scholarly journals Health Advocacy and Psycho-body empowerment: An effective Salutogenic Model to fight Burnout syndrome addressed to Health Managers, Health and Social Workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verdoliva Ciro ◽  
Corvino Maria ◽  
Ciarfera Michele ◽  
Diamare Sara ◽  
Papa Marco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Online Version ◽  
Health Advocacy ◽  
Training Course

This study was carried out with the implementation of the ECM Training Course: "Health advocacy and Psycho-corporeal Empowerment 2020", designed by the U.O.C. Quality & Humanisation to fight the burnout of health workers during the pandemic through the strategic use of the “Salotti del Benessere©” method in its online version. This Medical Humanities methodology allows the acquisition of psycho-body awareness in order to encourage, even in emergency situations, the adoption of healthy lifestyles. The whole process takes place in 7 meetings, in which the exploration of the 5 Keys to Well-being (Conscious Breathing, Relaxation, Empowerment, Movement and Emotion) is carried out, supported by a multidisciplinary team. In order to assess the effectiveness of the training course, a battery of tests has been administered. The following research is a pilot study on the method in its online version, with the aim of verifying if it was possible to implement, despite the physical distance, a path of psycho-body empowerment and improvement of interpersonal relationships, in this case among the mental health workers participating to the course. An analysis of the results obtained from the tests shows that this online course led to the acquisition of greater self-awareness for health workers and strengthened those relational aspects that, among other things, encourage the mental health management of the patient/caregiver. These results justify the spread of the course to a wider target.

Supporting Students' Mental Health and Academic Success Through Mobile App and IoT

2019 ◽  
pp. 703-719
Author(s):  
Karolina Baras ◽  
Luísa Soares ◽  
Carla Vale Lucas ◽  
Filipa Oliveira ◽  
Norberto Pinto Paulo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Young People ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Health And Well Being

Smartphones have become devices of choice for running studies on health and well-being, especially among young people. When entering college, students often face many challenges, such as adaptation to new situations, establish new interpersonal relationships, heavier workload and shorter deadlines, teamwork assignments and others. In this paper, the results of four studies examining students' well-being and mental health as well as student's perception of challenges and obstacles they face during their academic journey are presented. In addition, a mobile application that acts as a complement to a successful tutoring project implemented at the authors' University is proposed. The application allows students to keep their schedules and deadlines in one place while incorporating virtual tutor features. By using both, the events from the student's calendar and his or her mood indicators, the application sends notifications accordingly. These notifications encompass motivational phrases, time management guidelines, as well as relaxation tips.

scholarly journals Well-being through group exercise: immigrant women’s experiences of a low-threshold training program

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-305
Author(s):  
Nancie Luth-Hanssen ◽  
Marit Fougner ◽  
Jonas Debesay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Body Awareness ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Low Threshold

Purpose Immigrant women show a higher risk of mental health problems and report higher levels of musculoskeletal disorders. Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapy (NPMP) is a body awareness treatment that has been used to alleviate musculoskeletal disorders and mental distress. The purpose of this study is to explore immigrant women’s participation in a low threshold training group and identify what motivates and affects their attendance and well-being. Design/methodology/approach The study is informed by a phenomenological approach. The data collection methods consisted of participatory observation and interviews. Observations and interviews were carried out between December 2016 and March 2017. Findings The findings show that the content and context of the movement group, being able to participate in exercises wearing own clothes and relying on previous body experiences motivate the women to attend and continue in the training program. NPMP inspired group training takes into account women’s cultural preferences and values. The culture-sensitive approach to physical exercise seems to motivate attendance and contribute to social and mental well-being. Low threshold physical programs should, therefore, be considered to provide immigrant women with the opportunity to experience well-being and social participation. Originality/value This study contributes to the better understanding and promotion of the physical and mental health of immigrants.

scholarly journals Strategies for Delivering Mental Health Services in Response to Global Climate Change: A Narrative Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8562
Author(s):  
Lawrence A. Palinkas ◽  
Meaghan L. O’Donnell ◽  
Winnie Lau ◽  
Marleen Wong
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Civil Conflict ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Extreme Weather Events

This narrative review examined strategies for preparedness and response to mental health impacts of three forms of climate change from a services perspective: (1) acute and extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, (2) sub-acute or long-term events such as droughts and heatwaves; and (3) the prospect of long-term and permanent changes, including higher temperatures, rising sea levels, and an uninhabitable physical environment. Strategies for acute events included development and implementation of programs and practices for monitoring and treating mental health problems and strengthening individual and community resilience, training of community health workers to deliver services, and conducting inventories of available resources and assessments of at-risk populations. Additional strategies for sub-acute changes included advocacy for mitigation policies and programs and adaptation of guidelines and interventions to address the secondary impacts of sub-acute events, such as threats to livelihood, health and well-being, population displacement, environmental degradation, and civil conflict. Strategies for long-lasting changes included the implementation of evidence-based risk communication interventions that address the existing and potential threat of climate change, promoting the mental health benefits of environmental conservation, and promoting psychological growth and resilience.

scholarly journals “A Study on The Levels Of Stress Among Post Graduate Students Of Dibrugarh University’’

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5897-5907
Author(s):  
Sri Gaurab Pratim Hazarika, Dr. (Mrs.) Neeta Kalita Barua
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Process ◽  
Physical Wellbeing ◽  
Defensive Action ◽  
Adaptive Reaction

