Gladys Canaval

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• Article: Translation and Adaptation of the Life Stressor Checklist-Revised With Colombian Women

  Janice Carrol Humphreys, Pilar Bernal De Pheils, Robert E. Slaughter, Tulia Uribe, Diva Jaramillo, Agnes Tiwari, Gladys Eugenia Canaval, Pilar Amaya, Maria Eugenia Mendoza Flores, Ruth Ann Belknap
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  ABSTRACT: We undertook the translation and adaptation of an instrument developed to measure women's lifetime trauma exposure, the Life Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R), in order to determine its utility and cultural appropriateness with Colombian Spanish-speaking women. The LSC-R was forward and backward translated and administered to a sample (N = 217) of community-based women volunteers in Medellín, Colombia. Open-ended questions were included to assess the construct validity and cultural appropriateness of the LSC-R. The LSC-R was found to be valid and easily understood. Trauma exposure was common, but its assessment was not overly distressing to Colombian women.
  Health Care For Women International 07/2011; 32(7):599-612. · 0.63 Impact Factor
• Article: The relationship of two types of trauma exposure to current physical and psychological symptom distress in a community sample of Colombian women: why interpersonal violence deserves more attention.

  Ashley Marie Schumacher, Diva Jaramillo, Tulia Uribe, Pilar Bernal De Pheils, William Holzemer, Diana Taylor, Agnes Tiwari, Gladys Eugenia Canaval, Maria Eugenia Mendoza Flores, Ruth Ann Belknap, Janice Carrol Humphreys
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  ABSTRACT: Our purpose in this study was to examine the relationship between interpersonal violence and background traumas and symptom distress in a community sample of Colombian women (N = 217). We utilized the Life Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R) to measure lifetime interpersonal violence (IPV) and background trauma exposure and the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) to measure current symptom distress. Although both exposures were common in this sample, IPV was strongly correlated with current symptom distress; background traumas made no unique contribution to the variance in current symptom distress. Based on our findings, it is suggested that interpersonal events may be particularly distressing.
  Health Care For Women International 10/2010; 31(10):946-61. · 0.63 Impact Factor
• Article: Servicios amigables para jóvenes: Construcción conjunta entre jóvenes y funcionarios

  Claudia Patricia Valencia, Gladys Eugenia Canaval, Amanda Patricia Molina, Hugo Andrés Caicedo, Lina Marcela Serrano, Valencia Raquel, Piedrahita Vivian, Vasquez Yurani, Jaime Humberto Echeverri
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  ABSTRACT: Antecedentes: La atención integrada y amigable a los adolescentes en salud es un aspecto de vital importancia para el logro de indicadores en salud y para la prevención de comportamientos de riesgo que dejan consecuencias severas.Objetivos: Identificar la percepción, experiencias y expectativas de jóvenes y funcionarios de salud sobre los servicios a jóvenes de la zona de ladera de Cali, Colombia. Desarrollar una estrategia conjunta entre jóvenes y funcionarios para el mejoramiento de los mismos servicios de salud a partir de los lineamientos de los Servicios Amigables para Jóvenes (SAJ).Métodos: Estudio de investigación-acción-participación con jóvenes y funcionarios de una ESE de Cali. La población de jóvenes se encontraba entre los 10 a 19 años. Inicialmente se aplicó un instrumento de evaluación al personal de salud y luego una encuesta sobre los SAJ. Se e realizaron entrevistas grupales y grupos de discusión para analizar los resultados. Se hizo abogacía y se formularon propuestas ante las autoridades locales y tomadores de decisiones sobre el manejo de los recursos.Resultados: La encuesta al personal de salud mostró que en la mayoría de las instituciones prestadoras de salud, no se cuenta con espacios y horarios definidos para la atención a los jóvenes, falta capacitación y número adecuado de funcionarios para la atención, ausencia de material de apoyo para educación en salud. La encuesta de jóvenes fue respondida por 100 jóvenes, el 76% fueron mujeres. El promedio de edad fue de 15.7 años con un rango entre los 12 y 26 años; con relación a la satisfacción en la atención brindada por el personal de salud, el porcentaje más alto lo obtuvo el personal médico y el más bajo el personal auxiliar de enfermería. El servicio más consultado es la consulta con médico general y los servicios más frecuentados en el último mes fueron vacunación (19.7%), odontología y urgencias (11.8% para cada uno).Conclusiones: Es necesario y de gran utilidad reorientar los servicios de salud que se ofrecen al joven de acuerdo a los principios y lineamientos de los SAJ, los cuales enfatizan en acciones de promoción de la demanda temprana y la prestación de servicios de atención integral y sin barreras, así como fortalecer conocimientos y habilidades específicas de los prestadores de servicios para que identifiquen y atiendan a jóvenes en forma idónea.
  Colombia Médica. 01/2010;
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  Article: Quality of life in persons living with HIV–AIDS in three healthcare institutions of Cali, Colombia

