Trait and state anxiety in healthcare professionals of intensive care unit.

OBJECTIVE: To estimate trait and state anxiety levels among intensivecare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. METHOD: Cross-sectional, analytical study, conducted from April to July 2022, in a teaching hospital in southern Brazil, using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scale. RESULTS: Trait and state anxiety were present in more than half of the sample, being associated with gender, age group, having children, weekly workload, time working in the hospital and ICU (p<0.05) for the state; and associated with gender, having children, profession, daily and weekly workload, and time working in the hospital (p<0.05) for the trait. CONCLUSION: Trait and state anxiety were medium to high level for women, young, without children, non-nurses, with a daily shift of 9 to 18 working hours, a weekly workload of more than 40 hours, with less than five years of experience in intensive care and with more than five years of experience working in the institution.

Construct validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale.

OBJECTIVE: To validate the construct and test the reliability of the Brazilian version of Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale. METHODS: Methodological research with 220 participants in a primary health care unit from Curitiba, Paraná. The data were collected with a social demographic questionnaire and the Brazilian version of the scale. The construct validity and reliability were assessed using Cronbach's Alpha, Pearson's Correlation and Analysis of Variance. The discriminant validity was verified comparing groups of people with hypertension and without, using T test. RESULTS: Cronbach's Alpha was 0.74. The groups comparison showed that people with hypertension had better results (p<0,001). Pearson's Correlation showed that the questions measure different aspects of the same construct, justifying its organization in subdimensions. CONCLUSION: The Brazilian version of Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale is a reliable instrument, which had its construct and criterion validated to measure knowledge about hypertension among Brazilian people. It can help health professionals with planning educative actions.

Trait and state anxiety in healthcare professionals of intensive care unit / Rasgo y estado de ansiedad en profesionales de salud de unidad de cuidados intensivos / Ansiedade traço e estado em profissionais da saúde de unidade de terapia intensiva

ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate trait and state anxiety levels among intensivecare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: Cross-sectional, analytical study, conducted from April to July 2022, in a teaching hospital in southern Brazil, using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scale. Results: Trait and state anxiety were present in more than half of the sample, being associated with gender, age group, having children, weekly workload, time working in the hospital and ICU (p<0.05) for the state; and associated with gender, having children, profession, daily and weekly workload, and time working in the hospital (p<0.05) for the trait. Conclusion: Trait and state anxiety were medium to high level for women, young, without children, non-nurses, with a daily shift of 9 to 18 working hours, a weekly workload of more than 40 hours, with less than five years of experience in intensive care and with more than five years of experience working in the institution.

RESUMEN Objetivo: Estimar los niveles de ansiedad rasgo y estado entre los profesionales de salud de cuidados intensivos durante la pandemia de Covid-19. Método: Estudio transversal, analítico, realizado de abril a julio de 2022, en un hospital escuela del sur de Brasil, utilizando la escala Inventario de Ansiedad Estado-Rasgo. Resultados: La ansiedad rasgo y estado estuvo presente en más de la mitad de la muestra, asociándose con el género, grupo etario, tener hijos, carga horaria semanal, tiempo de trabajo en el hospital y UCI (p<0,05) para el estado; y asociado al género, tener hijos, profesión, carga diaria y semanal y tiempo de trabajo en el hospital (p<0,05) para el rasgo. Conclusión: La ansiedad rasgo y estado fue media a alta para mujeres, jóvenes, sin hijos, no enfermeras, con jornada diaria de 9 a 18 horas, carga laboral semanal de más de 40 horas, con menos de cinco años de experiencia en terapia cuidados intensivos y tiempo de trabajo en la institución por más de cinco años.

RESUMO Objetivo: Estimar os níveis de ansiedade traço e estado entre profissionais da saúde daterapia intensiva durante a pandemia Covid-19. Método: Estudo transversal, analítico, realizado de abril-julho de 2022, num hospital de ensino do sul do Brasil, utilizando a escala Inventário de Ansiedade Traço-Estado. Resultados: A ansiedade traço e estado estiveram presentes em mais da metade da amostra, sendo associada ao sexo, faixa etária, ter filhos, carga horária semanal, tempo de trabalho no hospital e na UTI (p<0,05) para o estado; e associada ao sexo, ter filhos, profissão, carga horária diária e semanal, e tempo de trabalho no hospital (p<0,05) para o traço. Conclusão: A ansiedade traço e estado foram de nível médio a alto para mulheres, jovens, sem filhos, não enfermeiras, com jornada diária de 9 a 18 horas trabalhadas, carga horária semanal acima de 40 horas, com experiência menor de cinco anos em terapia intensiva e quanto ao tempo de atuação na instituição maior que cinco anos.

Percepção de competências clínicas por acadêmicos de enfermagem / Nursing students' perception of clinical competences / Percepción de las competencias clínicas por académicos de enfermería

Objetivo: comparar a percepção de competência clínica dos estudantes de Enfermagem ao início e ao final dos estágios supervisionados do último semestre da graduação. Método: trata-se de estudo descritivo e longitudinal, com abordagem quantitativa realizada nas dependências do curso de Enfermagem de uma universidade pública. Participaram 17 acadêmicos do último período da graduação em Enfermagem. A coleta de dados foi realizada no período de fevereiro a junho de 2017, em dois momentos, no início e término do semestre letivo, mediante aplicação do questionário de competência clínica traduzido e adaptado transculturalmente, que possui 48 questões divididas em dois domínios: comportamentos profissionais de Enfermagem e competências/habilidades. Resultados: as participantes eram do sexo feminino, com idade média de 26,2 anos e ingressaram na instituição entre 2012 e 2013. Houve significância estatística quando comparadas a percepção de competências antes e depois do estágio em ambos os domínios (p<0,01). Conclusão: os discentes perceberam melhora na competência clínica, e ao final do estágio afirmaram serem capazes e terem habilidades para realizar atividades sozinhos ou com alguma supervisão.(AU)

Objective: to compare the perception of clinical competence of Nursing students at the beginning and at the end of the supervised internship in the last semester of the undergraduate course. Method: this is a descriptive, longitudinal study with a quantitative approach performed in the facilities of the nursing course of a public university. Seventeen academics from the last semester of undergraduate nursing course participated in the study. Data were collected from February to June 2017 in two moments, at the beginning and the end of the semester, by applying a translated and transculturally adapted clinical competence questionnaire, with 48 questions divided into two domains: nursing professional behaviors and competences/skills. Results: the participants were female, with a mean age of 26.2 years, and entered the institution between 2012 and 2013. There was statistical significance in the comparison of the perception of competences before and after the internship in both domains (p < 0.01). Conclusion: the students perceived an improvement in clinical competence, and at the end of the training, they stated that they were able and had skills to perform activities alone or with little supervision.(AU)

Objetivo: comparar la percepción de las competencias clínicas de los estudiantes de Enfermería al principio y al final de las pasantías supervisadas del último semestre del curso de grado. Método: se trata de un estudio descriptivo longitudinal, con enfoque cuantitativo realizado en las instalaciones del curso de Enfermería de una universidad pública. Participaron 17 académicos del último semestre del curso de grado en Enfermería. La recogida de datos fue realizada entre febrero y junio de 2017, en dos momentos, al principio...(AU)