Satisfação de utentes do ACES Tâmega I – Baixo Tâmega

A reforma dos cuidados de saúde primários surgiu, em 2005, com o objectivo principal de criar um novo modelo de organização dos cuidados de saúde primários mais próximo dos cidadãos e mais eficiente, tendo surgido, neste contexto, as Unidades de Saúde Familiares (USF) e, mais recentemente, as Unidades de Cuidados de Saúde Personalizados (UCSP). Importa agora determinar a avaliação que os utentes destas unidades fazem dos cuidados que lhes são prestados. O presente estudo pretende avaliar a satisfação dos utentes das UCSP e USF do Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde (ACES)Tâmega I- Baixo Tâmega e identificar os factores que a influenciam, tendo sido utilizado para tal uma versão adaptada e validada do questionário Europep. Os resultados demonstram queos utentes do ACES Tâmega I - Baixo Tâmega avaliam favoravelmente os cuidados de saúde. As dimensões com maior satisfação são a “relação e comunicação”, com destaque para o tempo dedicado pelo pessoal de enfermagem, os“recursos humanos”, com destaque para a competência, cortesia e carinho do pessoal de enfermagem e as“instalações”. Os níveis mais baixos de satisfação, embora positivos, são relativos à organização dos serviços e continuidade e cooperação. O tempo de espera na sala de espera, referente à organização dos serviços, é,entre todos, o aspecto com pior avaliação distanciando-se significativamente de todos os outros itens avaliados. Também na análise dos comentários relativos a surpresas agradáveis e desagradáveis encontradas nas unidades verifica-se que os aspectos organizacionais são os que mais desagradam os utentes e os relacionais os que mais agradam. Verifica-se que a idade, estado civil, escolaridade, utilização da unidade de saúde e tipo de unidade determinam diferenças na satisfação. Os utentes das USF recomendam mais a sua unidade de saúde e encontram-semais satisfeitos em todas as dimensões da satisfação avaliadas, sendoesta discrepância mais acentuada a nível da organização dos serviços e resposta às necessidades.

Dilemas e angústias de enfermeiros plantonistas evidenciados em grupo focal

A finalidade deste estudo foi desenvolver reflexão crítica sobre a experiência de enfermeiros plantonistas. Os objetivos foram: apreender como os enfermeiros plantonistas descrevem e interpretam seus conhecimentos e experiências sobre esta realidade; e refletir sobre possíveis caminhos para a superação dos problemas identificados. Este estudo foi qualitativo, utilizando-se a técnica de grupo focal. O grupo foi formado por treze enfermeiros plantonistas. O referencial metodológico foi o do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Foram identificadas importantes dificuldades para a construção do trabalho coletivo e solidário: incompreensões entre o pessoal de enfermagem; entre enfermagem e outros profissionais que atuam no hospital; falta ou inadequação de materiais para a prestação de assistência; e ausência de apoio, dentre outras. Verificou-se a pertinência da criação de espaços comunicativos e de reflexão, visando o fortalecimento do coletivo profissional e a redução das angústias no trabalho do enfermeiro plantonista.

Nivel de satisfacción de la atención integral que brindan las enfermeras/os a las gestantes, en la Clínica Humanitaria “Fundación Pablo Jaramillo C.”, en el periodo noviembre – diciembre 2015

OBJETIVO: evaluar el nivel de satisfacción de la atención que brindan las enfermeras/os, a las gestantes hospitalizadas que cursan su tercer trimestre de embarazo, en la Clínica Humanitaria Fundación Pablo Jaramillo Crespo, periodo Noviembre-Diciembre 2015. METODOLOGÍA: se realizó un estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo con universo y muestra finito, conformado por 34 gestantes hospitalizadas, en el servicio Gineco-Obstetricia en la Clínica Humanitaria en su tercer trimestre de gestación. Se utilizó el instrumento Caring Assessment Instrument (Care-Q) modificado, conformado por 7 categorías y 25 preguntas. En la tabulación y análisis de datos se utilizó el programa Excel y Word. RESULTADOS: de las 34 gestantes encuestadas, el 68% refieren un nivel de satisfacción alto, el 16% señalan un nivel de satisfacción medio y el 16% un nivel de satisfacción bajo con referencia a la atención de enfermería. Los datos socio demográficos que presentaron las gestantes hospitalizadas indican que el grupo etario con mayor afluencia a la Clínica Humanitaria se encuentran entre los 19 – 24 años de edad con el 38,2%, el estado civil que prevalece entre las usuarias es casadas con el 50%, con un nivel de instrucción secundaria del 53% y residen dentro del sector urbano con el 59%. CONCLUSIONES: este estudio, demuestra que el nivel de satisfacción en la atención que brinda el personal de enfermería es alto, para una cantidad considerable de gestantes hospitalizadas, sin embargo existe un nivel de satisfacción medio y bajo, que deberían considerarse medidas, para ofrecer una excelente atención de calidad y calidez a las usuarias

