Intimate partner violence in older women in Spain: prevalence, health consequences, and service utilization

The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of lifetime intimate partner violence (IPV) in older women and to analyze its effect on women's health and Healthcare Services utilization. Women aged 55 years and over (1,676) randomly sampled from Primary Healthcare Services around Spain were included. Lifetime IPV prevalence, types, and duration were calculated. Descriptive and multivariate procedures using logistic and multiple lineal regression models were used. Of the women studied, 29.4% experienced IPV with an average duration of 21 years. Regardless of the type of IPV experienced, abused women showed significantly poorer health and higher healthcare services utilization compared to women who had never been abused. The high prevalence detected long standing duration, negative health impact, and high healthcare services utilization, calling attention to a need for increased efforts aimed at addressing IPV in older women.

Supplementary Material: Analysis of the Connecting Zone Between Consecutive Sections in Distillation Columns Covering Multiple Feeds, Products and Heat Transfer Stages

Supplementary Material: J.A. REYES-LABARTA, M.D. SERRANO and A. MARCILLA. ANALYSIS OF THE CONNECTING ZONE BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE SECTIONS IN DISTILLATION COLUMNS COVERING MULTIPLE FEEDS, PRODUCTS AND HEAT TRANSFER STAGES. Latin American Applied Research an International Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2014, vol. 44(4), 307-312 (http://www.laar.uns.edu.ar/indexes/artic_v4404/44_04_307.pdf)

San Juan de Dios, la implementación de una cultura de cuidados

A lo largo de este trabajo analizaremos la influencia de San Juan de Dios en la sanidad, ya que en diferentes y múltiples bases de datos aparecen publicaciones donde se manifiesta y menciona al Santo de San Juan de Dios como un contribuidor de los cuidados a enfermos. Objetivo: Describir las aportaciones y repercusiones de San Juan de Dios en los cuidados de los enfermos, realizando para ello una reflexión analítica sobre los mismos y valorando si existe un paralelismo con la realidad actual sanitaria. Metodología: Realización de una revisión bibliográfica mediante una búsqueda sistemática de los términos: San Juan de Dios, Cuidados, Cultura y Enfermo, en las bases de datos: Enfispo, Dialnet, PubMed, Cuiden, Cochrane Plus, Scielo y Biblioteca Virtual del Sistema Sanitario Público Andaluz, y posterior análisis reflexivo de la investigación documental existente. Conclusiones: Las contribuciones aportadas por San Juan de Dios suponen la implementación de una nueva cultura de cuidados, referentes tanto a organización como a cambios en las formas de concebir la enfermedad, que aún hoy en día en la actualidad siguen vigente.

Motivational profiles Spanish students of Compulsory Secondary Education: Differential analysis of academic self-attributions

Academic goals and academic self-attributions are relevant variables in school settings. The objective of this study is to identify whether there are combinations of multiple goals that lead to different motivational profiles and to determine whether there are significant differences between the groups obtained regarding causal attributions of success and failure (ability, effort, or external causes) in Mathematics and Language and Literature, and in overall academic performance. The Goal Achievement Tendencies Questionnaire (AGTQ) and the Sydney Attribution Scale (SAS) were administered to a sample of 2022 students of compulsory secondary education, ranging in age from 12 to 16 years (M = 13.81, SD = 1.35). Cluster analysis identified four motivational profiles: a group of students with a high generalized motivation profile, a group of students with low generalized motivation profile, a group of students with predominance of learning goals and achievement goals, and a final group of students with predominance of social reinforcement goals. Results revealed statistically significant differences between the profiles obtained in academic self-attributions.