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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2664-2891</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista científica ciencias de la salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. cient. cienc. salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2664-2891</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad del Pacífico]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S2664-28912022000200038</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.53732/rccsalud/04.02.2022.38</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Conocimiento sobre hipercolesterolemia familiar por el personal de salud en República Dominicana]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Familiar hypercholesterolemia knowledge by health personnel in Dominican Republic]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Herrera-Morban]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Demian Arturo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mendez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maxima]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Grullon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Angelica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santos-Acevedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[StephaniJohanny]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Verges-Castro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peralta-Ciriaco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Iván]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez-Despradel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jose]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soto-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Medina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Wendy Rosario]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Goicochea]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Anahi]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Concepción-Lantigua]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafaelina Mercedes]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valenzuela-Valderas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hillary Nicole]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Pediátrico Dr. Hugo Mendoza  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santo Domingo ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Medico Los Ríos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Jarabacoa La Vega]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas Santo Domingo ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santo Domingo ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Médico UCE  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santo Domingo ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,CEDIMAT, Centro Cardiovascular  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af7">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Regional Universitario Dr. Luis Manuel Morrillo King  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Vega ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af8">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Sango Domingo ]]></addr-line>
<country>República Dominicana</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>4</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>38</fpage>
<lpage>42</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2664-28912022000200038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2664-28912022000200038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2664-28912022000200038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Introducción. La hipercolesterolemia familiar (HcF) es una patología causada por diversas mutaciones con una incidencia variable dependiendo de su forma heterocigota u homocigota. Sin embargo, pocos casos son diagnosticados y no todo el personal de salud conoce sobre la enfermedad. Materiales y Método. Se realizóuna encuesta en línea basada en Google Forms para medir el nivel de conocimiento del personal de salud sobre la HcF en la República Dominicana. Se utilizó un cuestionario confeccionado por los autores basado en los criterios DUCTH de hipercolesterolemia. Resultados. El predominio del personal de salud que llenó el cuestionario fue de nutriólogos; el conocimiento sobre los valores de corte adecuado para el diagnóstico de HcF fue reportado en 30% de la muestra. Conclusiones. Es imperativo incrementar el conocimiento del personal de salud sobre HcF con el objetivo de disminuir la muerte cardiovascular prematura.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Introduction: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a disease caused by various mutations with a variable incidence depending on its heterozygous or homozygous form. However, few cases are diagnosed and not all health personnel know about the disease. Material and Methods: An online survey based on Google Forms was conducted to measure the level of knowledge of health personnel about FH in the Dominican Republic. A questionnaire prepared by the authors based on the DUCTH criteria for hypercholesterolemia was used. Results: The predominance of health personnel who filled out the questionnaire was nutritionists; knowledge about the appropriate cut-off values &#8203;&#8203;for the diagnosis of FH was reported in 30% of the sample. Conclusions: It is imperative to increase knowledge of the health personnel on FH to reduce premature cardiovascular death.]]></p></abstract>
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