A depresión post-parto : actitude da auxiliar de enfermeria. 'La depresión post-parto : actitud del auxiliar de enfermería'.

Describe las características que suele presentar una paciente que sufre una depresión post-parto y cómo debe ser la actuación del auxiliar de enfermería. Después, se expone un ejemplo práctico y cómo ha de resolverse. Para poder saber realizar un diagnóstico exacto sobre la depresión post-parto es necesario realizar encuestas entre docentes, la observación de las puérperas por personal experimentado y tener una actitud expectante y de prevención. La metodología seguida para llegar a estos resultados se ha centrado en la realización de encuestas a las pacientes puérperas que acaban de ser dadas de altas y tras un mes de haber tenido el parto en educación maternal, y a la experiencia personal de la auxiliar de enfermería, basado en el trabajo hospitalario cotidiano.

Relación entre la calidad del sueño y la calidad de vida del personal de salud en una institución de salud de iv nivel en caracas 2016

Introducción: La relación entre el sueño y la calidad de vida constituye una de las problemáticas de gran importancia en el ámbito de las condiciones de trabajo de funcionarios y personal médico de las unidades prestadoras de servicios hospitalarios. Estudios han evidenciado una relación entre la calidad del sueño y la calidad de vida y la falta de sueño se ha asociado con errores en los procedimientos y lesiones ocupacionales. Objetivo: Relacionar la calidad del sueño con la calidad de vida en personal de salud de una Institución de IV nivel, en la ciudad de Caracas (Venezuela). Materiales y métodos: Estudio de corte transversal con datos secundarios del personal de salud de un Hospital de IV nivel (93 registros) en la ciudad de Caracas (Venezuela). Se emplearon variables sociodemográficas, las relacionadas con calidad del sueño y provenientes de la encuesta “Índice de calidad de sueño de Pittsburgh” y con calidad de vida incluidas en el cuestionario SF-36. Se utilizo el programa estadístico SPSS para el análisis y se obtuvieron medidas de tendencia central y dispersión. Para relacionar las variables se emplearon las pruebas de Shapiro Wilk y el coeficiente de correlación de Spearman. Resultados: El total de los trabadores que ingresaron al estudio tuvieron un rango de edad entre 19 y 70 años y una desviación estándar de 10,9 años. Respecto al género, el 79,6% (n=74) fueron mujeres, y el 20,4% (n=19) fueron hombres. Con relación al componente de calidad de vida, se encontró que la mayor puntuación se asocia con el desempeño emocional (61,3%), la Vitalidad (73,5%), la Función Física (91%), el Dolor Físico (100%) y la Función Social (100%). Igualmente, se encontró que la totalidad de los trabajadores encuestados refirieron ser malos dormidores (91.4%). Al correlacionar la calidad de sueño con la calidad de vida, se encontró una asociación estadísticamente significativa, específicamente con el componente Latencia de sueño (p=0.008), Eficiencia habitual de sueño (p=0,001), Perturbaciones del Sueño (p=0,040) y Disfunción diurna (p= 0,008). Conclusión Este estudio reporto que la falta de sueño tiene relación con la calidad de vida del personal de salud y que la totalidad de los trabajadores de este estudio refirieron ser malos dormidores, hechos que demandan la atención de los programas de salud de las empresas, para promover medidas preventivas y correctivas respecto a las condiciones laborales como parte del bienestar de las personas.