  Claudia Patricia Valencia, Gladys Eugenia Canaval, Marín Diana, Carmen J. Portillo
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  ABSTRACT: Antecedents: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus is currently considered a chronic disease; hence, quality of life is an important goal for those suffering the disease or living with someone afflicted by the virus.Objectives: We sought to measure the quality of life in individuals living with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome virus and establish its relationship with socio-demographic and clinical variables.Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a sample of 137 HIV-infected individuals attending three healthcare institutions in the city of Cali, Colombia. Quality of life was measured via the HIV/AIDS-Targeted Quality of Life (HAT-QoL) instrument. The descriptive analyses included mean and standard deviation calculations. To determine the candidate variables, we used the student t test and the Pearson correlation. The response variable in the multiple linear regression was the score for quality of life.Results: Some 27% of the sample were women and 3% were transgender; the mean age of the sample was 35 + 10.2 years; 88% had some type of health insurance; 27% had been diagnosed with AIDS, and 64% were taking antiretroviral medications at the time of the study. Quality of life was measured through a standard scale with scores from 0 to 100. Participants’ global quality of life mean was 59 + 17.8. The quality-of-life dimensions with the highest scores were sexual function, satisfaction with the healthcare provider, and satisfaction with life. The highest quality-of-life scores were obtained by participants who received antiretroviral therapy, had health insurance, lower symptoms of depression, low frequency and intensity of symptoms, and no prior reports of sexual abuse. Eight variables explained 53% of the variability of the global quality of life.Conclusions: Those receiving antiretroviral therapy and who report fewer symptoms best perceived their quality of life.Implications for practice: Healthcare providers, especially nursing professional face a challenge in caring to alleviate symptoms and contribute to improving the quality of life of their patients.
  Colombia Médica. 01/2010;
• Article: Unhealthy behaviours for self-management of HIV-related peripheral neuropathy.

  P K Nicholas, J G Voss, I B Corless, T G Lindgren, D J Wantland, J K Kemppainen, G E Canaval, E F Sefcik, K M Nokes, C A Bain, [......], M J Hamilton, C L Coleman, W L Holzemer, N R Reynolds, C J Portillo, E H Bunch, Y-F Tsai, M R Mendez, S M Davis, D M Gallagher
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  ABSTRACT: The prevalence of peripheral neuropathy is frequent in HIV disease and is often associated with antiretroviral therapy. Unhealthy behaviours, particularly substance-use behaviours, are utilized by many HIV-positive individuals to manage neuropathic symptoms. As part of a larger study on self-care for symptoms in HIV disease, this study analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of unhealthy behaviours to self-manage peripheral neuropathy in HIV disease. Sociodemographic and disease-related correlates and unhealthy behaviours were examined in a convenience sample of 1,217 respondents who were recruited from data collection sites in several US cities, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Taiwan. Results of the study indicated that respondents with peripheral neuropathy (n=450) identified a variety of unhealthy self-care behaviours including injection drug use, oral drug use, smoking cigarettes and alcohol ingestion. Specific unhealthy behaviours that participants reported to alleviate peripheral neuropathy included use of marijuana (n=67), smoking cigarettes (n=139), drinking alcohol (n=81) and street drugs (n=30). A subset of those individuals (n=160), who identified high levels of neuropathy (greater than five on a scale of 1-10), indicated significantly higher use of amphetamines and injection drug use in addition to alcohol use and cigarette smoking. For participants from Norway, substance use (using alcohol: 56%) was one of the most frequent self-management strategies. Implications for clinical practice include assessment and education of persons with HIV for self-care management of the complex symptom of peripheral neuropathy.
  AIDS Care 12/2007; 19(10):1266-73. · 1.60 Impact Factor