Gabriela Nazar

Gabriela Nazar
  • PhD
  • Researcher at University of Concepción

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Introduction
Gabriela Nazar C. Psychologist, Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Concepción. I have two research interests: Older people and the world of work focused on work identity, employability, career development, and wellbeing. Additionally, I have been working extensively in health behavior, lifestyles, eating behavior, and obesity prevention.
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University of Concepción
Current position
  • Researcher
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January 1998 - present
University of Concepción
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
Description
  • Gabriela Nazar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Universidad de Concepción, Chile. She is psychologist graduated from the University of Concepcion, and obtained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Her research interests are lifestyle, eating behavior and active aging.
Education
October 2004 - March 2008
University of Edinburgh
Field of study
  • Psychology

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Publications (129)
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Concern about the apparent increase in mental health problems among adolescents and young people has intensified considerably in recent years, with it being common nowadays to refer to a “mental health crisis” in this age group. Available epidemiological studies confirm an increase in internalized behaviors within this population. This article prop...
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Considering the demographic shift towards an ageing population, the financial threats that arise after retirement and the ongoing debates about extending working life, it is crucial to thoroughly understand the impact of retirement on the health of older individuals. This article presents a systematic review conducted according to the standards est...
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This study aimed to adapt and analyze the psychometric properties of the Exercise Behavior Regulation Questionnaire (BREQ-3) for assessing motivation towards incidental physical activity. An instrumental study in a sample of 346 university students (21.1 ± 2.6 years, and 61.3% women) from various universities in Chile was undertaken. An adaptation...
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ABSTRACT Promoting incidental physical activity (IPA) can help reduce sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity levels in the population. However, there is heterogeneity in the definition of IPA, and studies have yet to synthesize the empirical findings on this topic. This review aimed to (1) Synthesize the definitions of the IPA used in the sci...
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Background In Chile, the cases of cognitive impairment and dementia are on the rise and are expected to triple by 2050. Additionally, older adults face life changes that may contribute to depression onset. We studied the relationship between cognitive impairment (CI), functional decline (FD) and depression with the risk of all‐cause and cardiovascu...
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Workers’ attitudes towards people with disabilities can influence labor inclusion. Despite the relevance of learning about these attitudes, in Chile, there are no reliable and validated instruments to measure them in workers. An instrumental study was carried out to adapt and psychometrically analyze the Spanish version of the Scale of Attitudes to...
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Workers' attitudes towards people with disabilities can influence labor inclusion. Despite the relevance of learning about these attitudes, in Chile, there are no reliable and validated instruments to measure them in workers. An instrumental study was carried out to adapt and psychometrically analyze the Spanish version of the Scale of Attitudes to...
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Objective. To investigate whether patients with diabesity (the combination of both conditions) have a higher mortality risk than isolated obesity or type 2 diabetes (T2D), particularly when waist-circumference (WC) is used as a criterion for obesity. Materials and methods. This longitudinal study included 4 514 Chilean participants from the Chilean...
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Objective This research aimed to determine the stigma toward people with mental illness among mental health personnel and identify individual, professional, and contextual predictors. Methods A descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational design was used. The sample consisted of 218 mental health personnel working in Outpatient Psychiatric Unit...
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Background: Low comprehension and adherence to medical treatment among the elderly directly and negatively affect their health. Many elderly patients forget medical instructions immediately after their appointments, misunderstand them, or fail to recall them altogether. Some identified causes include the short time slots allocated for appointments...
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Aim: this study sought to explore the education process carried out by primary health care providers for asthma patients in two regions of Chile. Methods: Nine group interviews with 35 health providers in nine primary health care centers were conducted in two of the country's major urban areas, the Valparaíso and Biobío Regions. Data were analyzed...
