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Purpose: To improve of the systemic understanding of the causes of CKD mortality for the ideation of solutions with Public Research Centers. Methodology: A community-based system dynamics methodology was implemented to generate a map of systems and solutions. Theoretical Findings: Four causal cycles were identified: Primary risk management; comprehensive management of patients at risk; management of the patient in the final stage; and comprehensive management of the patient in the final stage. Practical Findings: The axes of solution were to increase the number of patients with self-care from stage four to five, and in the Renal Replacement Therapy stage; and increase the number of patients with end-stage treatment.Originality: The discoveries of the map guide the development of solutions and research programs of public research centers, as well as the disciplinary integration of medicine, psychology, nutrition, social work, and community. Conclusions and limitations: The generated map can be used to prospect the potential impact of both interventions and scenarios with current conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the analysis of the results obtained after applying an intervention based on emotional intelligence (EI) and another based on games, named juegos varios (JV), to hospitalized children, interventions that are aimed to reduce negative affect (NA) and maintain or increase positive affect (PA). Two groups of hospitalized children were analyzed: The first received an EI intervention and consisted of 27 patients with an average age of 10.21 years and standard deviation of 2.52; the second received a JV intervention without a psychological foundation, consisting of 20 patients with an average age of 9.85 years and 2.96 standard deviation. In both groups the NA and PA were measured using the Rate Your Day Scale before and after either intervention. The analyses indicate that the JV intervention decreases NA, while the IE intervention decreases NA and increases PA. We conclude that both interventions improve the emotional state of hospitalized children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]