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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1029-30192020000500823</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Intervención psicoterapéutica breve en estudiantes caribeños de Medicina con reacciones psicológicas por impacto ante la COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Brief psychotherapeutic intervention in Caribbean Medicine students with psychological reactions due to impact of the COVID-19]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cobián Mena]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto Erconvaldo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lambert Delgado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adolfo Rafael]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres Leyva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Michel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Camejo Santacruz Pacheco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Irsel Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Del Valle Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Facultad de Medicina No. 1 ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital Infantil Docente Norte Dr. Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Policlínico Docente Armando García Aspurú ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Saturnino Lora ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>823</fpage>
<lpage>835</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000500823&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000500823&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192020000500823&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La propagación de la COVID-19 y su exponencial crecimiento como pandemia, abarcando a todas las regiones del mundo, ha sido, sin duda, un estresor social, psicológico y fisiológico sin precedentes.  Objetivo:  Evaluar la efectividad de la psicoterapia breve en un grupo de estudiantes caribeños de Medicina.  Métodos:  Se efectuó un estudio de intervención psicoterapéutica, monocéntrico, en 16 estudiantes caribeños de la Facultad de Medicina No. 1 en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba, durante abril de 2020, los cuales presentaron diversas manifestaciones psicológicas y/o psicopatológicas debido al impacto ante la COVID-19. A cada uno se le aplicó la escala de autoevaluación de depresión de Zung y Conde y el IDARE para evaluar el estado de ansiedad antes y después del tratamiento; también se les realizó una entrevista semiestructurada para profundizar en el problema y determinar el funcionamiento emocional y las situaciones generadoras de esos estados.  Resultados:  El sexo predominante fue el femenino y el rango etario de mayor frecuencia el de 20-30 años. Luego de la intervención existió una reducción tácita de los niveles de ansiedad y los síntomas depresivos, y se obtuvo una evolución clínica favorable.  Conclusiones:  La intervención psicoterapéutica resultó ser efectiva, pues se actuó directamente sobre los aspectos relacionados con la enfermedad que infundían temor a los educandos, y con ello se logró una buena respuesta clínica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The propagation of the COVID-19 and its exponential growth as pandemic, extended to all the regions of the world, has been, undoubtedly, a social, psychological and physiologic stressor without precedents.  Objective:  To evaluate the effectiveness of the brief psychotherapy in a group of Caribbean Medicine students.  Methods:  A monocentric study of psychotherapeutic intervention was carried out in 16 Caribbean students from the No. 1 Medicine Faculty in the University of Medical Sciences in Santiago de Cuba, during April, 2020, which presented diverse psychological and/or psychopathological signs due to the impact of COVID-19. The depression self-appraisal scale of Zung-Conde and IDARE was applied to all of them to evaluate the state of anxiety before and after the treatment; a semistructured interview was also carried out to deepen in the problem and to determine the emotional performance and the generating situations of those states.  Results:  The predominant sex was the female and the age range of more frequency was that of 20-30 years. After the intervention it existed a tacit reduction of the anxiety levels and the depressive symptoms, and there was a favorable clinical course.  Conclusions:  The psychotherapeutic intervention was effective, because it directly acted on the aspects related to the disease that instill fear to the students, and a good clinical answer was achieved.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estudiantes de medicina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[salud mental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ansiedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[depresión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medicine students]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mental health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[anxiety]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[depression]]></kwd>
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