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Introducción. Dada la complejidad y costos para determinar el porcentaje de grasa corporal en humanos, se busca establecer nuevas fórmulas para determinar esta variable. La ecuación CUN-BAE usa indicadores simples como sexo e índice de masa corporal (IMC) para estimar el porcentaje de grasa corporal. El objetivo fue determinar el grado de correlaci...
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Introducción En Chile han aumentado los casos de deterioro cognitivo y demencia. Además, los adultos mayores enfrentan cambios que pueden contribuir al desarrollo de depresión. La relación entre el deterioro cognitivo y la depresión con el riesgo de mortalidad no ha sido determinada en la población chilena. Objetivos Evaluar la relación entre la s...
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Materiales y Métodos: Estudio controlado no-randomizado con dos brazos. Se reclutaron 41 mujeres con alteraciones metabólicas, 14 completaron el estudio y conformaron por conveniencia el grupo de intervención con m-Health o el control con el Programa Vida Sana, ejecutados durante 10 semanas. Se evaluó la ACR, composición corporal, antropometría, pr...
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The study aimed to understand the meaning of parenthood and the reproductive decisions of adults who do not have children in Chile. Based on a qualitative approach, 10 participants aged between 30 and 39 were interviewed. After that, a thematic analysis was conducted. The results indicated that the meanings of parenthood encompass a broad interplay...
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Aim To investigate the joint associations of diabetes and obesity with all‐cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in the Mexico City Prospective Study. Materials and Methods In total, 154 128 participants (67.2% women) were included in this prospective analysis. Diabetes was self‐reported, while body mass index was used to calculate obes...
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Introducción: La alimentación se construye a partir de experiencias y significados adquiridos en el curso de la vida. Las personas mayores tienen un acervo importante que informa de valores y prácticas culturales aplicadas a la alimentación. El objetivo del estudio fue interpretar los significados que entregan personas mayores a la construcción de...
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Aim We aimed to develop and assess a modified healthy aging index (HAI) among Chileans aged 60 years and older and compare its predictive ability for all-cause mortality risk with the frailty index (FI). Methods This prospective study analyzed data from the Chilean National Health Survey (CNHS) conducted in 2009–2010. We included 847 adults with c...
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Introducción: La diabesidad se define como la coexistencia de obesidad y diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DMT2). En Chile su prevalencia aún no ha sido definida. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la prevalencia de prediabesidad y diabesidad en adultos chilenos. Material y Método: Estudio transversal que incluyó 4.985 adultos mayores de 18 años d...
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Self-efficacy is a cognitive-emotional factor that is consistently associated with behavioral change and, in particular, with changes in health behavior. Eating self-efficacy, understood as adopting and maintaining behaviors such as controlling one’s weight and trusting in one’s ability to control one’s eating behavior, has been proposed for managi...
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Research on morbidity and mortality often emphasizes individual diseases over the cumulative effects of multimorbidity, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to analyze the association between multimorbidity and all-cause mortality in a representative sample of the Chilean population. This longitudinal study used data fro...
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To investigate how frailty modifies the association of sitting time with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in Chilean adults. This prospective study included 2,604 participants aged ≥35 from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009-2010. Sitting time was self-reported, while frailty was assessed using a 36-item Frailty Index. Sitting time was c...
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Multimorbidity patterns can lead to differential risks for all-cause mortality. Within the Chilean context, research on morbidity and mortality predominantly emphasizes individual diseases or combinations thereof, rather than specific disease clusters. This study aimed to identify multimorbidity patterns, along with their associations with mortalit...
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Objective To investigate the association between a lifestyle score and all-cause mortality in the Chilean population. DesignProspective study SettingsThe score was based on seven modifiable behaviours: salt intake, fruit and vegetable intake, alcohol consumption, sleep duration, smoking, physical activity, and sedentary behaviours. 1-point was assi...
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Introduction: Recent studies have shown that low vitamin D levels constitute a potential risk factor for the development of cognitive impairment. The present study aimed to investigate the association between vitamin D levels and the suspicion of cognitive impairment in Chilean older adults. Material and Method: We performed a cross-sectional stud...
