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    "Autopercepción y percepción familiar de la calidad de vida del adulto mayor. ER12, la Victoria, 2015-2016"
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud-Dirección de Posgrado, 2016-11-01) Borja Tapia, Patricia Elisabeth Dra.; Creagh Bandera. Idalberto Dr Esp.,
    Nowadays the whole world is experiencing a new phenomenon, which is the phenomenon of demographic transition, where the population of the elderly has increased considerably, according to the World Health Organization that in the year 2000 there were approximately 600 million Old adults, a figure that would double by 2025, all this has been achieved thanks to technological and scientific advances that have reduced mortality rates and increasing life expectancy, so there are more vulnerable individuals, with their own requirements And with little social consideration what would determine their quality of life. Ecuador is also experiencing this process without being the exception the Parish Victoria. In this context the present study whose general objective was performed. Determine the quality of life of the elderly from self-perception and the perception of the family in the ER 12 Victory in 2015-2016. A qualitative and quantitative approach was maintained, it was a descriptive study cross-sectional descriptive study yielded information as older adults perceive their quality of life and how they perceive their families. We worked with 70 older adults and 70 family, using the instrument WHOQOL-BREF developed by OMS with 26 questions, which describes the quality of life in relation to social, biological, physical and psychological determinants studied during 2016. SPSS20program was used with frequency measurements, standard deviation, and chi square. Results: the average age was 70 years. The 60% (42) of seniors reported perceive their quality of life as average and 40% (28) perceived as bad, while 57.1% refer families (40 ) for average quality of life and 41.5% (29) low. According satisfaction with their health 30% will answered satisfactorily, however little dissatisfied 34.3% and 25.7% very dissatisfied, the best results were men, married primary school level and living with their partners.
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    Violencia de Género y Estrategias de Afrontamiento en Mujeres de la Población de Anchiliví 2015 – 2016
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud-Dirección de Posgrado, 2016-11-01) Silvia Rosana, Defaz Taipe Dra.; Becker Santiago Dr. Esp., Neto Mullo,
    The objective of this study is to determine the coping strategies present in women suffering from gender-based violence in the Anchiliví neighborhood Salcedo Canton in the period 2015-2016. A qualitative-quantitative, field, observational, documentary, descriptive-correlational study. The sample consisted of 114 women between 20 and 40 years of age, married and in free union, two surveys were carried out, the first one assessing if they were victims of violence and second the inventory of coping strategies CSI, the data were Entered in an Excel database and processed in the SPSS program, applying the Chi square statistic with a significance level of p <0.05. Obtaining that 68.42% of women present some type of violence, while 31.58% reported not having suffered, taking into account the type of violence, the psychological represented 100%, physical 34.2% and sexual violence with 5.25%, they were in dependence with the sociodemographic characteristics. It is concluded that women victims of violence have 57.89% of adequate management in the face of violence, this responds to the fact that most of them present coping strategies such as solving the problem and social support. 41.01% presented inadequate management in the presence of violence, because they have desiderative thoughts and are self-critical.
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    Violencia hacia la mujer: efectos sobre la salud. Subcentro de Salud San Andrés 2016
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud-Dirección de Posgrado, 2016-11-01) Mariana Isabel Md., Velástegui Pérez; Marisela Dinorah , Lorenzo González Lcda. Mg.
    Violence against women is widespread and deeply ingrained practice in society that has serious consequences on the health and welfare of women. An observational descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in order to assess the link between the various forms of violence and health disorders in women; through a convenience sample of 250 women victims of violence he was selected. The study variables were violence against women and the effects on health. The study results showed that psychological violence predominated with 73.2%, followed by physical violence with 62%. Regarding the sociodemographic variables marital status, age and economic dependence were statistically significant for physical violence; the level of education and marital status were statistically significant for psychological violence, as economic violence and sexual violence statistically significant variables were marital status and economic dependence. Regarding health disorders and various forms of violence, headache dominance in women victims of psychological and economic violence, sleep disorders predominated in victims of physical, economic and sexual violence. Muscle aches are more associated with physical, psychological and economic violence. There is also the serious impact that violence has on mental health, and so that all forms of violence trigger emotional consequences such as anxiety and depression. Genitourinary problems such as urinary tract infections and dyspareunia were present in women victims of sexual violence. An investigation into a cross-sample, does not establish violence as a cause of a problem of timely health, our study establishes health-related events present in these women.