A cross‐sectional study of immune seroconversion to SARS‐CoV‐2 in frontline maternity health professionals

Objetivo: Analizar los efectos psicológicos que la actual pandemia de coronavirus (covid19) está teniendo en los profesionales del ámbito sanitario.Métodos: Estudio descriptivo de corte transversal en una muestra de 1150 profesionales del ámbito sanitarios, seleccionados al azar. Las mediciones y los resultados se explicaron con el modelo teórico el Diferencial Semántico propuesto por Osgood.Resultados: Se ha encontrado que, en general, el personal del ámbito sanitario se siente muy desprotegido, con miedo y estresado. Confieren más miedo al autocontagio que al contagio de otros. Perciben su trabajo como eficaz, beneficioso, activo, útil y flexible, y simultáneamente se siente amable, afectivo, sincero, cálido y discreto. Encontramos que las enfermeras, y después los técnicos en cuidados enfermeros se sienten más útiles, valientes, importantes y sinceras que otras categorías sanitarias, entre las que figuran los y las médicos/as. Las emociones que sentían el personal sanitario están fuertemente influidas por la orientación política que tuvieran.Conclusión: El estudio realizado sobre el efecto psicológico de la actual pandemia en los profesionales del ámbito sanitario aporta diferencias significativas en función de la profesión, el contrato laboral, el sexo y la orientación política de los entrevistados. Objective: To analyze the psychological effects that the current coronavirus pandemic (covid19) is having on healthcare professionals.Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study in a sample of 1,150 healthcare professionals, randomly selected. Measurements and results were explained with the theoretical model of the Semantic Differential proposed by Osgood.Results: It has been found that, in general, healthcare professionals feel very unprotected, afraid and stressed. They were more afraid of self-contagion than of others. They perceived their work as effective, beneficial, active, useful and flexible, and at the same time, they feel kind, affective, sincere, warm and discreet. We found that nurses, and later, nurse care technicians feel more useful, brave, important, and sincere than other healthcare categories, including physicians. The emotions that the health personnel felt were strongly influenced by their political orientation.Conclusion: The study carried out on the psychological effect of the current pandemic on health professionals provides significant differences depending on the profession, the employment contract, the sex and the political orientation of the interviewees.

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Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Health Professionals Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study

Electronic Journal of General Medicine ◽

10.29333/ejgm/11210 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. em319

Author(s):

Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone ◽

Christian R. Mejia ◽

Alan Quispe-Sancho ◽

Katerin Lesly Chambi-Macedo ◽

Verónica Laurel-Vargas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Professionals ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Needs and availability of medical specialists’ and allied health professionals’ visits in German nursing homes: a cross-sectional study of nursing home staff

BMC Health Services Research ◽

10.1186/s12913-020-05169-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ann-Kristin Schröder ◽

Alexander Maximilian Fassmer ◽

Katharina Allers ◽

Falk Hoffmann

Keyword(s):

Nursing Home ◽

Nursing Homes ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Allied Health ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Allied Health Professionals ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Nursing Home Staff ◽

Medical Specialists

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Is a clinician’s personal history of domestic violence associated with their clinical care of patients: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029276 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. e029276 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elizabeth McLindon ◽

Cathy Humphreys ◽

Kelsey Hegarty

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Maternity Hospital ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Front Line ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

History Of ◽

Workplace Supports

ObjectiveTo investigate whether domestic violence (DV) impacts on health professionals’ clinical care of DV survivor patients.Design, settingDescriptive, cross-sectional study at an Australian tertiary maternity hospital.Participants471 participating female health professionals (45.0% response rate).Outcome measuresUsing logistic and linear regression, we examined whether health professionals’ exposure to lifetime DV was associated with their clinical care on specific measures of training, attitudes, identification and intervention.ResultsDV survivor health professionals report greater preparedness to intervene with survivor patients in a way that is consistent with ideal clinical care. This indicates that personal DV experience is not a barrier, and may be a facilitator, to clinical care of survivor patients.ConclusionsHealth professionals are at the front line of identifying and responding to patients who have experienced DV. These findings provide evidence that survivor health professionals may be a strength to the healthcare organisations in which they work since among the participants in this study, they appear to be doing more of the work seen as better clinical care of survivor patients. We discuss the need for greater workplace supports aimed at promoting safety and recovery from violence and strengthening clinical practice with patients.

