Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Wei -Min Chu, Hsin-En Ho, Yu-Li Lin, Jhih-Yan Li, Cheng-Fu Lin, Cing-Hua Chen, Gow-Jen Shieh, Wei-Cheng Chan, Yu-Tse Tsan
Summary: This study used a longitudinal study design to investigate the risk factors associated with increased burnout levels and depression among healthcare professionals in Taiwan. The results showed that sleeplessness, long working hours (>8 hours per day), and stress due to workload were risk factors for increased depression levels. Sleeplessness, lack of exercise, and stress due to workload were risk factors for increased personal burnout levels. Being a member of the nursing staff, younger age, sleeplessness, and lack of exercise were risk factors for increased work-related burnout levels. It is important for hospital leaders to regularly and systematically assess the working conditions and personal habits of medical staff, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and take preventive measures to support their employees.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Pablo Ruisoto, Marina R. Ramirez, Pedro A. Garcia, Belen Paladines-Costa, Silvia L. Vaca, Vicente J. Clemente-Suarez
Summary: Burnout is prevalent among healthcare professionals, and social support mediates the negative effects of burnout on health regardless of gender. The study provides insights for designing effective burnout interventions for healthcare professionals in Ecuador.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jeremy A. Epstein, Albert W. Wu
Summary: The management of high-utilizing patients poses challenges for providing continuity of care while avoiding provider burnout and attrition, requiring enhanced support in medical education and specialized care.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ana Magro, Aida Gutierrez-Garcia, Marta Gonzalez-Alvarez, Mario Del Libano
Summary: In December 2019, a new virus called SARS-CoV-2 appeared, leading to the disease COVID-19. As the World Health Organization declared the pandemic in March 2020, there was a noticeable decline in the mental health of the population, particularly healthcare professionals. To understand the psychosocial impact of the pandemic on healthcare professionals in Spain, a longitudinal study was conducted, revealing high levels of depression, anxiety, stress, and burnout, as well as moderate levels of resilience and low levels of quality of life during the first assessment. However, there was an improvement in mental health between the two assessments, with having COVID-19 in the first assessment having a positive effect on perceived mental health in the second assessment.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sergio Perez-Belmonte, Laura Galiana, Irene Fernandez, Gabriel Vidal-Blanco, Noemi Sanso
Summary: This study examined the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) in Spanish palliative care professionals and found medium to high levels of wellbeing. Marital status was positively correlated with wellbeing, while there was no relationship between wellbeing and age, gender, or profession. A structural equation model revealed a positive association between wellbeing and compassion satisfaction, and a negative one with burnout. The PWI was deemed suitable for measuring personal wellbeing in Spanish palliative care professionals.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychiatry
Juliana Pontes Soares, Rayssa Horacio Lopes, Paula Beatriz de Souza Mendonca, Cicera Renata Diniz Vieira Silva, Claudia Cristiane Filgueira Martins Rodrigues, Janete Lima de Castro
Summary: This study aims to identify and determine burnout syndrome among health professionals working in public health services using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) scale. The study found that burnout syndrome is prevalent among health professionals and is associated with long working hours and lack of proper rest.
