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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1683-9803</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Pediatría (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Pediatr. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1683-9803</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Pediatría]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1683-98032024000100058</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31698/ped.51012024008</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Trastornos psicopatológicos de los pacientes de un hospital pediátrico durante la pandemia por el SARS COV-2]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Psychopathological disorders of patients of a pediatric hospital during the SARS COV-2 pandemic]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Aguilera Benítez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nathalia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gauto Q]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Macarena S.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mesquita Ramirez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mirta N.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Pediátrico &#8220;Niños de Acosta Ñu&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Pediátrico &#8220;Niños de Acosta Ñu&#8221;, Departamento de Docencia e Investigación ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Filosofía Carrera de Psicología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>58</fpage>
<lpage>65</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1683-98032024000100058&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1683-98032024000100058&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1683-98032024000100058&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La pandemia del COVID-19 alteró la vida de la población infantil. Según UNICEF, 1 de cada 7 niños se ha visto directamente afectado por los confinamientos en todo el mundo.  Objetivo:  Describir las características de la consulta y los diagnósticos de los pacientes que acudieron al departamento de salud mental del Hospital General Pediátrico Niños de Acosta Ñu, durante la pandemia COVID-19.  Materiales y Métodos:  Estudio observacional descriptivo transversal, retrospectivo. Se incluyeron a los pacientes que acudieron al Departamento de Salud Mental del Hospital General Pediátrico Niños de Acosta Ñu con diagnósticos psicopatológicos durante la pandemia COVID-19 en el periodo de marzo 2020 a marzo 2021. Las variables fueron: edad, sexo, procedencia, áreas de reclutamiento, tipo de consulta, modalidad de consulta, motivo de evaluación en salud mental, diagnóstico, tratamiento, hospitalización. Los datos se analizaron en IBM SPSS v.21 (demo) utilizando estadística descriptiva. El protocolo fue aprobado por el comité de ética.  Resultados:  Fueron incluidos 130 participantes, la mediana de edad fue de 13.5 años. El 81.5% procedían del Departamento Central y el 53.8% eran de sexo femenino. El 87.7% eran pacientes en seguimiento y el 69.2% realizaron la consulta de manera presencial. Los diagnósticos más frecuentes fueron, la depresión en un 51.5% y la negligencia o abandono en 27.7%. Se observó asociación de diagnósticos en 58.1%. El 70.8% requirió tratamiento y 10.8% requirió internación.  Conclusión:  Consultaron con mayor frecuencia adolescentes de sexo femenino. El diagnóstico más frecuente fue la depresión, acompañados de antecedentes de abuso sexual y/o de negligencia o abandono.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The COVID-19 pandemic altered the lives of the children's population. According to UNICEF, 1 in 7 children has been directly affected by lockdowns around the world.  Objective: Describe the characteristics of the consultation and the diagnoses of the patients who attended the Mental Health Department of the Children General Pediatric Hospital &#8220;Acosta Ñu&#8221;, during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Materials and methods:  Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study that included those patients who attended the Mental Health Department of the Children Pediatric Hospital &#8220;Acosta Ñu&#8221; with psychopathological diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in the period from March 2020 to March 2021. The variables were: age, sex, origin, recruitment areas, type of consultation, mode of consultation, reason for mental health evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, hospitalization. Data were analyzed in IBM SPSS v.21 (demo) using descriptive statistics. The protocol was approved by the ethics committee.  Results:  130 participants were included with a median age of 13.5 years. 81.5% came from the Central Department and 53.8% were female. 87.7% were patients in follow-up and 69.2% had the consultation in person. The most frequent diagnoses were depression in 51.5% and neglect or abandonment in 27.7%. Association of diagnoses was observed in 58.1%. 70.8% required treatment and 10.8% required hospitalization.  Conclusion:  Female adolescents consulted more frequently. The most frequent diagnosis was depression, accompanied by a history of sexual abuse or neglect or abandonment.]]></p></abstract>
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