Síndrome de burnout en el personal de enfermería de unidades de cuidado crítico y de hospitalización / Burnout syndrome in nursing personnel working in the critical care and hospitalization units

INTRODUCCIÓN: El objetivo del estudio fue identificar la prevalencia del Síndrome de Burnout y sus dimensiones en el personal de enfermería de unidades de cuidado crítico y de hospitalización. METODOLOGÍA: Se llevó a cabo un estudio observacional descriptivo, transversal en 90 enfermeras y enfermeros. Se utilizó el Cuestionario de Maslach Burnout Inventory para el personal de salud. Se realizó análisis exploratorio y análisis descriptivo e inferencial; se emplearon los estadísticos U de Mann Whitney y Kruskal Wallis. RESULTADOS: Se encontró nivel medio de Síndrome de Burnout 82.2%; Agotamiento Emocional bajo 62.2%; nivel bajo de Despersonalización 57.8% y nivel bajo de Falta de Realización Personal 40%. Se evidenció diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre Síndrome de Burnout y turno de trabajo, doble turno al mes, períodos vacacionales al año y carga de trabajo; entre Agotamiento Emocional y tipo de servicio, ingreso quincenal, doble turno al mes, períodos vacacionales, tipo de contratación y carga de trabajo; entre Despersonalización y carga de trabajo; y entre Falta de Realización Personal y tipo de servicio, gusto por el servicio, turno de trabajo, ingreso quincenal, períodos de descanso en el turno, períodos vacacionales al año y tipo de contratación. CONCLUSIONES: Un porcentaje mayor del personal de enfermería obtuvo nivel medio de Síndrome de Burnout. No se encontró diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre el síndrome de Burnout y sus dimensiones con las características sociológicas del personal de enfermería. Se encontró evidencia de que las características laborales son las que presentan mayor influencia en el desarrollo del Síndrome de Burnout

INTRODUCTION: The objective of the study was to identify the prevalence of the Burnout Syndrome and its dimensions in the nursing personnel working in the critical care and hospitalization units. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study was performed in 90 nurses. The Maslach Burnout Inventory for health personnel was used. An exploratory, descriptive, and inferential analysis was carried out; the Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests statistics were used. RESULTS: A medium level regarding the burnout syndrome, 82.2%, was found; emotional exhaustion decreased by 62.2%; low level of depersonalization, 57.8%, and low level of lack of personal accomplishment, 40%. There was a statistically significant difference between burnout syndrome and work shift, double work shift per month, vacation periods per year, and workload; between emotional exhaustion and type of service, two-week income, double work shift, vacation periods, type of procurement, and workload; between depersonalization and workload; and between lack of personal accomplishment and type of service, work shift, two-week income, rest period during the shift, vacation periods per year, and type of procurement. CONCLUSIONS: A higher percentage of nursing personnel had a mild burnout syndrome. No statistically significant difference between burnout syndrome and its dimensions and the sociological characteristics of the nursing personnel was found. Evidence that job characteristics are those that show more influence in the development of the burnout syndrome was found

Grado de sobrecarga y caracterización de cuidadores de personas adultas mayores con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 / Work overload degree and characterization of caregivers of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objetivo: Determinar la relación entre el grado de sobrecarga y las características sociodemográficas de cuidadores informales de personas adultas mayores con Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2. Metodología: Estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, correlacional, de corte transversal a 83 cuidadores informales de personas adultas mayores con Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2, provenientes del sector noreste de Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México. Para medir la sobrecarga se utilizó la Escala Zarit, se incluyeron ítems sobre características sociodemográficas. Resultados: El perfil del cuidador con tendencia a sobrecarga fue: mujer (81.9%), ama de casa (47%), con un promedio de edad de 40 años, casada (53%), hija del adulto mayor (72.3%), de baja escolaridad (66.1%) e ingresos económicos mensuales menores o igual a 6,799 pesos mexicanos (51.8%) que lleva de uno a tres años como cuidadora (54.2%) dedicando más de 17 horas/ diarias al mismo (51.8%). El 48.2% de los cuidadores presentó sobrecarga intensa, el 44.6% ausencia de sobrecarga y 7.2% sobrecarga leve. Se encontró asociación estadísticamente significativa (p=0.02) entre el grado de sobrecarga y las variables estado civil y ocupación. Conclusiones: La asociación significativa indica que el estado civil y la ocupación se relaciona con el grado de sobrecarga percibido en los cuidadores, lo cual es importante proponer que las intervenciones sean dirigidas a estas características para la disminución de la sobrecarga, la cual es un riesgo para la salud de los cuidadores con dicho perfil, ya que se encuentra asociada a mayor morbimortalidad médica, psiquiátrica y social del cuidador

