Jusvinza treatment resolution in confirmed COVID-19 patients. Santiago de Cuba, 2021 by Sandra Caridad Laurencio Vallina, Martha María Arias Carbonell, Leonardo Ramos Hechavarría, Dayami Lescay Balanquet, Roger Pina Núñez

“…Joaquín Castillo Duany Military Hospital, in Santiago de Cuba. The universe consisted of 166 confirmed COVID-19 cases, to whom Jusvinza was administered. …”
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Viajeros internacionales y otros indicadores de la transmisión de la COVID-19 en la provincia Santiago de Cuba by Larisa Zamora Matamoros, Nelsa María Sagaró del Campo, Luis Eugenio Valdés García, Jorge Díaz Silvera

“…<br /><strong>Objetivo:</strong> determinar la influencia de la entrada de viajeros internacionales y otros indicadores sobre la transmisión de la COVID-19 en la provincia Santiago de Cuba.<br /><strong>Métodos:</strong> se desarrolló un estudio ecológico de correlación de la incidencia de COVID-19 con determinadas variables considerando como unidades de análisis los municipios de la provincia Santiago de Cuba. …”
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Integrated management for the environment care and conservation project’s results by Alina Arocha Arzuaga, Virginia Cano Reyes, Roberto Felipe Nicot Cos, Ada Legna Montoya Lage

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Chronic periodontitis clinical and epidemiological characterization by Bernardo Pérez Barrero, Clara Ortiz Moncada, Walkyria del Carmen González Rodríguez, Lilian Judith Del Todo Pupo

“…The universe 3,807 individuals over 19 years of age, belonging to four clinics in the Armando García Aspuru Health area, treated at the Mártires del Moncada Provincial Teaching Stomatology Clinic, in Santiago de Cuba. The sample (n=1,068) was selected through intentional probabilistic sampling. …”
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Historical overview of the dementia syndrome's emergence and evolution by Eslaidi Mendoza Clavel, Juana Adela Fong Estrada, Ariadna Céspedes Moncada

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Effectiveness of antimicrobials as contributing for scaling and root planing in adult periodontitis by Bernardo Pérez Barrero, Clara Ortiz Moncada, Walkyria del Carmen González Rodríguez, Yuliana Zambrano Rivero, Zuraikis Garbey Bonne, Jacquelín Hernández Senguen

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> quasi-experimental study of therapeutic intervention, carried out at the Santiago de Cuba Stomatological Clinic, between November 2018 and September 2021, on 144 patients diagnosed with mild and moderate chronic periodontitis. …”
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Online applications as a protective factor for amnestic mild cognitive impairment by Yordanis Garbey Pierre, Marlene Gorguet Pi, Yudit Batista Delgado, Yoismel Álvarez Heredia, Darriela Annet Ramos Gorguet

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> analytical observational study, case-control type, carried out in family doctor's office number 1, at the Ramón López Peña Teaching Polyclinic health area, Santiago de Cuba province, from July to December 2023. …”
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Implicative Statistical Analysis to Identify Prognostic Factors for Mortality from Lymphomas in Children and Adolescents by Mayelyn Rodríguez Estenger, Nelsa María Sagaró del Campo, Larisa Zamora Matamoros, Evelyn Yolanda Fundichely Vázquez

“…Antonio María Béguez César Sur Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Santiago de Cuba from January 2008 to January 2021. The state of the deceased or alive patient at the time of the study was analyzed as the dependent variable and the following were taken as covariates: poor prognosis stage, presence of B symptoms, histological subtype, presence of three or more extranodal sites, metastasis, age and presence of tumor mass. …”
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Oxidative Stress Markers in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome by Axana Rodríguez Núñez, Jorge Calá Fernández, Haydee Cruz Vadell, Miguel Ángel Montoya Deler

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in patients with a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome belonging to the Julián Grimau and Carlos Juan Finlay health areas of Santiago de Cuba, in the period between 2015-2016. The variables analyzed were: age, sex, presence of arterial hypertension, triacylglycerides, glycemia, anthropometric variables, levels of oxidative markers for protein and lipids, defense marker against oxidative stress. …”
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Some COVID-19 relevant considerations in the elderly by Ana Esther Despaigne Biset, Idalmis Vallejo Santiago, Leysa Margarita Gòmez, Caridad Tamayo Reus, Sandra Laurencio Vallina

