Burnout and Its Relationship with Work Engagement in Healthcare Professionals: A Latent Profile Analysis Approach.

The aim of this study was to use latent profile analysis to identify specific profiles of burnout syndrome in combination with work engagement and to identify whether job satisfaction, psychological well-being, and other sociodemographic and work variables affect the probability of presenting a profile of burnout syndrome and low work enthusiasm. A total of 355 healthcare professionals completed the Spanish Burnout Inventory, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, the Job Satisfaction Scale, and the Psychological Well-Being Scale for Adults. Latent profile analysis identified four profiles: (1) burnout with high indolence (BwHIn); (2) burnout with low indolence (BwLIn); (3) high engagement, low burnout (HeLb); and (4) in the process of burning out (IPB). Multivariate logistic regression showed that a second job in a government healthcare institution; a shift other than the morning shift; being divorced, separated or widowed; and workload are predictors of burnout profiles with respect to the HeLb profile. These data are useful for designing intervention strategies according to the needs and characteristics of each type of burnout profile.

Nursing practice environment and missed care at highly specialised hospitals in Mexico: A cross-sectional observational study.

BACKGROUND: The influence of the work environment on missed care and service quality has been well documented. However, available evidence concerning this relationship comes mostly from developed countries. Few studies have been conducted in low- or middle-income countries. We assessed the relationship between the work environment and missed nursing care in highly specialised hospitals in Mexico. METHODS: We conducted an observational cross-sectional study with data collected from January 2019 to February 2020 in 11 highly specialised hospitals (n = 510 nurses). We estimated missed nursing care utilising the MISSCARE questionnaire and used the Practice Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index instrument to assess the work environment. After describing the main attributes of the study sample according to the type of work environment, we constructed five adjusted fractional regression models, the first concerning the overall index of missed care, and the others pertaining to its various dimensions. RESULTS: The sample analysed was balanced as regards adjustment variables according to the type of work environment. The adjusted estimates confirmed an inverse relationship between the missed care index and enjoying an enhanced, or favourable, work environment. Overall, the difference was 9 percentage points (pp); however, by dimension of missed care, the major differences between enhanced and attenuated, or unfavourable, work environments were registered for basic care, followed by patient education and discharge planning (4pp) and individual needs (8pp). CONCLUSIONS: The work environment determines the frequency of missed nursing care, both overall and by dimension. Nursing managers need to create short- and mid-term strategies favouring positive work environments in order to improve working conditions for nursing professionals.

Missed nursing care in highly specialized hospitals: A Mexican case study.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the status of missed nursing care and the reasons for its occurrence in a highly specialised public hospital in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An observational cross-sectional analysis with data collected from January to June 2019 at the National Institute of Rehabilitation Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra in Mexico City. We assessed missed care and its causes by conducting the MISSCARE survey among 116 nursing professionals selected from a population of 162 nurses. This work presents the estimated rates of missed care-overall and broken down into its four dimensions-as well as the reasons for its occurrence, namely limited labour resources, inadequate material resources and communication problems among work teams. RESULTS: The overall score for missed care was 16% (95% CI: 11.84%-20.15%), with the following rates by dimension: 19.48% for basic care, 14.66% for individual needs, 6.47% for patient education and discharge planning, and 4.31% for continuous patient assessment. The main reason cited for missed care was inadequate material resources, followed by limited labour resources and communication problems among work teams. CONCLUSION: Basic care and individual needs interventions were the most frequently omitted services, primarily because of inadequate material resources, limited labour resources and communication problems among work teams. An increase in the frequency of missed care can be expected in light of the high demand for health services, particularly as regards labour and material resources, imposed by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Sociodemographic and work environment correlates of missed nursing care at highly specialized hospitals in Mexico: A cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND: Despite its direct relevance to quality of care, little is known about missed nursing care or its sociodemographic and work environment correlates at highly specialized hospitals in low- and middle-income countries. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the frequency of missed nursing care among Mexican nursing professionals, and to assess its associated sociodemographic and labor-related predictors. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, observational study based on data collected from 315 nursing professionals in 11 highly specialized public hospitals in Mexico. We assessed missed nursing care both as a total figure and according to the four dimensions of the MISSCARE inventory. We estimated its sociodemographic and work-related predictors using fractional logistic analysis. RESULTS: The global score for missed nursing care was 15.21%: 7.94% concerned individual needs, 9.37% discharge planning and patient education, 18.10% basic care, and 1.59% care under continuous assessment. The odds of engaging in missed nursing care increased with age and were higher among women and night-shift workers. In contrast, they decreased among nursing professionals who were satisfied with their jobs, and among those working in suitable environments. CONCLUSIONS: Missed nursing care in highly specialized public hospitals is associated with the sociodemographic characteristics and labor-related conditions -including the work environments- of the nurses. Given its impact on both health-care users and institutions, further research on the subject is urgently needed. It is essential to improve the design, implementation and evaluation of comprehensive strategies aimed at reducing the frequency of missed nursing care and achieving universal health coverage.

