Silvia Marcela Ballesteros - Epidemiology

Author Information

Silvia Marcela Ballesteros is affiliated with the Clinical Studies and Clinical Epidemiology Division at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, located at Calle 119 A 7-49, Bogotá, Colombia. Her research primarily focuses on epidemiological studies, with a particular interest in socioeconomic factors affecting health outcomes, the impact of multimorbidity, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research Contributions

Silvia Marcela Ballesteros has made significant contributions to the field of epidemiology through her research on various public health issues. In 2021, she published multiple papers addressing critical topics such as the socioeconomic variation of multimorbidity in older adults, the use of corticosteroids in COVID-19 patients, the estimation methods for COVID-19 cases, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood immunisation in Colombia. Her research also includes a systematic review on the prevention of carpal tunnel syndrome in the workplace and an analysis of COVID-19 distribution in Bogotá in relation to poverty. Additionally, she has explored the co-infection patterns of respiratory pathogens and HIV in COVID-19 patients and examined functional limitation prevalence among the Colombian elderly.

Aliases

Silvia Marcela Ballesteros is also known by the names Silvia Ballesteros and Silvia Marcela Ballesteros.

Publication and Citation Metrics

Metric	Value
Total Papers	9
Total Citations	66
h-Index	4

Publications:

Socioeconomic Variation of Multimorbidity in Colombian Older Adults

DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-234121/V1

Year: 2021

Use of corticosteroids in COVID-19 patients vs. acute respiratory distress syndrome of other etiologies: Are there any differences?

DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2021.30

Year: 2021

Are we using the right method to estimate the number of COVID-19 cases?

DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2021.1897242

Year: 2021

Strategies for the prevention of carpal tunnel syndrome in the workplace: A systematic review.

DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103353

Year: 2021

COVID-19 distribution in Bogotá, Colombia: effect of poverty during the first 2 months of pandemic

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-214579

Year: 2021

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood immunisation in Colombia

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321792

Year: 2021

Socioeconomic variation of multimorbidity in Colombian older adults

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02219-w

Year: 2021

Co‐infection of other respiratory pathogens and HIV in COVID‐19 patients: is there a pattern?

DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26331

Year: 2020

Individual- and state-level factors associated with functional limitation prevalence among Colombian elderly: a multilevel analysis.

DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00163717

Year: 2018

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