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Introducción: En Chile ha aumentado la prevalencia de enfermedades neurocognitivas, entre ellas, la demencia y su precursor, el deterioro cognitivo. Conocer los factores de riesgo asociados a deterioro cognitivo es crítico en la prevención de esta condición. Objetivo: Caracterizar el funcionamiento y rendimiento cognitivo e identificar factores de...
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The impact of food literacy (FL) and nutrition literacy (NL) programs on lifestyles and health is recognized in the literature, yet few studies systematize it. This study aims to deepen the understanding of FL/NL from the characterization of programs in terms of (i) theoretical foundations, conceptualization and measuring instruments; (ii) characte...
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Antecedentes: Aunque se ha documentado la eficacia de las intervenciones vía mobile health (mHealth) para aumentar el ejercicio físico, existe evidencia limitada sobre la motivación, las barreras y los beneficios asociados a la práctica de ejercicio físico en este tipo de intervenciones mHealth. Objetivo: Examinar las diferencias de motivación, bar...
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Introducción: El nuevo índice de obesidad basado en el volumen corporal (ABSI) ha sido asociado con enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles y mortalidad, independientemente de los valores del índice de masa corporal (IMC); sin embargo, se desconoce su asociación con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DMT2) en población chilena. Objetivo: determinar la asoci...
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Introduction: The possibility of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) reversal has generated numerous studies in search of treatment, including cognitive stimulation through virtual reality (VR). Despite its use, there is still no evidence about the modalities and effects in people with MCI. Aim: To systematize the characteristics of the studies that ha...
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Objective: To identify the association between oral health and suspected cognitive impairment in older adults in Chile. Method: Cross-sectional study including 1826 people ≥60 years who participated in the National Health Survey of Chile, 2016-2017. Oral health was evaluated by the number of teeth, presence of caries, use of dental prostheses, s...
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Background: A low education level has been associated with cognitive impairment in older adults. Aim: To determine the association between educational attainment and suspicion of cognitive imparirment in older Chilean population. Material and Methods: Data from 2,005 adults aged ≥ 60 years assessed during 2016-2017 Chilean National Health Survey...
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Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de fragilidad según regiones de Chile empleando el Índice de Fragilidad (IF). Material y Métodos: Estudio de corte transversal con datos de 3.036 participantes ≥ 40 años de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2016-17. Para la medición de fragilidad, se construyó un IF de 49 ítems, y a cada individuo se le otorgó un pu...
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Introducción: No existen estudio en Chile que cuantifiquen la prevalencia de obesidad pre-sarcopénica. Por ende, el objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la prevalencia de obesidad pre-sarcopénica en personas mayores chilenas. Metodología: Se incluyeron 240 personas ≥ 60 años de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud (ENS) 2016-2017 de Chile. La pre-sarco...
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This scoping review synthesizes the evidence of the psychological outcomes of physical activity interventions in the classroom in children aged 6 to 12 years and describes the characteristics of the physical activity interventions implemented. We systematically searched in databases MEDLINE, SCOPUS, PsycINFO, ScienceDirect, Web of Science and SciEL...
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Background The Frailty Index (FI) is used to quantify and summarize vulnerability status in people. In Chile, no development and assessment of a FI have been explored. Objective To develop and evaluate a FI using representative data from Chilean adults aged 40 years and older stratified by sex. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting National repr...
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Citation: Diaz-Toro, F.; Nazar, G.; Troncoso, C.; Concha-Cisternas, Y.; Leiva-Ordoñez, A.M.; Martinez-Sanguinetti, M.A.; Parra-Soto, S.; Lasserre-Laso, N.; Cigarroa, I.; Mardones, L.; et al. Frailty Index as a Predictor of Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older People: A Prospective Analysis of Chilean Adults. Int. J. Environ. Res. Abstract: We aimed t...
