesity: review and update 

      Quintero, Fernando Sarmiento; Ariza, Adolfo J; García, Fabiola Barboza; De Molano, Nelly Canal; Benavides, Mayra Castro; Muñoz, Sylvia Cruchet; Carbajal, Laura Delgado; Olivera, María Rita Dewaele; Fernández, Adriana; Heller, Solange; Meléndez, Liliana Ladino; Martínez, Sonia Miriam (Acta Gastroenterológica Latinoamericana, 2016-06)
      Obesity is an epidemic with important health repercussions in addition to high treatment-related costs. Between 2006 and 2007 the WHO developed new assessment tools, which aren’t being globally used. In fact, there is no ...

    • Prediction of dementia risk in low-income and middleincome countries (the 10/66 Study): an independent external validation of existing models 

      Stephan, Blossom C M; Pakpahan, Eduwin; Siervo, Mario; Licher, Silvan; Muniz-Terrera, Graciela; Mohan, Devi; Acosta, Daisy; Rodriguez Pichardo, Guillermina; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Acosta, Isaac; Llibre-Rodriguez, Juan J; Prince, Martin J.; Robinson, Louise; Prina, A. Matthew (Elsevier Ltd, 2020-04)
      To date, dementia prediction models have been exclusively developed and tested in high-income countries (HICs). However, most people with dementia live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where dementia ...

    • The prevalence and correlates of frailty in urban and rural populations in Latin America, China, and India: A 10/66 population-based survey 

      Llibre Rodriguez, Juan J.; Prina, Matthew; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K.S.; Jimenez-Velasquez, Ivonne Z.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph D; Jotheeswaran, A.T.; Acosta, Isaac; Liu, Zhaorui; Prince, Martin J. (Elsevier Ltd., 2018)
      There have been few cross-national studies of the prevalence of the frailty phenotype conducted among low or middle income countries. We aimed to study the variation in prevalence and correlates of frailty in rural and ...

    • Prevalence of parkinsonism and Parkinson disease in urban and rural populations from Latin America: A community based study 

      Llibre-Guerra, Jorge J; Prina, Matthew; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Acosta, Daisy; Jimenez-Velazquez, Ivonne Z.; Guerra, Mariella; Salas, Aquiles; Llibre-Guerra, Juan C; Valvuerdi, Adolfo; Peeters, Geeske; Ziegemeier, Ellen; Acosta, Isaac; Tanner, Caroline; Juncos, Jorge; Llibre Rodriguez, Juan J. (The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2022;7: 100136, 2021-12-10)
      Age and gender specific prevalence rates for parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are important to guide research, clinical practice, and public health planning; however, prevalence estimates in Latin America (LatAm) ...

    • Prevalence of stroke and related burden among older people living in Latin America, India and China. 

      Ferri, Cleusa P.; Schoenborn, Claudia; Kalra, Lalit; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K. S.; Llibre Rodríguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph D.; Liu, Zhaorui; Moriyama, Tais; Valhuerdi, Adolfo; Prince, Martin J. (Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2011)
      Despite the growing importance of stroke in developing countries, little is known of stroke burden in survivors. The authors investigated the prevalence of selfreported stroke, stroke-related disability, dependence and ...

    • The protocols for the 10/66 dementia research group population-based research programme 

      Prince, Martin; P Ferri, Cleusa; Acosta, Daisy; Albanese, Emiliano; Arizaga, Raul; Dewey, Michael; Gavrilova, Svetlana I; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, KS; Krishnamoorthy, ES; McKeigue, Paul; Llibre Rodriguez, Juan; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Sousa, Renata MM; Stewart, Robert; Uwakwe, Richard (BMC Public Health, 2007-07-07)
      Latin America, China and India are experiencing unprecedentedly rapid demographic ageing with an increasing number of people with dementia. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's title refers to the 66% of people with dementia ...

    • Psychometry and estimation of cutoff points of Jefferson Scale of empathy in dental students 

      Víctor P. Díaz, Víctor P.; Reyes, Alejandro; Calzadilla, Aracelis; Torres, Pilar A.; González, Eugenia; Bilbao, Jorge L.; González, Farith; Estrada, Nuvia; Fortich, Natalia; Sepúlveda, Wilmer; Silva-Vetri, María G; Bullen, Miriam; Erazo, Ana M. (Wiley, 2020-10-09)
      The objective of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the 3-dimensional latent model of empathy on the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy instrument (version S), and to verify the existence of cutoff ...

    • Working Group recommendations for the practice of teleneuropsychology in Latin America 

      Crivelli, Lucía; Quiroz, Yakeel T.; Calandri, Ismael L.; Martin, María E.; Velilla, Lina M.; Cusicanqui, María I.; Coto Yglesias, Fernando; Llibre-Rodríguez, Juan J; Armele, Monserrat; Román, Fabián; Barceló, Ernesto; Dechent, Claudia; Carello, María Agostina; Olavarría, Loreto; Yassuda, Mônica S; Custodio, Nilton; Dansilio, Sergio; Sosa, Ana L.; Acosta, Daisy M.; Brucki, Sonia M.D.; Caramelli, Paulo; Slachevsky, Andrea; Nitrini, Ricardo; Carrillo, María C.; Allegri, Ricardo F. (Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 2021-09-20)
      eleneuropsychology (teleNP) could potentially expand access to services for patientswho are confined, have limited personal access to healthcare, or live in remote areas. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has ...