Daniel Camilo Aguirre Acevedo

Artículo originalValidación de la escala para cribar alteración cognitiva en psiquiatría (SCIP–S) en pacientes con trastorno bipolarValidation of the Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP-S) Screen Scale in Patients with Bipolar Disorder I

BACKGROUND The Spanish version of the cognitive impairment in psychiatry scale screening scale has been developed as a response to the needs arising in clinical practice during the evaluation of mental illness patients, but the performance is not known in the Colombian population with bipolar disorder I. This paper tries to establish construct validity and stability of the scale in patients with bipolar disorder I in the city of Manizales. METHODS Construct validity was estimated by comparing the measurement in two divergent groups, a control group and a group with bipolar disorder I. It was also compared to a Neuropsychological battery measuring the same scale domains. The correlation between each one of the sub-tests of the scale and stability was evaluated through the reliability test-retest in the group with bipolar disorder I. RESULTS The scale showed discriminatory capacity in cognitive functioning between the control group and the group with bipolar disorder I. The correlation with the neuropsychological battery was estimated by the Spearman test showing results between 0.36 and 0.77, and the correlation between each sub-test of the scale showed correlations between 0.39 and 0.72. Test-retest was measured with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and their values were between 0.77 and 0.91. CONCLUSIONS The Spanish version of screening scale in the cognitive disorder in psychiatry shows acceptable validity and reliability as a measurement tool in clinical psychiatric practice.

Validación de la escala para cribar alteración cognitiva en psiquiatría (SCIP–S) en pacientes con trastorno bipolar

BACKGROUND The Spanish version of the cognitive impairment in psychiatry scale screening scale has been developed as a response to the needs arising in clinical practice during the evaluation of mental illness patients, but the performance is not known in the Colombian population with bipolar disorder I. This paper tries to establish construct validity and stability of the scale in patients with bipolar disorder I in the city of Manizales. METHODS Construct validity was estimated by comparing the measurement in two divergent groups, a control group and a group with bipolar disorder I. It was also compared to a Neuropsychological battery measuring the same scale domains. The correlation between each one of the sub-tests of the scale and stability was evaluated through the reliability test-retest in the group with bipolar disorder I. RESULTS The scale showed discriminatory capacity in cognitive functioning between the control group and the group with bipolar disorder I. The correlation with the neuropsychological battery was estimated by the Spearman test showing results between 0.36 and 0.77, and the correlation between each sub-test of the scale showed correlations between 0.39 and 0.72. Test-retest was measured with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and their values were between 0.77 and 0.91. CONCLUSIONS The Spanish version of screening scale in the cognitive disorder in psychiatry shows acceptable validity and reliability as a measurement tool in clinical psychiatric practice.

LAS REPRESENTACIONES SOCIALES DEL ENEMIGO: LA ORGANIZACIÓN DE UN CAMPO EN TENSIÓN (Social representations of the enemy: an organization of a field in tension)

Resumen El presente articulo es resultado de uno de los componentes de la investigacion “Representaciones sociales del enemigo, construidas a traves de la memoria social entre sujetos desmovilizados de grupos de Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)”. Este componente se centro en el estudio de la organizacion de las representaciones sociales del enemigo, construidas entre los participantes; asimismo, se realizo una lectura psicosociologica de los contenidos que conforman el campo, articulando la teoria de las Representaciones Sociales con aportes de otras alternativas teoricas. La interpretacion se oriento a partir de los resultados del analisis de clases latentes. Se utilizo como tecnica de generacion de datos la asociacion libre de palabras. La mayor parte de los contenidos se organizan en torno a tres clases, en las que sobresale una inclinacion aversiva contra el que se coloque en la posicion de enemigo, destacandose los efectos que tiene haber participado en el conflicto armado. Estas imagenes del enemigo se relacionan con emociones y actitudes como las de eliminarlo, temerle u odiarlo. Una de las clases, la de menos incidencia, ofrece la consideracion de practicas conciliatorias.

Confiabilidad de un cuestionario para rastreo de trastorno de aprendizaje (CEPA) en niños en edad escolar

The assessment questionnaires are basic tools used in research or in programs geared to the early, simple, and fast detection of a sickness in the general population, with a high level of accepted reliability and validity. Objective: to determine the reliability of an assessment questionnaire dealing with learning disabilities; which makes easy the detection of children who are more likely to have learning disabilities. Patients and Methods: a random sample of 681 children was chosen; they rd th