Stress is normally an unavoidable part of everyone’s life living in this world. It portrays a negative notion that can have an impact on one’s mental and physical well-being. Stress is always regarded as a psychological process that involves an individual’s personal interpretation and response to any threatening event. Stress is an unavoidable part of life everybody meet with stress in his/ her life; it can take a toll on students‟ physical health, mental health, and academic success and even on every part of life unless they discover to cope with it appropriately. Stress has a negative impact on one’s mental and physical wellbeing. Throughout a lifetime, one may experience thousands of different episodes of stress. It means that stress may be a normal, adaptive reaction to threat. Its role is to signal and prepare individuals to take defensive action. Take for instance, fear of things that present realistic threats motivates individuals to deal with them or avoid them. . College and Post Graduation students experience stress connected to changes in lifestyle, increased workload, new tasks, interpersonal relationships and a lot of other things. Tremendous levels of stress can hinder work efficacy and lead to meagre academic performance and at the same time it affects one’s overall happiness.

scholarly journals Features of emotional burnout in neurological and mental health workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Natalia Maruta ◽  
Oleg Chaban
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Working Capacity ◽  
Emotional Burnout ◽  
Increased Activity ◽  
Emotional Burnout Syndrome

We examined 196 people from all regions in Ukraine who worked in the field of neurological and mental health (128 neurologists and 68 psychiatrists). Among the surveyed women prevailed (157 women and 39 men), whose average age was (48.6 ± 2.8) years. Studies have shown that signs of emotional burnout syndrome (EBS) of varying severity were identified in 68.4 % of the surveyed. Only 31.6 % of the individuals did not find any signs of EBS. During the analysis of the EBS structure, it was found that the stage of stress was found in 30.6 % of the examined, the stage of resistance — in 20.4 % and the stage of depletion — in 17.3 %. The effectiveness of MemoProve in persons with EBS includes regression of asthenia (physical and mental), increased activity and motivation, as well as an improvement in the processes of concentration and working capacity, that is, it allows to eliminate manifestations of EBS.

scholarly journals Relationship between financial well-being and Burnout Syndrome in anesthesiologists

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-140
Author(s):  
Eduardo Schuch Reimann ◽  
Airton Bagatini
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Weekly Work

Burnout syndrome and problems in personal financial life can have negative effects on mental health. Given this similarity between the two, the question is whether there is a correlation between financial well-being and the risk of developing the syndrome. In this study a questionnaire was applied to analyze this relationship. The results show that the lower the financial well-being, the higher the risk of Burnout. The prevalence of the syndrome in the sample was 28.6%. Furthermore, age and time in the job market showed a negative correlation with this risk, while the weekly work load showed a positive correlation. Despite not demonstrating causality between the variables, this study presents new data in the literature. Future studies in the area are necessary to aid in the prevention and treatment of Burnout Syndrome.

scholarly journals Well-being status and post-traumatic stress symptoms in health workers attending mindfulness sessions during the early stage of the COVID-19 epidemic in Mexico

Salud Mental ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 303-310
Author(s):  
Janet Real-Ramírez ◽  
Luis Alberto García-Bello ◽  
Rebeca Robles-García ◽  
Montserrat Martínez ◽  
Karime Adame-Rivas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
National Mental Health

Introduction. In Mexico, a National Mental Health Strategy was implemented to identify and attend the mental health repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. It included the creation of five virtual clinics for health workers, being the Burnout, Post-traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue clinic one of them. Objective. To describe the basal sociodemographic and psychological characteristics of health workers attending online mindfulness sessions as part of the treatment of the aforementioned clinic. Method. This is a cross-sectional report part of a major nationwide and longitudinal project. All attendants responded to digital sociodemographics and COVID-19 questionnaires, the Extended Physician Well-Being Index (EPWBI), and the Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) TOP-8 index. Results. Of the 507 health workers that participated, 70.02% of them were at risk of burnout according to the Extended Well-Being Index and 57.31, 7.91 and 2.77% had a mild, moderate, and severe risk of PTSD, respectively. The most affected were the female health workers, from metropolitan or central areas of the country, and those diagnosed with COVID-19 or exposed to a person with the diagnosis. Discussion and conclusion. Mexican health workers attending mindfulness sessions presented high frequencies of PTSD symptoms and burnout. Female workers at urban hospitals could be at a special risk for developing PTSD or Well-ness alterations, and thus, they must be cared for closely, particularly those having direct contact with COVID 19 positive persons. The early participation in mental health strategies might lessen the immediate and long-term pandemic effects.

Lifestyle and Cultural Factors Related to Longevity Among Older Adults in the Northeast of Thailand

2020 ◽  
pp. 104365962092122
Author(s):  
Alchalee Jantapo ◽  
Wichitra Kusoom
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Healthy Longevity ◽  
And Control ◽  
Thai Culture

Introduction: Healthy longevity is important in older adults. The lifestyle and cultural background are likely related to longevity. This study explored lifestyles and Buddhist Thai culture relating to longevity, and evaluated activities of daily living (ADL), body mass index (BMI), and mental health. Method: A mixed method using concurrent embedded strategy was employed. Qualitative data collection included observation and in-depth interviews with 30 older adults aged 80 years and above from Northeastern Thailand. Quantitative data: Barthel ADL, BMI, and Thai Geriatric Mental Health Assessment (T-GMH-A) were assessed. Content analysis was applied using the Strauss and Corbin method. Results: Four major themes were, promoting physical activities, prevention and control of diseases, mental health management, and Buddhist socio-Thai culture. Means of Barthel ADL, BMI, and T-GMH-A were 19.0 ( SD 1.1), 21.34 ( SD 3.07), and 53.53 ( SD 7.22), respectively. Discussion: These factors greatly influenced longevity and well-being. Culturally congruent care should be implemented to health care services.

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