JMIR MENTAL HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paul Sebo, Thierry Favrod-Coune, Liv Mahler, Amir Moussa, Christine Cohidon, Barbara Broers
Summary: The study found that most Swiss PCPs considered themselves to be in good health, but a significant proportion suffered from psychiatric or cardiovascular disorders, or had been hospitalized or off work recently. Only half of PCPs had their own GP.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Dongsheng Bian, Yuyin Xiao, Keyu Song, Minye Dong, Li Li, Ross Millar, Chenshu Shi, Guohong Li
Summary: This study explores the determinants influencing the adoption of internet health care technology (IHT) from the perspective of health care professionals in China. The results show that perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, and perceived complexity positively correlate with perceived value, while perceived value has a positive direct effect on adoption intention. Employee burnout negatively affects adoption intention and mediates the relationship between perceived value and adoption intention. Strategies to improve perceived value and reduce employee burnout are necessary for promoting the adoption intention of IHT in health care professionals.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Karina Pereira-Lima, Sonia Regina Loureiro, Isabella Lara Machado Silveira, Jose Alexandre Crippa, Jaime Eduardo Cecilio Hallak, Antonio Waldo Zuardi, Flavia de Lima Osorio
Summary: Brazilian health care workers are dissatisfied with their workplace measures to protect their physical and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is associated with higher levels of burnout.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Katherine Ann Gielissen, Emily Pinto Taylor, David Vermette, Benjamin Doolittle
Summary: This study identified factors contributing to career satisfaction and life satisfaction among primary care physicians through qualitative interviews. The findings revealed that intrinsic factors such as love for work and value-oriented beliefs, as well as extrinsic factors like fulfilling social networks, play critical roles in physician thriving. The study proposed a model for physician thriving based on the identified critical themes and discussed barriers and opportunities for wider application in the physician community.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
David Pina, Paloma Llor-Zaragoza, Reyes Lopez-Lopez, Jose Antonio Ruiz-Hernandez, Esteban Puente-Lopez, Inmaculada Galian-Munoz, Begona Martinez-Jarreta
Summary: This study aims to analyze the role of job satisfaction in the relationship between non-physical user violence and the onset of burnout. The results show that non-physical violence and low job satisfaction act as modulators of non-physical violence, cynicism, and emotional exhaustion. Moreover, the study finds that PHC staff who experience user violence are more likely to experience burnout, especially when they have low job satisfaction.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Tamrat Anbesaw, Yosef Zenebe, Melkamu Abebe, Teshome Tegafaw
Summary: Burnout is a major problem among healthcare professionals in Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia. Being male, having no interest in their job, experiencing physical violence, and being unsatisfied with their job are significantly associated with burnout syndrome. Interventions such as increasing interest in their job, improving physician-patient relationships, providing safer workplace environments, and increasing job satisfaction may be promising strategies to reduce burnout syndrome.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Siw Tone Innstrand
Summary: This study examined the factors associated with burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare professionals in Norway. The results showed that organizational factors such as work-home conflict, workload, and role conflict were positively related to burnout, while autonomy and colleague support were negatively related. Situational factors related to COVID-19, such as involvement, fear, and stress, explained COVID-19 burnout. Psychological factors like meaning and breach of the psychological contract also had an impact on burnout. The study suggests that organizational and situational factors contribute differently to general and COVID-19 burnout, and pandemic-specific assessment tools can help understand the effects on mental health.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Rebeca R. C. Silva, Rodrigo C. Menezes, Stefania L. Garcia, Hugo N. Pustilnik, Isabella B. B. Ferreira, Kaique V. C. S. Aguiar, Nivaldo M. Filgueiras Filho, Mariana Araujo-Pereira, Bruno B. Andrade
Summary: This study aimed to characterize the burnout profile of healthcare professionals in ICUs and EDs during the COVID-19 pandemic and determine potential predictors. The study found that burnout was associated with work unit, alcohol consumption, and daily prayer habit. Decreasing alcohol consumption in the workplace and cultivating a daily prayer habit can reduce the risk of burnout.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ye Kyung Song, Sneha Mantri, Jennifer M. Lawson, Elizabeth J. Berger, Harold G. Koenig
Summary: Moral injury in healthcare professionals worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Factors associated with moral injury for HPs involved in patient care included fear of contagion, stigmatization, short-staffing, and inadequate personal protective equipment. The study found that HPs experienced moral injury not only from individual moral dilemmas, but also from working in morally injurious environments.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Francisco Martin-Rodriguez, Raul Lopez-Izquierdo, Ancor Sanz-Garcia, Guillermo J. Ortega, Carlos del Pozo Vegas, Juan F. Delgado-Benito, Miguel A. Castro Villamor, Joan B. Soriano
Summary: This study aimed to develop a scoring system to predict the requirement for advanced respiratory support in prehospital care. The REWS score was found to be effective in assisting decision-making in the management of advanced respiratory support in prehospital care, leading to improved patient care and optimized resource management.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
(2023)
Article
Allergy
C. Melero Moreno, C. Almonacid Sanchez, D. Banas Conejero, S. Quirce, F. J. Alvarez Gutierrez, V Cardona, M. G. Sanchez-Herrero, PAGE Study Grp
Summary: This study estimated the prevalence of severe asthma (SA) among asthma patients in Spanish hospitals using both traditional research methodologies and machine learning (ML) tools. The results showed a prevalence of 20.1% using traditional methods and 9.7% using ML. The study also revealed that the predictions of patient outcomes were unreliable.
JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Carolina Cisneros, Gorane Iturricastillo, Elisa Martinez-Besteiro, Jose Maria Eiros, Celeste Marcos, Victoria Mugica, Carlos Melero, Ana Martinez-Meca, Pedro Landete, Enrique Zamora
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the symptomatic control in asthmatic patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) after using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). The results showed that after using CPAP, both clinical asthma control and perceived asthma control significantly improved.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Pedro R. Gil-Monte, Begona Espejo, Irene Checa, Pedro Gil-LaOrden, Kezia J. Angeline, Mary Sandra Carlotto, Daniela Converso, Angel Deroncele-Acosta, Hugo Figueiredo-Ferraz, Laura Galarza, Viviola Gomez-Ortiz, Ester Grau-Alberola, Javier Labarthe, Marta Llorca-Pellicer, Christy Mekala, Alejandra Misiolek-Marin, Eldis Roman-Cao, Edwin Salas-Blas, Sandrine Schoenenberger, Sara Unda-Rojas, Sara Viotti
Summary: This study tested the measurement invariance of the Spanish Burnout Inventory (SBI) among professionals across 17 countries and regions. Except for the Indian sample, all countries showed a good fit to the four-factor model. Using the alignment method, scalar measurement invariance of the SBI factors was verified across 15 countries and one Spanish region. The study also found significant differences in burnout factors among different countries.
APPLIED RESEARCH IN QUALITY OF LIFE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Beladenta Amalia, Marcela Fu, Olena Tigova, Montse Ballbe, Blanca Paniello, Yolanda Castellano, Vergina K. Vyzikidou, Rachel O'Donnell, Ruaraidh Dobson, Alessandra Lugo, Chiara Veronese, Raul Perez-Ortuno, Jose A. Pascual, Nuria Cortes, Fernando Gil, Pablo Olmedo, Joan B. Soriano, Roberto Boffi, Ario Ruprecht, Julio Ancochea, Maria J. Lopez, Silvano Gallus, Constantine Vardavas, Sean Semple, Esteve Fernandez
Summary: The use of e-cigarettes at home exposes bystanders to secondhand aerosol, regardless of the characteristics of e-cigarette use. Further research is needed to assess the implications of secondhand aerosol exposure for smoke-free policies.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Editorial Material
Critical Care Medicine
Joan B. Soriano, Jose M. Marin, Bartolome R. Celli
LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Respiratory System
Francisco Garcia-Rio, Marc Miravitlles, Joan B. Soriano, Borja G. Cosio, Juan Jose Soler-Cataluna, Ciro Casanova, Pilar de Lucas, Inmaculada Alfageme, Jose Miguel Rodriguez Gonzalez-Moro, Maria Guadalupe Sanchez Herrero, Julio Ancochea
Summary: This study aimed to describe the prevalence of reduced diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) in a population-based sample of smokers without airflow limitation, as well as its morphological, functional, and clinical implications. The study found that smokers had a higher prevalence of reduced DLCO, which was associated with decreased exercise capacity and early vascular damage.
BMJ OPEN RESPIRATORY RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Microbiology
Emilio Bouza, Celso Arango, Carmen Moreno, Diego Gracia, Manuel Martin, Victor Perez, Luisa Lazaro, Francisco Ferre, Gonzalo Salazar, Francisco Tejerina-Picado, Mercedes Navio, Javier Granda Revilla, Esteban Palomo, Pedro R. Gil-Monte
Summary: The Health Sciences Foundation has conducted research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, specifically on the general population and healthcare workers. Mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders have become more prevalent, alongside an increase in suicidal behavior and substance abuse. Vulnerable groups include adolescents and individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Healthcare workers, especially those exposed during the early stages of the pandemic, have experienced higher levels of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, with factors such as gender, occupation, and previous illnesses playing a role. The media has shown awareness of these issues, highlighting both physical and moral challenges brought on by the crisis.
REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA
(2023)
Review
Microbiology
Emilio Bouza, Jose Augusto Garcia Navarro, Sergio Alonso, Juan Carlos Duran Alonso, Carina Escobar, Benito J. Fontecha Gomez, Maria Isabel Galva Borras, Amos Jose Garcia Rojas, Francisco Javier Gomez Pavon, Diego Gracia, Jose Gutierrez Rodriguez, Martha Kestler, Fernando Martinez Cuervo, Francisco Javier Martin Sanchez, Carlos Melero, Rosario Menendez Villanueva, Patricia Munoz, Esteban Palomo, Juan Manuel Perez-Castejon Garrote, Jose Antonio Serra Rexach, Sebastian Jose Santaeugenia, Francisco Jose Tarazona Santabalbina, Maria Teresa Vidan Astiz
Summary: An increasing number of elderly people spend their final years in nursing homes. However, these institutions share many similarities with hospitals including the frequent occurrence and transmission of infections due to the coexistence of elderly residents, sharing of caregivers, exposure to third parties, and predisposing diseases. In light of this, the Health Sciences Foundation Board of Trustees in a Western European nation has convened a multidisciplinary group of experts to discuss and propose recommendations for infection prevention in nursing homes.
REVISTA ESPANOLA DE QUIMIOTERAPIA
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Marta Llorca-Pellicer, Pedro Gil-LaOrden, Vicente J. J. Prado-Gasco, Pedro R. R. Gil-Monte
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of a brief version of the Frankfurt Emotion Work Scale (FEWS) adapted for Spanish teachers, considering gender differences. The sample consisted of 9020 teachers in the Valencian Community, with the results showing overall adequate psychometric properties for the scale. The study concluded that using this diagnostic tool for Spanish non-university teachers seems justified.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Alba Mulet, Ivan J. Nunez-Gil, Juan Antonio Carbonell, Joan B. Soriano, Maria C. Viana-Llamas, Sergio Raposeiras-Roubin, Rodolfo Romero, Emilio Alfonso-Rodriguez, Aitor Uribarri, Gisela Feltes, Victor M. Becerra-Munoz, Francesco Santoro, Martino Pepe, Alex F. Castro-Mejia, David Chipayo, Miguel Corbi-Pascual, Javier Lopez-Pais, Oscar Vedia, Edoardo Manzone, German Molina-Romera, Carolina Espejo-Paeres, Alvaro Lopez-Masjuan, Lazar Velicki, Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Jaime Signes-Costa
Summary: This study aimed to determine the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of ILD patients admitted for COVID-19. The results showed that ILD patients were older, had more comorbidities, more frequently required ventilatory support, and had a higher mortality rate compared to non-ILD patients. Older age, kidney disease, and LDH levels were identified as independent predictors of mortality in this population.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Julio Lavarello-Salinas, Veronica Kramm-Vergara, Pedro Gil-LaOrden, Pedro R. Gil-Monte
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of an organizational intervention program on psychosocial factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in a technology services company. The results showed significant improvements in employees' perception of psychosocial demands, resources, and consequences of psychosocial risks, indicating the effectiveness of the program.
HEALTH SCIENCE REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Respiratory System
Borja G. Cosio, Ciro Casanova, Juan Jose Soler-Cataluna, Joan B. Soriano, Francisco Garcia-Rio, Pilar de Lucas, Inmaculada Alfageme, Jose Miguel Rodriguez Gonzalez-Moro, Guadalupe Sanchez, Julio Ancochea, Marc Miravitlles
Summary: This study aimed to identify individuals at risk of developing COPD and compare their clinical characteristics with those who develop the disease at a young age and the overall population. The results showed that 22.3% of the population had a risk of developing COPD, with similar symptomatic and structural changes to those with well-established disease without airflow obstruction.
Article
Allergy
M. Corral-Blanco, R. M. Diaz Campos, A. Pelaez, C. Melero Moreno
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between impulse oscillometry (IOS) and spirometry during the methacholine test and finds a good correlation between the two. IOS shows a strong predictive value in detecting bronchial hyperreactivity.
Article
Allergy
Irina Bobolea, Daniela Guillen-Vera, Natividad De las Cuevas-Moreno, Diego Blanco Garcia-Granero, David Loli-Ausejo, Carlos Melero-Moreno
Summary: The stability of molecular T2/non-T2 phenotypes remains uncertain. Serum periostin levels do not discriminate between T2 and non-T2 phenotypes, but they correlate to asthma endotypes.
FRONTIERS IN ALLERGY
(2023)
