Patient perspective

A central objective of the journal is to include the patient’s perspective, as an essential dimension in the healthcare area.

These articles can be authored by patients, individuals with lived experience, or patient advocates.

The themes may be framed within their experience with a health problem, or perception of a specific therapeutic intervention.

 

 

 

 

 

If the person does not wish to be publicly identified, it will be accepted that they publish their writing under a pseudonym.

 

Preparing your manuscript for submission

 

Manuscripts must be written in the Word processor, the font requested for writing is Times New Roman 12 points, with 2 line spacing, and margins adjusted to 2.5 cm.

 

The submission must include the following documents:

  1. Manuscript submission format (PDF) Download document.
  2. Cover page (Word file)
  3. Article text (Word blind article file)
  4. Figures and images that must be uploaded in JPG, TIFF, or PGN format.
  5. Originality letter (PDF file) Download format.
  6. Authorization letter for literary communication (article) (PDF file) Download format.

 

Cover page

 

  1. Title: with a maximum of 20 words.

 

  1. First and last name, consider whether the paternal and maternal surname are recorded and linked with a hyphen.

 

*NOTE: This is the way the publisher presents the order of the authors' names in all published articles. The hyphen between the surnames is defined by the author.

 

  1. Academic degrees of the author (include the full name of the academic degree).

 

  1. Affiliations and institution(s) where the work was performed. Include the affiliation data of each of the authors (name and address of the institution where the study was carried out, city and country of the institution).

 

NOTE: Indicate all affiliations using a superscript lowercase letter at the end of each author's last name.

 

  1. Provide the ORCID code (alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies scientists and other academic authors). You must include the full address, example: https://orcid.org/0003-4585-8734-5231. If you do not have this, it is not an essential requirement.

 

NOTE: The information on the cover must be placed in a list in the order requested above.

 

Article text

 

The file with the text of the article must begin with the title of the research followed by the content and up to the references (including tables, figures, and graphs). Since this document corresponds to the blind file, it should not contain any mention of the names or initials of the authors or the institution where the study was carried out or acknowledgments. Consecutive page headers/titles may include the title, but not the authors' names. Manuscripts that do not comply with the blinding policy established by the Journal of Physiotherapy in Mental Health will be returned to the corresponding author. Authors are requested not to compress the files. Limit file size to 1 MB. Incorporate images, graphs, and/or tables in the text of the file. Pages should be numbered consecutively, starting with the first page of the blinding article file.

 

The author is requested to remove personal information from the Word document by changing the "Author Name" and "Last Modified By" to "user" to maintain anonymity before uploading. For more information: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/office/ayudar-a-proteger-la-privacidad-252a47ec-1b31-4fd0-8450-e66d6c2de950

 

The text structure must contain:

  1. Title
  2. Text of the experience
  3. Conflict of interests
  4. References
  5. Appendixes

 

  1. Title: Using a maximum of 20 words

 

  1. Text of the experience: develop the text focusing on points such as the impact on a personal level, on health, on participation in different daily activities, etc. of the diagnosis or injury; their experience during the intervention received, as well as the impact obtained as a result of the treatment received. You can suggest points to improve the interventions.

 

  1. Conflict of interest: must be fully detailed, all authors must declare financial information and relationships with other people or organizations that could improperly influence their work. If there is no conflict of interest, the authors must declare that they do not exist.

 

  1. References: for bibliographic references, the Vancouver format must be used.

 

Arabic numbers will be used and will be included in the text in order of appearance of the bibliographic citation consecutively: 1,2,3,4…. The numerical quote will be presented in the text with the corresponding number in superscript, without parentheses. Example: ....text. 8

 

The bibliography list will be placed at the end of the document with the same orderly numbering.

 

The work will be facilitated if bibliographic reference managers are used: EndNote, EndNote Web, Ref Works, Mendeley, etc.

 

For articles that have the DOI, at the end of each reference, the complete DOI address must appear (https://doi.org/…) with the link.

 

  1. Appendixes: If there is more than one appendix, it must be listed as A, B, etc.

 

  1. Tables and Figures: Tables concisely and efficiently illustrate relevant information in the manuscript. They must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. The table must be mentioned in the body of the text to subsequently insert it. Follow the standards established in Vancouver for its preparation.

 

The figures concisely and efficiently illustrate the relevant information of the manuscript through drawings, photographs, diagrams, etc. They must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. The figure must be mentioned in the body of the text to subsequently insert it. Follow the standards established in Vancouver for its preparation.

 

Authors are recommended to consult the guidelines prepared for the preparation of scientific manuscripts by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), available at:

http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/manuscript-preparation/

 

Letter formats

  1. Originality letter (PDF file) Download format.
  2. Authorization letter for literary communication (article) (PDF file) Download format.