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    Healthcare attitudes toward depression in Latin America: a latent class analysis from Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela using the Spanish-validated revised depression attitude questionnaire (SR-DAQ)
    (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2025-10-01)
    Marco Faytong-Haro
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    Genesis Camacho-Leon
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    Robert Araujo-Contreras
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    Stephanie Gallegos
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    Hans Mautong
    Background: Depression significantly impacts health systems worldwide, particularly in Latin America, where cultural stigmatization and misconceptions about mental health deter individuals from seeking help. Healthcare professionals’ attitudes toward depression may affect its prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Objective: To categorize Latin American healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards diagnosis and management of depression in subgroups using the Spanish-validated Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire (SR-DAQ). Methods: A cross-sectional study surveyed 2,409 professionals using SR-DAQ from 2019 to 2022. Latent class analysis and multinomial logistic regression were used to identify attitude classes and explore demographic influences. Results: Among our sample, four attitude classes were identified: Depression Skeptics (21%), Depression Cautious (33%), Depression Neutrals (18%), and Depression Advocates (28%). Gender and medical subspecialty significantly influenced class membership, with females and mental health specialists more likely to be part of the Advocates. Conclusion: The study reveals varied attitudes towards depression among Latin American healthcare professionals, suggesting the need for tailored public health strategies to enhance effective depression care and management.
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    Dentists´ knowledge about common risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and periodontitis: An opportunity to be part of a multidisciplinary team
    (Medicina Oral, S.L., 2024)
    J. Otero
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    Y. Ortiz-Gomez
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    LOPEZ JARAMILLO, JOSÉ PATRICIO  
    Background: Reducing the disease burden of cardiovascular diseases and periodontitis continues to be a priority and dentists are part of the primary care team. However, it is unclear whether Colombian dentists have the necessary knowledge to identify cardiovascular disease risk factors in clinical practice. The main aim of this study was to investigate Colombian dentists’ knowledge about common risk factors for cardiovascular disease and periodontitis. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. A self-administered electronic survey was validated by experts and completed by 232 dentists who practiced in Colombia. Descriptive and multivariate analyzes were performed, including hierarchical cluster analysis. Results: Regarding the identification of shared risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease or periodontitis, 80.6% identified smoking and 72.8% diabetes. The correct identification of cardiovascular disease risk factors was between 34.9% in the case of eating practices and 78.0% for physical inactivity. Being a woman (79.8%), under 40 years of age (64.0%), not having completed a postgraduate degree (68.5%), and working in private institutions (88.8%) were the characteristics of dentists that best identified common risk factors for both cardiovascular disease and periodontitis. Conclusions: Colombian dentists had good knowledge of common risk factors for both cardiovascular diseases and periodontitis, but limited knowledge about cardiovascular disease risk factors. Younger dentists better identified risk factors. Conversely, older, more experience, and more specialized practitioners could benefit from more training about cardiovascular risk factors in order to truly be part of multidisciplinary teams in primary care.