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Introducción: La posibilidad de reversión del Deterioro Cognitivo Leve (DCL) ha generado diversas investigaciones en búsqueda de tratamiento, entre ellas la estimulación cognitiva a través de realidad virtual (RV). No obstante su uso, no existe aún evidencia acerca de las modalidades y efectos en personas con DCL. Objetivo: Sistematizar las caract...
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Objetivo: Determinar el cumplimiento de 5 recomenda ciones de las GABA y su asociación con variables antropométricas, de estilo de vida y metabólicas, en adolescentes que participaron en la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2016-2017. Sujetos y Método: Estu dio transversal que incluyó 355 adolescentes entre 15 a 19 años. Los participantes se dividieron e...
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Antecedentes: La velocidad de la marcha podría considerarse un marcador temprano de riesgo de deterioro cognitivo en personas mayores. Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre velocidad de la marcha y sospecha de deterioro cognitivo en población mayor chilena. Métodos: Se incluyeron 1788 personas mayores de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud (ENS) 201...
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Self-regulation (SR) and Self-compassion (SC) emerge as effective psychological resources for promoting health. Objective: To describe health-promoting and risk-taking behaviors of university students in Chile and establish their relationship with SR and SC. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive correlational study. A sample of Chilean...
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The objective of this research was to examine the mediating role that organizational dehumanization plays between authentic leadership and job satisfaction. The study was carried out with a sample of 422 participants, 50.7% were men and 49.3% women, with an average age of 38.96 years. The workers belong to different public and private organizations...
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This research aimed (1) to examine the agreement between body mass index (BMI)-based nutritional status and perceived nutritional status overall and by socio-demographic factors and (2) to state the association between the accuracy of weight perception and weight control practices in the Chilean adult population. A population-based cross-sectional...
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The coronavirus disease has exposed the population to psychosocial threats that could increase mental health problems. This research analyzed the relationships between emotional states (negative [−EWB] and positive [+EWB] experienced well-being), personal resources (resilient coping [RC]), dispositional resources (control beliefs about stress [BAS]...
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The aim of this study is two-fold. Firstly, to analyze the relations between the perceptions of job insecurity and financial threat and general mental health during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. And secondly, to identify the potential moderating effect of the support network. We carried out a cross-sectional study on a non-probabilistic...
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The concept of intensive parenting refers to a trend that has broadened and extended the cultural mandates around what is expected of parents in the “adequate” exercise of their roles. It implies that they focus their vital attention on the upbringing of children and give them full dedication; invest an enormous amount of energy, resources and capa...
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Depressive disorders are recognized as one of the most common mental health conditions across different age groups. However, the risk factors associated with depression among older people from low-and middle-income countries remains unclear. This study aims to identify socio-demographic, health and psychosocial-related factors associated with depre...
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eHealth interventions use information technology to provide attention to patients with chronic cardiovascular conditions, thereby supporting their self-management abilities. Objective: Identify barriers and aids to the implementation of eHealth interventions in people with chronic cardiovascular conditions from the perspectives of users, health p...
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The objective of this study is to validate Caesens, Stinglhamber, and Demoulin's (2017) organizational dehumanization scale (ODS) in a Spanish-speaking sample. A sample of 422 employees (49.3% women and 50.7% men) from Chile answered an online questionnaire comprised of measures of organizational dehumanization and job satisfaction, organizational...
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Antecedentes La pandemia por COVID-19 ha impactado en la actividad física y salud psicológica de estudiantes universitarios. Objetivo Analizar el comportamiento de la actividad física durante la pandemia por COVID-19 y su asociación con el bienestar subjetivo y salud mental en estudiantes universitarios en Chile. Método Estudio transversal en una...
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Antecedentes La prevalencia de obesidad de la población mundial hace necesario profundizar en sus determinantes conductuales y cognitivos motivacionales. La autorregulación alimentaria emerge como un recurso individual que favorece mantener una dieta y estado nutricional saludable, lo que a su vez incidirá en la experiencia de bienestar de la pobla...