Objective: to determinate association between overload degree and sociodemographic characteristics of informal caregivers of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Material and method: quantitative, descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study of 83 informal caregivers of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus, from the northeast sector of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. The Zarit Scale was used to measure the overload degree, items regarding to sociodemographic characteristics were included. Results: the profile of the caregiver with tendency to overload was: woman (81.9%), housewife (47%), with an average age of 40 years, married (53%), daughter of the older adult (72.3%), low schooling (66.1%) and monthly income less than or equal to 6,799 mexican pesos (51.8%), from one to three years as caregiver (54.2%) and dedicating more than 17 hours per day to it (51.8%). The 48.2% of the caregivers showed intense overload, 44.6% absence of overload and 7.2% slight overload. A statistically significant association was found (p=0.02) between the degree of overload and the variables marital status and occupation. Conclusions: The significant association indicates that marital status and occupation is related to the caregivers perceived overload degree. It is relevant to propose interventions directed to these characteristics in order to reduce intense overload degree, which is a risk for caregiver's health with this profile, since it is related with greater odds of medical, psychiatric and social morbidity and mortality

Síntomas depresivos y niveles séricos de ácidos grasos poliinsaturados omega-3 y omega-6 en universitarios del norte de México / Depressive symptoms and serum levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 among college students from Northern Mexico

Introducción: estudios previos sugieren que un bajo consumo de ácidos grasos poliinsaturados (AGPI) omega-3 y razón omega-6/omega-3 alta, así como niveles séricos bajos, se asocian con trastornos depresivos, sin embargo, los resultados no son concluyentes. Objetivos: evaluar los niveles séricos de AGPI omega-3 (ácido eicosapentaenoico [EPA], docosahexaenoico [DHA], alfalinolenico [ALA]) y la razón omega-6 (ácido araquidónico [AA])/EPA, en relación a los síntomas depresivos en universitarios del norte de México. Material y métodos:estudio transversal que incluyó 60 participantes (18 a 24 años de edad) de ambos sexos, con determinaciones séricas de EPA, DHA, ALA y AA, quienes respondieron la escala de depresión del Centro de Estudios Epidemiológicos (CES-D) validada para estudiantes mexicanos. La relación de los AGPI omega-3 y omega-6 con los síntomas depresivos se evaluó con modelos de regresión lineal. Resultados: los niveles séricos de EPA, DHA y razón EPA/DHA no se correlacionaron con síntomas depresivos, un incremento en ALA sérico se correlacionó con menos síntomas depresivos antes y después de ajustar por confusores; sin embargo, los resultados no fueron estadísticamente significativos. En mujeres, la escala CES-D incrementó 5,5 puntos (p = 0,57) por 1% de incremento en EPA y disminuyó 6,7 puntos (p = 0,39) por 1% de incremento en ALA. Conclusiones: nuestros resultados no confirman la asociación entre los niveles séricos de AGPI omega-3 y razón omega-6/omega-3 con síntomas depresivos. La correlación negativa del nivel sérico de ALA con síntomas depresivos necesita ser confirmada en estudios de seguimiento (AU)