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Complementary medicine use among Australian patients in an acute hospital setting: an exploratory, cross sectional study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine ◽

10.1186/s12906-019-2788-x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Freya Waddington ◽

Jenny Lee ◽

Mark Naunton ◽

Greg Kyle ◽

Jackson Thomas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Complementary Medicine ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Hospital Setting ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Acute Hospital ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Progress Notes ◽

Tertiary Teaching ◽

Acute Hospital Setting

Abstract Background The use of Complementary Medicines (CMs) has significantly increased in Australia over the last decade. This study attempts to determine the extent to which complementary and alternative medicines are recorded, ceased or initiated in the acute hospital setting and investigate which health professionals have a role in this process. Methods A cross-sectional study of inpatients was conducted at a major tertiary teaching hospital. Patient’s medical records were examined to determine the rates of complementary medicine (CM) use and recording on medication charts and discharge prescriptions. Patient progress notes were audited to determine which health professionals were involved with the initiation or cessation of CMs during the inpatient stay. Results Three hundred and forty-one patients were included for analysis of which 44.3% (n = 151) participants were recorded as utilizing a CM. Patients were admitted on a mean of 2 (±1.4[Sd]; 0–9[range]) CMs and discharged on a mean of 1.7 CMs (±1.3[Sd]; 0–5[range]). 274 individual CMs were recorded on inpatient medication reconciliation forms with multivitamins, magnesium, fish oil and cholecalciferol recorded the most frequently. One hundred and fifty-eight changes to patient CM usage were recorded during the patient hospitalisation. One hundred and seven of these changes (68%) were not accounted for in the patient progress notes. Conclusion Patients use of CM in this hospital setting do not reflect the national estimated usage. On the occasions that CM products are included in patient records, they are subsequently deprescribed following patient examination in hospital. It is currently unclear which health professionals have a role in this deprescribing process.

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Non-critical healthcare tools as a potential source of healthcare-acquired bacterial infections in eastern Ethiopia: A hospital-based cross-sectional study

SAGE Open Medicine ◽

10.1177/2050312118822627 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 205031211882262

Author(s):

Fitsum Weldegebreal ◽

Desalegn Admassu ◽

Dereje Meaza ◽

Mulatu Asfaw

Keyword(s):

Health Professionals ◽

Bacterial Infections ◽

Pathogenic Bacteria ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Bacterial Strains ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Eastern Ethiopia ◽

Potential Source ◽

Healthcare Acquired Infections

Background: Outbreaks of healthcare-acquired infections have been linked to contaminated medical devices such as electronic thermometers, sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes, latex gloves, masks, neckties, white coats and other. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess non-critical healthcare tools as a potential source of healthcare-acquired bacterial infections and associated factors in public health hospitals of Harar, eastern Ethiopia from March 2016 to February 2017. Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 212 non-critical healthcare tools owned by different health professionals. The data were collected from each owner using self-administered questionnaire. Swab specimens were collected from 187 stethoscopes and 25 sphygmomanometers using sterile cotton tips. Bacterial investigation and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed using standard culture tests. The data were double entered into EPI-Data version 3.1 and exported into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 16 for analysis. Result: The overall prevalence of non-critical healthcare tool contamination was 53.8%. A total of 137 bacterial strains were isolated. Staphylococcus aureus was the most frequent isolate (35%). Resistance to two or more different classes of antimicrobial was found to be 19.3%. The proportion of stethoscopes or sphygmomanometers contamination owned by the health professionals who were not cleaned regularly before and after examining each patient was found to be high (77%). The majority of non-critical healthcare tools used by health professionals working in the intensive care unit were contaminated (75%) followed by medical wards (73.5%). Conclusion: This study confirmed that the majority of the stethoscopes and sphygmomanometers were contaminated with pathogenic bacteria known to be associated with healthcare-acquired infections. Most of the healthcare workers did not practice stethoscope and sphygmomanometers disinfection. Strict and careful decontamination of stethoscopes and sphygmomanometers need to be in place before use.

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