scholarly journals Communication and humanization of care: Effects over burnout on nurses

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0251936
Author(s):  
María del Mar Molero Jurado ◽  
Iván Herrera-Peco ◽  
María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes ◽  
Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz ◽  
África Martos Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
Emotional Understanding ◽  
Verbal Aggressiveness ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
Analytical Instruments ◽  
The Relationship

Background Healthcare professionals may have certain psychological characteristics which contribute to increasing the quality of their professional performance. Objective Study the effect that humanization of care and communication have on the burnout syndrome in nursing personal. Methods The sample included a total of 330 Spanish nurses. Analytical instruments used were the Health Professional’s Humanization Scale (HUMAS), Communication Styles Inventory Revised (CSI-R) and Brief Burnout Questionnaire Revised (CBB-R). Results Two broad nursing profiles could be differentiated by their level of humanization (those with scores over the mean and those with scores below it in optimistic disposition, openness to sociability, emotional understanding, self-efficacy, and affection), where the largest group had the high scores. A communication repertoire based on verbal aggressiveness impacted indirectly on the effect of humanization on burnout, mainly in the personal impact component. We observed the relation of humanization profiles in nursing staff with the job dissatisfaction and burnout components. Besides that, some communication styles, verbal aggressiveness and questioningness, have an indirect effect on the relationship between humanization profiles and job dissatisfaction. Conclusions The results on the relationship between communication styles and burnout, and the mediator effect of communication styles on the relationship between humanization of care and burnout in nursing personnel are discussed.

scholarly journals Organisational Commitment in Healthcare Systems: A Bibliometric Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2271
Author(s):  
Carlos de las Heras-Rosas ◽  
Juan Herrera ◽  
Mercedes Rodríguez-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Staff Burnout ◽  
Quality Of Patient Care ◽  
Organisational Factors

Business organisations are subject to high pressure to ensure their sustainability and competitiveness. In the case of healthcare institutions, moreover, there are unique characteristics where human resource management is of vital importance. The workforce in these institutions is at a critical moment where the shortages of qualified staff, burnout, or job dissatisfaction represent some of the detrimental aspects for the performance of the organisation, and more importantly, they diminish the quality of patient care. The promotion of organisational commitment is positioned as one of the tools that organisations have to face this problem. This paper aims to increase knowledge about research trends that analyse organisational commitment in healthcare institutions. To this end, using bibliometric techniques, a sample of 448 publications on this subject from journals indexed in Web of Science between 1992 and 2020 is analysed. The results obtained suggest a growing interest in this subject and a visible concern for the management of human resources in these institutions. Research has focussed mainly on organisational factors related to nursing staff. The most analysed topics have been job satisfaction, the implications of stress and high turnover, burnout syndrome, and the possibility of leaving the job. On the other hand, issues emerged such as empowerment in the workplace and others related to organisational management such as quality of service or performance. Finally, there is a lack of research that deals more deeply with other groups working in health centres, such as doctors or administrative staff. There is also a need for further development in the analysis of the implications of the ideological psychological contract in relation to normative organisational commitment in the field of healthcare organisations. The contribution of this work focusses on expanding knowledge about commitment in healthcare organisations and creating points of support for future research as well as helping healthcare managers make decisions in HR management.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural Convergent Validation of the Spanish and English Versions of the Personal Impact of Epilepsy Scale (PIES) in a Cohort of Patients from a Level IV Epilepsy Center in South Florida

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1261-1261
Author(s):  
M Miranda ◽  
S Kaur ◽  
M Slugh ◽  
C Bermudez-Andrews ◽  
C Millan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Convergent Validation ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective To provide further convergent validity on the Personal Impact of Epilepsy Scale (PIES) Spanish version for use in Hispanics with epilepsy. Participants and Method This study included 90 patients (22 Hispanic and Spanish speaking - HSS, 30 Hispanic and English speaking – HES, and 38 non-Hispanic and English speaking – NHES) who were diagnosed with epilepsy and referred by their epileptologist for a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation that, in addition to cognitive measures, also included the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and PIES in English or Spanish- depending on the participant’s primary language. The PIES was created with subscales to measure the effect of seizures, adverse effects of treatment, and comorbidities such as mood disorders on quality of life. We compared scores on the PIES subscales in English and Spanish to determine equivalence. We further examined if language of administration moderated the relationship between PIES subscale scores and depression/anxiety through nonparametric bootstrapping. Results There were no significant demographic or clinical differences between the 3 groups examined. ANOVA contrast of mean scores on all PIES subscales between HSS, HES and NHES groups did not reach significance (Seizures F [2,88] = .06 , p = -.93; Medication use F[2,88] = 1.95, p = .14, Comorbidity F[2,88] = .64, p = .52, and total PIES F[2,88] = .19, p = .83). The relationships between PIES and BDI-II/BAI scores were not significantly moderated by language of administration. Conclusions Our data suggest clinical equivalency between the English and Spanish versions of the PIES. Furthermore, the relationships between PIES subscales and the BDI-II/BAI were not significantly changed by language of administration. These findings indicate that the Spanish PIES appears to have good convergent validity with the original English version and can be useful in the assessment of quality of life in HSS patients.

