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Item GAD-7 Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale in Colombian medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: construct validity and reliability | [Escala de ansiedad generalizada GAD-7 en profesionales médicos colombianos durante pandemia de COVID-19: validez de constructo y confiabilidad](Elsevier Doyma, 2021) Camargo, Loida; Herrera-Pino, Jorge; Shelach, Salomon; Soto-Añari, Marcio; Porto, Maria F; Alonso, Monica; González, Miguel; Contreras, Oscar; Caldichoury, Nicole; Ramos-Henderson, Miguel; Gargiulo, Pascual; López, NormanIntroduction: The detection of anxiety symptoms among health workers who care for patients infected with COVID-19 is a current priority. Fast and valid instruments are required for this population group. The objective is to establish the construct validity and reliability of the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale in Colombian doctors during the COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: E-health study, in which cross-sectional data were collected online (n = 1,030) from 610 COVID doctors and 420 non-COVID doctors, during the Colombian lockdown, between 20 April and 10 August 2020. Each subject was contacted, and they confirmed their participation, identity and professional role. Results: A single factor factorial structure was found, made up of the 7 items of the instrument, which managed to explain 70% of the variance. The goodness of fit indices (RMSEA = 0.080; CFI = 0.995; SRMR = 0.053; p [removed]0.070. Finally, the internal consistency of the instrument was good, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.920 (95%IC, 8.80-9.71). Conclusions: The GAD-7 is an instrument that presents adequate indicators of validity and reliability. It is an excellent tool that is reliable and easy and fast to use for the detection of generalised anxiety symptoms in medical personnel caring (or not) for patients infected with COVID-19.Item Prevalence of Dementia and Associated Factors among Older Adults in Latin America during the COVID-19 Pandemic(S. Karger AG, 2021) Soto-Añari, Marcio; Camargo, Loida; Ramos-Henderson, Miguel; Rivera-Fernández, Claudia; Denegri-Solís, Lucia; Calle, Ursula; Mori, Nicanor; Ocampo-Barbá, Ninoska; López, Fernanda; Porto, Maria; Caldichoury-Obando, Nicole; Saldías, Carol; Gargiulo, Pascual; Castellanos, Cesar; Shelach-Bellido, Salomon; López, Norman"Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on cognitive health in Latin American older adults, increasing the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. Our objective was to analyze the prevalence of dementia and the associated factors in Latin American older adults during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Methods: A multicentric first phase cross-sectional observational study was conducted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Five thousand two hundred and forty-five Latin American adults over 60 years of age were studied in 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. We used the telephone version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the ""Alzheimer Disease 8""scale for functional and cognitive changes, and the abbreviated version of the Yesavage depression scale. We also asked for sociodemographic and lockdown data. All the evaluation was made by telephone. Cross-tabulations and tests were used to determine the variability of the prevalence of impairment by sociodemographic characteristics and binary logistic regression to assess the association between dementia and sociodemographic factors. Results: We observed that the prevalence of dementia in Latin America is 15.6%, varying depending on the country (Argentine = 7.83 and Bolivia = 28.5%). The variables most associated with dementia were race and age. It does not seem to be associated with the pandemic but with social and socio-health factors. Conclusion: The prevalence of dementia shows a significant increase in Latin America, attributable to a constellation of ethnic, demographic, and socioeconomic factors. © 2021 Authors"Item The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on emotional state among older adults in Latin America(Cambridge University Press, 2021) Soto-Añari, Marcio; Ramos-Henderson, Miguel A; Camargo, Loida; Calizaya López, José; Caldichoury, Nicole; López, Norman(No abstract available)