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Conocimientos acerca del insomnio de médicos residentes en Paraguay

Authors

  • Jorge Villalba
  • Ivan Barrios Author
  • Margarita Samudio Author
  • Julio Torales Author

Keywords:

insomnio, conocimientos, médicos residentes

Abstract

El insomnio es un trastorno que puede presentarse en cualquier edad y hasta un 30% de la población mundial lo padece en algún momento; puede ser síntoma de un sinnúmero de patologías médicas que incluye muchos trastornos psiquiátricos. El objetivo de este estudio observacional analítico de corte transversal fue determinar el grado de conocimiento sobre insomnio en médicos residentes de Asunción-Paraguay; se incluyeron 54 médicos residentes entre 26-39 años de edad de las Cátedras de Medicina Interna (26), Medicina Familiar (11) y Psiquiatría (17). Significativamente mayor proporción de residentes de Psiquiatría (47,1%) y de Medicina Familiar (45,5%) tuvieron buen conocimiento comparado a los de Medicina Interna (7,7%). El 59,3% de los residentes (Psiquiatría: 58,8%, Medicina Familiar: 75,0% y Medicina Interna: 53,8%) había diagnosticado alguna vez insomnio primario y la mayoría de ellos registra ≤20% de los pacientes con insomnio en las historias clínicas. Sobre el tratamiento instaurado, el 57,4% utiliza medidas farmacológicas, el 55,5% medidas de higiene del sueño, mientras que 18,5% recomienda actividad física. Entre los grupos farmacológicos que conocen para el tratamiento del insomnio, el 72,2% de los residentes citó a las benzodiacepinas; hipnóticos no benzodiacepínicos (16,7%); antipsicóticos (35,2%); antihistamínicos (9,3%) y otras medicaciones (27,8%). Los conocimientos de los residentes respecto a la terapéutica del insomnio son suficientes, pero no del nivel deseable. Esto resalta la necesidad de establecer oportunidades educativas sobre el manejo y tratamiento del insomnio y mayor profundización de la teoría y la práctica de la medicina del sueño en estudiantes de grado y posgrado.

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2017-04-01

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Villalba, J., Barrios, I., Samudio, M., & Torales, J. (2017). Conocimientos acerca del insomnio de médicos residentes en Paraguay. Memorias Del Instituto De Investigaciones En Ciencias De La Salud, 15(1). https://revistascientificas.una.py/index.php/RIIC/article/view/1894