Introduction: Previous studies suggest that low consumption as well as low serum levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) omega-3 and a high omega-6/omega-3 ratio may be implicated in the etiology of depressive disorders, however, epidemiologic evidence is inconclusive. Objective: To assess the relationship of serum levels of omega-3 fatty acids (docosahexaenoic [DHA], eicosapentaenoic [EPA], alpha-linolenic fatty acid [ALA]) and the omega-6 (arachidonic acid [AA])/EPA ratio with depressive symptoms among Mexican college students. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study that included 60 male and female participants (ages 18 to 24 years) with serum levels of EPA, DHA, ALA and AA. Depressive symptoms were ascertained with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale validated for Mexican students. Linear regression was used to assess the relationship between depressive symptoms and serum PUFA omega-3 and omega-6. Results: Serum levels of EPA, DHA and EPA/DHA ratio were not related to depressive symptoms, high serum ALA was related with lower depressive symptoms before and after covariate adjustment; however, these results were not statistically significant. Among women, 1% increase in EPA resulted in 5.5. (p = 0.57) increase in the depressive scale scores while 1% increase in ALA resulted in 6.7 decrease (p = 0.39) in the scores. Conclusions: Our results did not confirm the relationship of serum levels of PUFA omega-3 and omega-6/omega-3 ratio with depressive symptoms; the negative correlation of serum ALA with depressive symptoms remains to be confirmed in prospective studies (AU)

[Depressive symptoms and serum levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 among college students from Northern Mexico]. / Síntomas depresivos y niveles séricos de ácidos grasos poliinsaturados omega-3 y omega-6 en universitarios del norte de México.

INTRODUCTION: Previous studies suggest that low consumption as well as low serum levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) omega-3 and a high omega-6/omega-3 ratio may be implicated in the etiology of depressive disorders, however, epidemiologic evidence is inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship of serum levels of omega-3 fatty acids (docosahexaenoic [DHA], eicosapentaenoic [EPA], alpha-linolenic fatty acid [ALA]) and the omega-6 (arachidonic acid [AA])/EPA ratio with depressive symptoms among Mexican college students. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study that included 60 male and female participants (ages 18 to 24 years) with serum levels of EPA, DHA, ALA and AA. Depressive symptoms were ascertained with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale validated for Mexican students. Linear regression was used to assess the relationship between depressive symptoms and serum PUFA omega-3 and omega-6. RESULTS: Serum levels of EPA, DHA and EPA/DHA ratio were not related to depressive symptoms, high serum ALA was related with lower depressive symptoms before and after covariate adjustment; however, these results were not statistically significant. Among women, 1% increase in EPA resulted in 5.5. (p = 0.57) increase in the depressive scale scores while 1% increase in ALA resulted in 6.7 decrease (p = 0.39) in the scores. CONCLUSIONS: Our results did not confirm the relationship of serum levels of PUFA omega-3 and omega-6/omega-3 ratio with depressive symptoms; the negative correlation of serum ALA with depressive symptoms remains to be confirmed in prospective studies.

[ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS AND CARDIOMETABOLIC EVENTS AMONG SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN FROM SONORA, MEXICO]. / INDICADORES ANTROPOMÉTRICOS Y SU ASOCIACIÓN CON EVENTOS CARDIOMETABÓLICOS EN ESCOLARES DE SONORA, MÉXICO.

INTRODUCTION: obesity in childhood is predictive of obesity in adulthood and it is associated with adverse health effect apparent since childhood; however, the joint assessment of obesity and adverse events among children in clinical settings is unusual. OBJECTIVES: to assess the association of overweight and obesity, abdominal obesity, and excess body fat with systolic [SBP] and diastolic [DBP] blood pressure, lipid profile and glucose levels; and to identify the best anthropometric indicator of such events. MATERIAL AND METHODS: we conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample of 412 schoolchildren. The presence of overweight and obesity, abdominal obesity and excess body fat was determined among all participants; levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, high and low density lipoproteins, and glucose were measured in a subsample (n = 133). The associations of interest were assessed using adjusted linear and logistic regression models. RESULTS: 33% of the children were overweight or obese. Overall, overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity, and excess body fat were associated with elevated SBP and DBP and with a lipid profile and glucose levels that could indicate health risks among these children. Overweight and obesity were the best predictors of such events. CONCLUSIONS: among these school-aged children, we observed that obesity was associated with high odds of having adverse health outcomes such as high blood pressure, lipids and glucose. Such adverse events can be predicted by the presence of obesity measured by BMI, which is a noninvasive, inexpensive and easy to implement measure.