Determinantes sociales en salud: su relación con el síndrome metabólico / Social Determinants of Health: its relationship with the metabolic syndrome

El propósito de esta investigación es hacer una revisión del síndrome metabólico, su impacto en la salud de la población adulta y la intervención de los servicios de salud por medio de programas, así como su abordaje en los ámbitos biológico, político, económico y social, llamados determinantes sociales. El perfil epidemiológico, demográfico y económico conlleva la salud o enfermedad de la población. En el mundo 1,600 millones de personas tienen sobrepeso; de ellas, 400 millones son obesas. Los índices de morbimortalidad prematura se han incrementado. Las complicaciones por enfermedad cerebrovascular y la diabetes afectan la calidad de vida de la población y los presupuestos sanitarios. En México hay más de 17 millones de hipertensos, 14 millones de dislipidémicos, seis millones de diabéticos y más de 35 millones de adultos –siete de cada diez– con sobrepeso u obesidad. Presentamos un recorrido histórico del proceso-establecimiento del síndrome metabólico. En la actualidad las organizaciones American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute y el Panel de Tratamiento del Colesterol han establecido los criterios para definir esa patología. Se describen y analizan los determinantes sociales como un entramado de factores estructurales e intermediarios políticos, ambientales y sociales que acotan el estado de salud de los individuos y las comunidades. Es necesario conjuntar las estrategias de los sistemas de salud, políticas públicas y el colectivo de la población para mejorar la salud.

The purpose of this research is to review metabolic syndrome, its impact on the health of adult population, the intervention of health services through programs, as well as its approach in the biological, economic, political and social health areas, the so-called social determinants. The epidemiological, demographic and economic profile of a population leads to its health or illness. 1.6 million people worldwide are overweight, of which 400 million are obese. The rate of morbidity and premature mortality has increased. Complications from cerebrovascular disease and diabetes affect the quality of life of the population and the health budgets. In Mexico, more than 17 million people are hypertensive, 14 million dyslipidemic, 6 million diabetic, and more than 35 million adults –seven out of every ten– are overweight or obese. We present a historical view of metabolic syndrome. Today organizations such as the American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the Cholesterol Treatment Panel have established criteria for defining such pathology. We analyze and describe the social determinants as a set of structural factors and political, environmental and social intermediaries that strongly influence the health status of individuals and communities. It is necessary to aggregate the strategies of the health systems, public policies and the general population to attain an overall health improvement.

Espacio y movimiento del cuidador de la persona con discapacidad motora / Space and movement of the caregiver of the person with motor disabilities

Objetivo: Analizar y describir el espacio y movimiento del cuidador de la persona con discapacidad motora. metodología: Investigación de abordaje cualitativo y de tipo descriptiva exploratoria; los informantes fueron cuatro cuidadores de personas con discapacidad motora hospitalizados en el Servicio de Rehabilitación Neurológica; los datos fueron recolectados mediante entrevista a profundidad, la cual fue grabada, transcrita y analizada sobre la base de análisis de discurso. Resultados: Emergieron dos categorías teóricas analíticas: espacio y movimiento, con las subcategorías para espacio: necesidad de bañar a la persona y necesidad de hacerle sus ejercicios a la persona, y la segunda categoría movimiento con la subcategoría, movimiento ascendente. Conclusiones: El espacio del cuidador de la persona con discapacidad motora se centra en las actividades de cuidado, como son: baño, alimentación, comunicación, movilización y terapias, y el movimiento se manifiesta a través del proceso interactivo de cuidar

Objective: To analyze and describe the motion space and caregivers of people with motor disabilities. methodology: Qualitative research approach was exploratory and descriptive; the informants were four caregivers of people with motor disabilities hospitalized in the Neurological Rehabilitation Service, data were collected through in-depth interview, which was recorded, transcribed and analyzed on the basis discourse analysis. Results: Analytical theory emerged two categories: space and movement, with the subcategories to space: the need to bathe the person and need to give the person exercises and the second category with the subcategory movement, upward movement. Conclusions: The space of the caregiver of the person with motor disabilities focuses on self-care activities such as: bathing, feeding, communication, mobilization and therapies, and movement manifests itself through the interactive process of care.

Breves aspectos de la enfermería según Florence Nightingale / Brief aspects of nursing as Florence Nightingal

Florence Nightingale, antecesora de la enfermería, publicó una de sus obras más importantes, Notas sobre enfermería: Qué es, qué no es. Las ideas plasmadas en su texto permiten reconocer los fundamentos de la enfermería moderna. En este trabajo se trata de reinterpretar algunas de sus notas, tales como el cuidado, la enfermería, su vocación, la observación, la administración y la influencia del entorno saludable sobre los individuos.

Florence Nightingale, predecessor of nursing, published one of his most important works, Notes on Nursing: What it is, what it is not. The ideas in the text can recognize the fundamentals of modern nursing. This paper seeks to reinterpret some of his notes such as care, nursing, vocation, observation, administration and environmental influences on healthy individuals.