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Eating behavior is intrinsically associated with the affective state and dominant emotions. This research set out to analyze the association between affectivity, anxious and depressive symptoms, emotional regulation, maladaptive eating styles, and intuitive eating. A cross-sectional, correlational study was carried out. Participants were 648 adults...
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Negative stereotypes about older workers can result in different types of age discrimination. The aim of this study was to run a transcultural adaptation and validation of the Nordic Age Discrimination Scale (NADS) into Spanish. Three independent samples of Chilean (N = 301), Colombian (N = 150), and Spanish (N = 209) workers over the age of 45, fr...
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Objective: To analyze the association between the behavioral profile of physical activity and sedentary time with subjective well-being and mental health in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile. Methods: Cross-sectional study in a voluntary sample of 469 university students (22.4 ± 0.19 years; 66% women). According to studen...
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Este estudio tuvo como objetivo conocer la relación entre estado nutricional, prácticas de alimentación del cuidador y conducta alimentaria en preescolares de una comuna del centro sur de Chile. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 249 preescolares y sus cuidadores principales. Se encontró una relación positiva entre índice de masa corporal (IMC) del ni...
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Chile is one of the Latin American countries that exhibits the greatest increase in the aging population, thus it is necessary to visualize different tools that guide healthy lifestyles at this stage of life. Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (abbreviated as GABA, for initials in Spanish) provide recommendations that allow improving the quality of life...
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Antecedentes: se observa un aumento creciente en la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en la población infantil y se multiplican iniciativas para su prevención y control. Objetivo: caracterizar las intervenciones en obesidad infantil publicadas en literatura científica reciente. Materiales y Métodos: se realizó una revisión sistemática de invest...
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Certain countries have the privilege of diverse ecosystems that allow access to wide food availability. This fact carries an intrinsic diversity in bioactive compounds such as phytochemicals, especially polyphenols. The aim of this review is to summarize the advances in polyphenols research which have been conducted in Chile, with a focus on polyph...
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Objective To investigate the relationship of a healthy eating score with depression in Chilean older adults. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Chilean older adults from the Chilean National Health Survey 2016-2017. Associations were analyzed using complex samples multivariable logistic regressions adjusted for: age, sex, socio-demographic, li...
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Introducción: La lactancia materna (LM) es un factor protector contra la obesidad infantil; sin embargo, los mecanismos a través de los cuales ejerce este efecto aún no están claros. El objetivo fue describir los mecanismos asociados al efecto protector que ejerce la lactancia materna contra la obesidad infantil. Métodos: Se utilizaron los buscado...
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Background: Depression is a highly prevalent disease in Chilean adults. Aim: To identify sociodemographic, biomedical, and psychosocial factors related with depression in a representative sample of the Chilean adult population. Material and Methods: Analysis of data from the National Health Survey 2016-2017 which included 5,291 participants aged >...
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Background: Depression is a highly prevalent disease in Chilean adults. Aim: To identify sociodemographic, biomedical, and psychosocial factors related with depression in a representative sample of the Chilean adult population. Material and methods: Analysis of data from the National Health Survey 2016-2017 which included 5,291 participants ag...
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Introduction: La esperanza de vida está aumentando en todo el mundo, así como la diabetes tipo 2 (DM2). Estudios poblacionales han demostrado que la duración de la DM2 se ha asociado con el deterioro cognitivo. Sin embargo, a pesar de la alta prevalencia de DM2 y deterioro cognitivo en Chile, aún no se ha investigado la asociación entre años con DM...
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Antecedentes: Las caídas limitan las actividades de la vida diaria. Actualmente se desconoce cómo los niveles de actividad física (AF) varían luego de sufrir una caída. Objetivo: investigar los niveles de práctica de actividad física de personas mayores que han reportado caídas en los últimos 12 meses. Métodos: Se incluyeron 1.254 participantes ≥ 6...