Introducción: la obesidad durante la niñez es predictiva de obesidad en la adultez y se asocia a eventos adversos para la salud observables desde etapas tempranas; sin embargo, la evaluación conjunta de obesidad y eventos adversos en los menores no es parte de la atención médica habitual. Objetivos: evaluar la asociación de sobrepeso y obesidad, obesidad abdominal y exceso de grasa corporal con la presión arterial sistólica [PAS] y diastólica [PAD], y el perfil de lípidos y glucosa; e identificar el mejor indicador antropométrico de dichos eventos. Material y métodos: estudio transversal en 412 escolares a quienes se les determinó la presencia de sobrepeso y obesidad, obesidad abdominal y exceso de grasa corporal. Los niveles de colesterol total, triglicéridos, lipoproteínas de alta y baja densidad y glucosa se determinaron en una submuestra (n = 133). Las asociaciones se evaluaron con modelos de regresión lineal y logística ajustados. Resultados: el 33% de los participantes tuvieron sobrepeso u obesidad. El sobrepeso, la obesidad, la obesidad abdominal y el exceso de grasa corporal se asociaron con un incremento de PAS y PAD, y con un perfil de lípidos y glucosa que representan riesgos para la salud. El sobrepeso y la obesidad fueron los mejores predictores de dichos eventos. Conclusiones: en nuestra población, la obesidad se asoció con mayor posibilidad de presentar eventos adversos para la salud como PA elevada, niveles de lípidos y glucosa altos. La obesidad puede ser determinada con el IMC, que es un índice de bajo coste, no invasivo y de fácil implementación.

Indicadores antropométricos y su asociación con eventos cardiometabólicos en escolares de Sonora, México / Anthropometric indicators and cardiometabolic events among school-aged children from sonora, Mexico

Introducción: la obesidad durante la niñez es predictiva de obesidad en la adultez y se asocia a eventos adversos para la salud observables desde etapas tempranas; sin embargo, la evaluación conjunta de obesidad y eventos adversos en los menores no es parte de la atención médica habitual. Objetivos: evaluar la asociación de sobrepeso y obesidad, obesidad abdominal y exceso de grasa corporal con la presión arterial sistólica [PAS] y diastólica [PAD], y el perfil de lípidos y glucosa; e identificar el mejor indicador antropométrico de dichos eventos. Material y métodos: estudio transversal en 412 escolares a quienes se les determinó la presencia de sobrepeso y obesidad, obesidad abdominal y exceso de grasa corporal. Los niveles de colesterol total, triglicéridos, lipoproteínas de alta y baja densidad y glucosa se determinaron en una submuestra (n = 133). Las asociaciones se evaluaron con modelos de regresión lineal y logística ajustados. Resultados: el 33% de los participantes tuvieron sobrepeso u obesidad. El sobrepeso, la obesidad, la obesidad abdominal y el exceso de grasa corporal se asociaron con un incremento de PAS y PAD, y con un perfil de lípidos y glucosa que representan riesgos para la salud. El sobrepeso y la obesidad fueron los mejores predictores de dichos eventos. Conclusiones: en nuestra población, la obesidad se asoció con mayor posibilidad de presentar eventos adversos para la salud como PA elevada, niveles de lípidos y glucosa altos. La obesidad puede ser determinada con el IMC, que es un índice de bajo coste, no invasivo y de fácil implementación (AU)

Introduction: obesity in childhood is predictive of obesity in adulthood and it is associated with adverse health effect apparent since childhood; however, the joint assessment of obesity and adverse events among children in clinical settings is unusual. Objectives: to assess the association of overweight and obesity, abdominal obesity, and excess body fat with systolic [SBP] and diastolic [DBP] blood pressure, lipid profile and glucose levels; and to identify the best anthropometric indicator of such events. Material and methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample of 412 schoolchildren. The presence of overweight and obesity, abdominal obesity and excess body fat was determined among all participants; levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, high and low density lipoproteins, and glucose were measured in a subsample (n = 133). The associations of interest were assessed using adjusted linear and logistic regression models. Results: 33% of the children were overweight or obese. Overall, overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity, and excess body fat were associated with elevated SBP and DBP and with a lipid profile and glucose levels that could indicate health risks among these children. Overweight and obesity were the best predictors of such events. Conclusions: among these school-aged children, we observed that obesity was associated with high odds of having adverse health outcomes such as high blood pressure, lipids and glucose. Such adverse events can be predicted by the presence of obesity measured by BMI, which is a noninvasive, inexpensive and easy to implement measure (AU)