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Educational guidance systematization in adolescent’s sexual and reproductive health in Cuba by Sandra Ochoa Durán, Clara Ofelia Suárez Rodríguez, María del Toro Sánchez, Ailién Chaveco Castillo

“…Based on the research experiences developed in the interventions carried out in Santiago de Cuba from 2020 to 2023 on the adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health in Basic Secondary Education, the systematization and configuration of the sexual and reproductive health in adolescence promotion emerges in the theoretical educational model of the educational guidance of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health in Basic Secondary Education in the school-family-community link. …”
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Complications and Mortality Characterization in Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease by Ricardo Leyva Tornés, Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García, Esther Mayor Guerra, Yordanis Páez Candelaria, Karima Gondres Legró, Pedro Alexei Bacardí Zapata

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Thrombogenic Markers in Patients with Hereditary Thrombophilia by Karima Maricel Gondres Legró, Jorge Calá Fernández, Yusmairy Matos Lores, Vivian Robert Tamayo, Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García, Yordanys Páez Candelaria

“…<br /><strong>Method</strong>: a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the hemostasis laboratory of the Saturnino Lora Provincial Teaching Hospital of Santiago de Cuba, over a period of one year. 39 patients were used as a reference: 26 with thrombotic events discharged from the Angiology, Cardiovascular Surgery and Neurology Services, and 13 without a known event, first-line relatives of those patients who had positive thrombophilia markers during the study. …”
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How to interpret statistical analysis results implicated in health causality studies? by Nelsa María Sagaró del Campo, Larisa Zamora Matamoros

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Pedagogical strategy for the correction of language disability in preschool children by Elaine Álvarez Martínez, Félix Lázaro Huepp Ramos, Miladis Fornaris Méndez

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: intervention study, with a before and after design, which involved four children and their families, as well as speech therapists from the Pepín Salvat Ladrón de Guevara Special School for Children with Language and Communication Disorders, in the Santiago de Cuba municipality. In addition to observation, interviews, speech therapy exploration techniques and language diagnostic tests were used: First Word Inventory, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and the Spontaneous Language Assessment Test.…”
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Efectividad de una intervención comunitaria sobre las donaciones voluntarias de sangre by Eleanne Yamilé Abalos Fernández, Gerardo Ortiz Pérez, Naifi Hierrezuelo Rojas, Liennis Bravo Colás, Geanne Yamilé Ortiz Abalos

“…Métodos: se realizó un estudio cuasiexperimental de intervención educativa en pacientes dispensarizados en el Grupo I no acreditados como donantes voluntarios de sangre del Policlínico Docente Municipal de Santiago de Cuba, entre mayo 2022-mayo 2023. Se utilizaron métodos teóricos: histórico-lógico, analítico-sintético e inductivo-deductivo para la fundamentación de la investigación; empírico: el cuestionario; y estadísticos: el porcentaje como medida de resumen y el test de McNemar donde existieron condiciones para su aplicación. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Breast Cancer in Women in a Health Area by Naifi Hierrezuelo Rojas, Mileidy Cordoví Hierrezuelo, Naiovis Neira Hierrezuelo

“…<strong><br />Objective:</strong> to identify the risk factors associated with breast cancer in women from a family doctor's office in Santiago de Cuba. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> an analytical-observational, case-control study was carried out in patients belonging to the Ramon Lopez Peña Community Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba, in the period from January to December 2022. …”
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Attitude towards research and self-study in Cuban medical science students during COVID-19 by Juan Arturo Berenguer Gouarnaluses, Margarita Montes de Oca Carmenaty, Adrián Alejandro Vitón-Castillo, Elizabeth Melissa Tablada Podio, Maritza del Carmen Berenguer Gouarnaluses

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Estrategia de intervención con el candidato vacunal Abdala en trabajadores de la Salud by Josefa Bell Castillo, María Eugenia García Céspedes, Yoismel Moya Bell

“…La estrategia de intervención con el candidato vacunal Abdala en trabajadores de la salud en Santiago de Cuba demandó una gestión transdisciplinaria, intersectorial y participativa. …”
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Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Epidemiological Characteristics of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment by Naifi Hierrezuelo Rojas, Alfredo Hernández Magdariaga, Rolando Bonal Ruiz

“…This descriptive, cross-sectional study characterized older adults with cognitive impairment from the Basic Work Group No. 2 in the Ramón López Peña University Hospital, in Santiago de Cuba, between January 2022 and January 2023. …”
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