Calidad de atención y satisfacción en un servicio de laboratorio clínico / Quality of care and satisfaction in a laboratory service

Introducción: La administración organizacional en salud busca garantizar una atención efectiva y una gestión eficiente; evalúa la atención y satisfacción que a su vez guardan una estrecha y compleja relación. Objetivo: Estimar la asociación entre la calidad de atención y la satisfacción del usuario externo, del servicio de laboratorio clínico. Métodos: Estudio cuantitativo, correlacional, de diseño observacional transversal. La población estudiada fueron usuarios atendidos en el servicio de laboratorio clínico de un hospital privado, en Lima, Perú, a quienes se les aplicó un cuestionario de elaboración propia sobre calidad de atención y otro de satisfacción del usuario adaptado del modelo SERVPERF. La información obtenida fue analizada con el software IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 y para la prueba de hipótesis se aplicó el coeficiente de correlación de Spearman. Resultados: De los 220 usuarios encuestados, el 69,1 por ciento calificó como alta la calidad brindada, en la cual la dimensión mejor calificada fue la calidad humana (71,8 por ciento); asimismo, el 73,6 por ciento de los usuarios afirmaron estar satisfechos y dentro de ello, las dimensiones con mayor satisfacción fueron la empatía (73,2 por ciento) y la seguridad (73,1 por ciento). Conclusiones: La calidad de atención y sus dimensiones que la conforman se asocian con la satisfacción de los usuarios(AU)

Introduction: The healthcare management seeks to guarantee effective care and efficient management, assesses care and satisfaction, which in turn have a close and complex relationship. Objective: To estimate the association between the quality of care and the satisfaction of the external user of the clinical laboratory service. Methods: Quantitative, correlational study, with a cross-sectional observational design. The population studied were users treated in the clinical laboratory service of a private hospital in Lima, Peru, to whom a self-developed questionnaire was applied on quality of care and another on user satisfaction adapted from the SERVPERF model. The information obtained was analyzed with the IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 software and Spearman's correlation coefficient was applied for the hypothesis test. Results: Of the 220 users surveyed, 69.1 percent rated the quality provided as high, in which the best rated dimension was human quality (71.8 percent ); Likewise, 73.6 percent of the users stated that they were satisfied and within this, the dimensions with the greatest satisfaction were empathy (73.2 percent ) and security (73.1 percent). Conclusions: The quality of care and its dimensions that make it up are associated with user satisfaction(AU)

Defining an olfactory receptor function in airway smooth muscle cells.

Pathways that control, or can be exploited to alter, the increase in airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass and cellular remodeling that occur in asthma are not well defined. Here we report the expression of odorant receptors (ORs) belonging to the superfamily of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), as well as the canonical olfaction machinery (Golf and AC3) in the smooth muscle of human bronchi. In primary cultures of isolated human ASM, we identified mRNA expression for multiple ORs. Strikingly, OR51E2 was the most highly enriched OR transcript mapped to the human olfactome in lung-resident cells. In a heterologous expression system, OR51E2 trafficked readily to the cell surface and showed ligand selectivity and sensitivity to the short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) acetate and propionate. These endogenous metabolic byproducts of the gut microbiota slowed the rate of cytoskeletal remodeling, as well as the proliferation of human ASM cells. These cellular responses in vitro were found in ASM from non-asthmatics and asthmatics, and were absent in OR51E2-deleted primary human ASM. These results demonstrate a novel chemo-mechanical signaling network in the ASM and serve as a proof-of-concept that a specific receptor of the gut-lung axis can be targeted to treat airflow obstruction in asthma.