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Background: Legumes are low cost and high-quality nutritional foods. In Chile, a twice per week legume consumption is recommended to promote health and prevent disease. Aim: To characterize the consumption of legumes according to sociodemographic and anthropometric variables in the Chilean adult population. Material and method: Analysis of dat...
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In career development, a variety of personal, organizational and labor market variables challenge employees and organizations, in particular those in dynamic working environments, such as higher education (HE) institutions. This study examines the association between work history, organizational social capital (OSC) and perceived organizational pre...
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Antecedentes: La valoración de la delgadez y sesgo hacia las personas con sobrepeso, pueden promover menor valoración del cuerpo y estilos de alimentación desadaptativos; la autocompasión podría actuar mitigando estas relaciones. Objetivo: comprender la asociación entre apreciación corporal, internalización del sesgo del peso y estilos de alimenta...
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Antecedentes: El ideal de belleza asociado a la delgadez es un factor relevante en la conformación de la imagen corporal y en la conducta alimentaria, lo que hace necesario identificar recursos psicológicos que promuevan conductas alimentarias sanas, particularmente en mujeres. Objetivo: examinar la relación entre apreciación corporal, alimentació...
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Asociación entre la velocidad de marcha y el riesgo de deterioro cognitivo en personas mayores que viven en la comunidad Association between self-reported walking pace and cognitive impairment in older adults no institutionalized in Chile RESUMEN Objetivos: Determinar si la velocidad de marcha lenta se asocia a un mayor riesgo de deterioro cognitiv...
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Background: Water is an essential nutrient for cellular homeostasis and life. Drinking ≥ 6 glasses (1.5 L/day) is the recommendation of daily water intake (RIAD). Aim: To characterize water intake, according to sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyles variables, in the Chilean adult population. Material and Methods: Analysis of data from 5...
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Objective: To identify the psychosocial consequences of the pandemic and to define proposals for coping with the negative effects of the pandemic and confinement on mental health. Materials and Methods: For the first objective we searched for empirical articles in English or Spanish, published between January and May 2020, and indexed in the Web of...
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Objetivos: Determinar si la velocidad de marcha lenta se asocia a un mayor riesgo de deterioro cognitivo en personas mayores de 60 años, sanas, que viven en la comunidad, e investigar si esta asociación es modificable según niveles de actividad física y tiempo que permanecen sentados. Métodos: Estudio correlacional, transversal y retrospectivo. Se...
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The factors that influence physical activity levels are many, however, it is necessary to identify those that can be modified, among them are the sociocognitive variables.The general objective of this research was to analyze the relationship between physical self-concept, motivation, self-efficacy and perception of barriers to physical activity, an...
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In Latin America, various experiences that promote active aging are recognized, and can be replicated in various communities, as strategies aimed at a better quality of life. The objective of this review is to identify interventions or recommendations aimed at promoting active aging in Ibero-American countries. The search for evidence was carried o...
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Compliance with dietary guidelines is essential for adoopting a healthy lifestyle. This study aimed to characterise the lifestyles of the Chilean population according to the fulfilment of 5 recommendations of the Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (GABA in Spanish) established in Chile according to WHO definition. Data from the 2016-2017 National Health...
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Introducción: si bien la conducta alimentaria depende de múltiples factores, existe acuerdo en la importancia de aspectos socio-ambientales en los que la familia tiene un rol central, especialmente en edades tempranas. Objetivo: sistematizar evidencia científica actualizada sobre la asociación entre actitudes y prácticas de alimentación infantil,...
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The social distancing, confinement and quarantine adopted since March 2020 to confront the COVID-19 pandemic have affected multiple vital areas, and specially work, business and productive activities. Prior research has highlighted the relation between perceptions of risk in employment and its concomitant financial risk with a myriad of consequence...
