Interés, motivación y barreras para investigar de las residentes de matrona de Cataluña al inicio y al final de la residencia / Interest, motivation and barriers to research of midwifery residents in Catalonia at the beginning and end of the residency

Objetivo: Analizar la actitud, motivación y barreras percibidas a la investigación en las enfermeras residentes de matrona de Cataluña, al inicio y al final de su periodo formativo. Personas/Material y método: Estudio cuasi experimental pre-post intervención, dirigido a las enfermeras residentes de matrona en Cataluña en el periodo 2019-2021. Se estudiaron las características sociodemográficas y laborales a través de un cuestionario propio. Para estudiar la actitud y motivación a la investigación se utilizó el cuestionario de Cepeda, y para estudiar las barreras a la utilización de la investigación en enfermería se utilizó la escala The Barriers to research Utilization Scale adaptada al castellano por Moreno-Casbas. Resultados: Durante la residencia aumentaron la lectura de literatura científica y la actividad investigadora. Las matronas incrementaron sus conocimientos para realizar un trabajo de investigación. No se observaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre la puntuación de las barreras identificadas al inicio y al final de la residencia; no obstante, las barreras relacionadas con las características del profesional tienden a disminuir, y aumentan las relacionadas con la organización, la calidad de la investigación, la presentación y la accesibilidad de los resultados. Conclusiones: Las residentes de matrona consideran la investigación una actividad propia que contribuye al desarrollo de la profesión enfermera. Los elementos facilitadores y las barreras percibidas por las residentes de matrona coinciden con las identificadas por enfermeras de otros contextos, y parecen mantenerse estables a lo largo del tiempo. (AU)

Objective: To analyze the attitude, motivation and perceived barriers to research in midwifery resident nurses in Catalonia, at the beginning and end of their training period. Persons/Material and Method: Quasi-experimental pre-post intervention study, aimed at midwifery resident nurses in Catalonia from 2019-2021. Sociodemographic and labor characteristics were studied through an own questionnaire. To study the attitude and motivation towards research, the Cepeda questionnaire was used. To study the barriers to the use of research in nursing, The Barriers to research Utilization Scale adapted to Spanish by Moreno-Casbas was used. Results: During the residency, the reading of scientific literature and research activity increased. The midwives increased their knowledge to carry out research work. No statistically significant differences were observed between the score of the barriers identified at the beginning and end of the residency; however, the barriers related to the characteristics of the professional tend to decrease, and those related to the organization, the quality of the research, the presentation and accessibility of the results, increase. Conclusions: Midwifery residents consider research as their own activity that contributes to the development of the nursing profession. The facilitating elements and the barriers perceived by the midwifery residents match with those identified by nurses from other contexts and seem to remain stable over time. (AU)

The development of positive attitudes toward mental health among university nursing students: Countering the role of social desirability.

PURPOSE: This study analyses the evolution of attitudes of nursing students towards mental health, paying particular attention to the influence of social desirability. DESIGN AND METHODS: Prospective longitudinal repeated-measures study in a sample of nursing students who completed the Community Attitudes toward Mental Illness scale and The Social Desirability Scale. FINDINGS: After their training, and after adjusting for social desirability, students of female gender recognized attitudes that foster humanistic values than their male counterparts. However, attitudes of restrictiveness and authoritarianism continued to be manifested significantly when the students themselves had mental health problems (MHPs), had had previous training, or were older. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: University courses should continue to foster attitudes of acceptance and destigmatization of people with MHPs, through responses that value authenticity.