Exploring the benefits of mentoring activities for the mentor

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Grima ◽  
Pascal Paillé ◽  
Jorge H. Mejia ◽  
Lionel Prud'homme
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Gender Composition ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Informal Mentoring ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Mentoring Relationship ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – Mentoring is more and more studied by researchers on account of its professional and personal impact on mentees. This contribution has two main objectives. First, to empirically validate the benefits for the mentor and to test links between mentoring activities and benefits through a multidimensional analysis. Second, to incorporate two variables structuring the relationship into the analysis: the formal vs informal nature of the mentoring relationship and the gender composition of the dyad. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 161 French managers have been surveyed. Findings – The results show that mentors value the personal dimension of the relationship more than the professional dimension. Moreover, informal mentoring favours the perception of a rewarding experience by the mentor, whereas formal mentoring is synonymous with improved professional performance. This research calls into question the advantage of same-sex dyads, suggesting that heterogeneity favours improved performance. Originality/value – The originality of the paper was to focus on the homogeneity of the mentor-protégé dyad in terms of gender.

scholarly journals New Burnout Evaluation Model Based on the Brief Burnout Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties for Nursing

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes ◽  
María del Mar Molero ◽  
África Martos Martínez ◽  
José Jesús Gázquez Linares
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Factorial Analysis ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
Final Study ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Nursing Professionals

Healthcare personnel are considered one of the sectors of workers most exposed to heavier workloads and work stress. One of the consequences associated with its chronic presence is the development of burnout syndrome. Given that, for the evaluation of this syndrome, the context in which they are to be used must be addressed, the purpose of this work was to analyze the psychometric properties, as well as the structure, and to propose a more suitable version for its application to health professionals, and more specifically, nursing, of the Burnout Brief Questionnaire (CBB). The final study sample was made up 1236 working nursing professionals. An exploratory factorial analysis was carried out and a new model was proposed through a confirmatory factorial analysis. Thus, the validation of the CBB questionnaire for nursing healthcare personnel showed an adequate discrimination of the items and a high internal consistency of the scale. With respect to the factorial analysis, four factors were extracted from the revised model. Specifically, these new factors called Job Dissatisfaction, Social Climate, Personal Impact and Motivational Abandonment, showed an adequate index of adjustment. Thus, the Burnout Revised Brief Questionnaire for nursing staff has favorable psychometric properties, and this Burnout model can be applied to all healthcare professionals.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in a Cohort of Australian Nurses

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamona Maharaj ◽  
Ty Lees ◽  
Sara Lal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Nursing Professionals

Nurses remain at the forefront of patient care. However, their heavy workload as a career can leave them overworked and stressed. The demanding nature of the occupation exposes nurses to a higher risk of developing negative mental states such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Hence, the current study aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of these mental states in a representative sample of Australian nurses. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale was administered to 102 nurses. Information about demographic and work characteristics were obtained using lifestyle and in-house designed questionnaires. Prevalence rates of depression, anxiety, and stress were found to be 32.4%, 41.2%, and 41.2% respectively. Binominal logistic regressions for depression and stress were significant (p = 0.007, p = 0.009). Job dissatisfaction significantly predicted a higher risk of nurses developing symptoms of depression and stress respectively (p = 0.009, p = 0.011). Poor mental health among nurses may not only be detrimental to the individual but may also hinder professional performance and in turn, the quality of patient care provided. Further research in the area is required to identify support strategies and interventions that may improve the health and wellbeing of nursing professionals and hence the quality of care delivered.

scholarly journals Quality of Work Life and Contribution to Productivity: Assessing the Moderator Effects of Burnout Syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2425
Author(s):  
João Leitão ◽  
Dina Pereira ◽  
Ângela Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Occupational Healthcare ◽  
The Relationship