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Background: Depression has been previously associated with cognitive impairment in high income country populations. However, its association in the Chilean population has not been investigated. Aim: To investigate the association between depression and cognitive impairment. Material and Methods: Data from 1384 Chilean adults aged > 60 years, part...
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Ageing will be one of the most significant social transformations of the 21st century worldwide. In the last 40 years, Chile has tripled its older adult population. As a result, by 2050 the country will have the highest proportion of older adults in Latin America. This remarkable growth reinforces the need to identify their current situation and to...
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Obesity is an inflammatory, chronic, recurrent and progressive disease with a multifactorial aetiology. More than 650 million people live with obesity across the globe, which represents a substantial physical, emotional and economic burden at all levels. Rapid urbanisation, economic growth and globalisation have deeply changed the lifestyles of the...
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Chile has one of the highest rates of obesity worldwide. Deaths attributed to obesity are likely to increase to 204,000 by 2030. There will be also a higher economic burden associated with this disease. There are many factors associated with obesity; however, it is known that one of the most effective strategies to decrease its prevalence is reduci...
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Introducción: a más de dos décadas de la introducción del concepto de salud intercultural en América Latina, su definición no está clara, pues ha adquirido diferentes significados dependiendo de su uso. Existen tensiones entre la tendencia a reducir la salud intercultural a la conciliación entre la biomedicina y la medicina indígena, y una perspect...
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Background: Bariatric surgery is one of the effective options for the reduction of body weight, however, there is no clarity regarding the postoperative weight loss curve, moreover, there are findings that suggest wide individual variability and the factors associated with this phenomenon are not clear yet. Aim: This study sought to identify the in...
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This study aims to associate child feeding attitudes and practices of caregivers with the nutritional status of Mapuche and non-Mapuche children. Two hundred schoolchildren from first to fourth grade and their caregivers participated. Measurement of weight and height was performed in children; caregivers completed the Child Feeding Questionnaire an...
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Background: Menopause exposes women to an increased cardiovascular risk. Aim: To determine the association between menopause and cardiovascular risk factors in Chilean adult women using data from the National Health Survey (NHS) 2016-2017. Material and Methods: Data from 2,139 women over 40 years of age participating in the NHS 2016-2017, with in...
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Los estudios que indagan en el funcionamiento psicológico de los inmigrantes ponen de relevancia el impacto negativo de la discriminación sobre el bienestar psicológico. Así también existe consenso respecto de la importancia del trabajo en su ajuste en países receptores; no obstante, escasamente se ha estudiado el efecto de la empleabilidad en su b...
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Objetivo: Identificar las creencias conductuales, normativas y de control que subyacen a la alimentación saludable en estudiantes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, México. Método: Estudio cualitativo y exploratorio, basado en la Teoría del Comportamiento Planeado realizado a partir de 3 grupos focales (n= 25). La información se analizó con la técn...
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Background Sleep duration may be a risk factor for cognitive impairment. Aim To investigate the association between sleep duration and cognitive function in Chilean older adults. Material and Methods We analyzed information from 1,384 participants aged > 60 years participating in the National Health Survey 2009-2010 who were assessed with the Min...
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Chile ha experimentado un acelerado envejecimiento poblacional como consecuencia de la disminución de las tasas de natalidad y mayor expectativa de vida. Según el Censo 2017 la población de personas mayores de 60 años equivale al 16,2% de los habitantes y se proyecta un 30,6% para el año 2050 (INE, 2017). Esta transición demográfica plantea grandes...
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El estudio aborda la relación entre las características motivacionales de diseño del trabajo y diferentes dimensiones de desempeño laboral, adoptando un enfoque ampliado respecto a su multidimensionalidad. Trabajadores de dos organizaciones chilenas (N = 197, 12.7 % mujeres, 87.3 % hombres, M = 35.63 años) reportaron sus percepciones del diseño del...

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