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Identidad de Género , Conducta Sexual , Humanos , Femenino , Masculino , Minorías Sexuales y de Género , Equidad en SaludRESUMEN
The nursing profession is going through a profound crisis, and staff burnout is a frequent and worrying aspect. As suggested by Xie et al., there are good prospects for undertaking improvement paths. We agree with the authors' suggestions and add further ideas for a change of direction and the renewal of the nursing profession.
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Agotamiento Profesional , Agotamiento Profesional/psicología , Humanos , Satisfacción en el Trabajo , Personal de Enfermería/psicología , Personal de Enfermería en Hospital/psicologíaAsunto(s)
Registros Electrónicos de Salud , Identidad de Género , Disparidades en Atención de Salud , Humanos , Registros Electrónicos de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Registros Electrónicos de Salud/normas , Registros Electrónicos de Salud/tendencias , Disparidades en Atención de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Conducta Sexual/psicología , Femenino , Recolección de Datos/métodos , Recolección de Datos/normas , Masculino , Minorías Sexuales y de Género/estadística & datos numéricos , Minorías Sexuales y de Género/psicologíaRESUMEN
The topic of education on healthcare needs and equity of care for LGBTQIA+ populations is an extremely current issue. There is a demand for education on these topics not only from medical and other health sciences students but also from established healthcare professionals. Given this widespread educational deficiency, it is natural to ask whether the teaching class is prepared to satisfy these requests or in turn needs training on these issues and above all whether it is capable of transmitting attention and sensitivity on the issues of inclusion and equality in needs of healthcare.
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Minorías Sexuales y de Género , Humanos , Atención a la Salud , Personal de Salud/educaciónRESUMEN
In the present study, we aimed to assess the frequency of and the relationships between alexithymia, burnout, and hopelessness in a large sample of healthcare workers (HCWs) during the third wave of COVID-19 in Italy. Alexithymia was evaluated by the Italian version of the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and its subscales Difficulty in Identifying Feelings (DIF), Difficulty in Describing Feelings (DDF), and Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT), burnout was measured with the scales emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalisation (DP), and personal accomplishment (PA) of the Maslach Burnout Test (MBI), hopelessness was measured using the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), and irritability (IRR), depression (DEP), and anxiety (ANX) were evaluated with the Italian version of the Irritability' Depression' Anxiety Scale (IDA). This cross-sectional study recruited a sample of 1445 HCWs from a large urban healthcare facility in Italy from 1 May to 31 June 2021. The comparison between individuals that were positive (n = 214, 14.8%) or not for alexithymia (n = 1231, 85.2%), controlling for age, gender, and working seniority, revealed that positive subjects showed higher scores on BHS, EE, DP IRR, DEP, ANX, DIF, DDF, and EOT and lower on PA than the not positive ones (p < 0.001). In the linear regression model, higher working seniority as well as higher EE, IRR, DEP, ANX, and DDF scores and lower PA were associated with higher hopelessness. In conclusion, increased hopelessness was associated with higher burnout and alexithymia. Comprehensive strategies should be implemented to support HCWs' mental health and mitigate the negative consequences of alexithymia, burnout, and hopelessness.