This study is focused on assessing the effects of burnout as a moderator of the relationship between employees’ quality of work life (QWL) and their perceptions of their contribution to the organization’s productivity by integrating the QWL factors into the trichotomy of (de)motivators of productivity in the workplace. The empirical findings resulting from an OLS multiple regression, with interaction terms, applied to a survey administered at 514 employees in 6 European countries, point out two important insights: (i) QWL hygiene factors (e.g., safe work environment and occupational healthcare) positively and significantly influence the contribution to productivity; and (ii) burnout de-motivator factors (that is, low effectiveness, cynicism, and emotional exhaustion) significantly moderate the relationship between QWL and the contribution to productivity. Combining burnout with other QWL components, such as occupational health, safe work, and appropriate salary, new insights are provided concerning the restricting (i.e., low effectiveness and cynicism) and catalyzing (emotional exhaustion) burnout components of contribution to productivity. These findings are particularly relevant given the increased weight of burnout, mental disorders and absenteeism in the labor market, affecting individuals’ quality of life and organizations’ performance and costs.

scholarly journals Life Satisfaction and Burnout Among Heart, Lung, Liver, and Kidney Transplant Patients and Their Spouses

2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Goetzmann ◽  
Urte Scholz ◽  
Raphaela Dux ◽  
Michaela Roellin ◽  
Annette Boehler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Kidney Transplant ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Transplant Patients ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: While a number of studies have dealt with the psychosocial consequences of transplantation for patients, we know comparatively little about the strains faced by their spouses. The present study investigates the psychosocial health of transplant patients and their spouses, as well as the link between these groups’ physical and psychosocial status, on the one hand, and their degree of burnout and level of life satisfaction on the other. Design: In a cross-sectional study, 121 patients and their spouses are surveyed by questionnaire following heart, lung, liver, or kidney transplant. Methods: The psychosocial parameters investigated in both patients and spouses are sense of coherence, quality of life, quality of the relationship, life satisfaction, and burnout. Results: Patients rate the quality of the relationship higher than their partners do, and they are more satisfied with the relationship than their spouses are (p < .001). Regression analyses show that patients’ life satisfaction is associated with quality of the relationship. Evidence of a full burnout syndrome can be found in three of the patients and two of the spouses. Burnout in the case of both patients and their partners is associated with limitations in one’s own sense of coherence and in one’s mental and physical health (multiple R2 = 0.79 for patients and 0.76 for spouses). Conclusion: Because of the importance of the couple’s relationship, psychosocial counseling should pay more attention to relationship satisfaction. Psychotherapeutic techniques should be used to improve the sense of coherence in both patient and spouse.

scholarly journals The performance and importance of the dental surgeon in an Intensive Care Unit

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (16) ◽  
pp. e10101622955
Author(s):  
Lasthenia Drumond Santos ◽  
Julia Carneiro dos Santos ◽  
Marina Sena Lopes da Silva Saccheto ◽  
Rafael Silva Lima ◽  
Simone Angélica de Faria Amormino
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Pubmed Database ◽  
Patient Will ◽  
The Relationship

Oral hygiene deficiency is common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which potentiates biofilm colonization by microorganisms that lead to respiratory infections. The literature has been reporting the association between oral health and systemic diseases, especially the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The objective of this study is to shed light on the performance and importance of the dental surgeon in an ICU. This is an integrative review performed in the PubMed database. It was adopted as the inclusion criteria papers in Portuguese or English, available as full-text papers, published from 2016 to 2021, and that answer the guiding question: what is the professional performance and importance of a dental surgeon in an ICU? After reading the title and abstract, 8 articles that reported the relationship between oral health and systemic disease were selected, especially regarding the development of VAP. Through this review we conclude how much it is indispensable the presence of a dental surgeon as part of an ICU multidisciplinary team, ensuring that the patient will be treated in an integral way and have their quality of life improved.

The Relationship Between Interoception and Metacognition

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Meessen ◽  
Verena Mainz ◽  
Siegfried Gauggel ◽  
Eftychia Volz-Sidiropoulou ◽  
Stefan Sütterlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Metacognitive Awareness ◽  
Interoceptive Awareness ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Heartbeat Perception ◽  
Interoceptive Accuracy ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Recently, Garfinkel and Critchley (2013) proposed to distinguish between three facets of interoception: interoceptive sensibility, interoceptive accuracy, and interoceptive awareness. This pilot study investigated how these facets interrelate to each other and whether interoceptive awareness is related to the metacognitive awareness of memory performance. A sample of 24 healthy students completed a heartbeat perception task (HPT) and a memory task. Judgments of confidence were requested for each task. Participants filled in questionnaires assessing interoceptive sensibility, depression, anxiety, and socio-demographic characteristics. The three facets of interoception were found to be uncorrelated and interoceptive awareness was not related to metacognitive awareness of memory performance. Whereas memory performance was significantly related to metamemory awareness, interoceptive accuracy (HPT) and interoceptive awareness were not correlated. Results suggest that future research on interoception should assess all facets of interoception in order to capture the multifaceted quality of the construct.

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