AnSBBR Applied to a Personal Care Industry Wastewater Treatment: Effects of Fill Time, Volume Treated Per Cycle, and Organic Load

A study was performed regarding the effect of the relation between fill time, volume treated per cycle, and influent concentration at different applied organic loadings on the stability and efficiency of an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor containing immobilized biomass on polyurethane foam with recirculation of the liquid phase (AnSBBR) applied to the treatment of wastewater from a personal care industry. Total cycle length of the reactor was 8 h (480 min). Fill times were 10 min in the batch operation, 4 h in the fed-batch operation, and a 10-min batch followed by a 4-h fed batch in the mixed operation. Settling time was not necessary since the biomass was immobilized and decant time was 10 min. Volume of liquid medium in the reactor was 2.5 L, whereas volume treated per cycle ranged from 0.88 to 2.5 L in accordance with fill time. Influent concentration varied from 300 to 1,425 mg COD/L, resulting in an applied volumetric organic load of 0.9 and 1.5 g COD/L.d. Recirculation flow rate was 20 L/h, and the reactor was maintained at 30 A degrees C. Values of organic matter removal efficiency of filtered effluent samples were below 71% in the batch operations and above 74% in the operations of fed batch followed by batch. Feeding wastewater during part of the operational cycle was beneficial to the system, as it resulted in indirect control over the conversion of substrate into intermediates that would negatively interfere with the biochemical reactions regarding the degradation of organic matter. As a result, the average substrate consumption increased, leading to higher organic removal efficiencies in the fed-batch operations.

A vaccination game based on public health actions and personal decisions

Susceptible-infective-removed (SIR) models are commonly used for representing the spread of contagious diseases. A SIR model can be described in terms of a probabilistic cellular automaton (PCA), where each individual (corresponding to a cell of the PCA lattice) is connected to others by a random network favoring local contacts. Here, this framework is employed for investigating the consequences of applying vaccine against the propagation of a contagious infection, by considering vaccination as a game, in the sense of game theory. In this game, the players are the government and the susceptible newborns. In order to maximize their own payoffs, the government attempts to reduce the costs for combating the epidemic, and the newborns may be vaccinated only when infective individuals are found in their neighborhoods and/or the government promotes an immunization program. As a consequence of these strategies supported by cost-benefit analysis and perceived risk, numerical simulations show that the disease is not fully eliminated and the government implements quasi-periodic vaccination campaigns. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Personal Reflexive Instruments for Monitoring Engineering Development (PRIMED) Project

This was an early pre-Catalyst collaboration about developing reflexivity in student engineers. It was funded by (then) CUTSD.

Effect of self-monitoring and national culture on follower perceptions of personal charisma and charismatic message

In this paper, a theory of charismatic relationships is examined with reference to the follower's personal characteristics. It is argued that a leader's charismatic message and personal charisma occupy different roles for individuals who vary in national culture and level of self-monitoring. In an empirical test of the theory, 387 undergraduates of Chinese and Australian cultural backgrounds completed self-monitoring and charismatic leadership instruments. High self-monitors placed more importance on personal charisma than the charismatic message. Chinese participants relied more than the Australians on the charismatic message, although this preference depended on self-monitoring orientation. These results indicate the influence of both individual-and cultural-level variables on leader-member relationships, and the need to consider these effects in future developments of a theory of charismatic leadership.

Insufficiently active Australian college students: Perceived personal, social, and environmental influences

Background. A sustainable pattern of participation in physical activity is important in the maintenance of health and prevention of disease, College students are in transition from an active youth to a more sedentary adult behavior pattern. Methods. We assessed self-reported physical activity and other characteristics in a sample of 2,729 male and female students (median age was 20 years) recruited from representative courses and year levels at four Australian College campuses. They were categorized as sufficiently or insufficiently active, using estimates of energy expenditure (kcal/week) derived from self-reported physical activity, Personal factors (self-efficacy, job status, enjoyment), social factors (social support from family/friends), and environmental factors (awareness of facilities, gym membership) were also assessed. Results. Forty-seven percent of females and 32% of males were insufficiently active. For females, the significant independent predictors of being insufficiently active were lower social support from family and friends, lower enjoyment of activity, and not working. For males, predictors were lower social support from family and friends, lower enjoyment of activity, and being older. Conclusions. Factors associated with physical activity participation (particularly social support from family and friends) can inform physical activity strategies directed at young adults in the college setting. (C) 1999 American Health Foundation and Academic Press.

Personal values and the `country-of-origin effect`: the moderating role of consumers` demographics

This article has addressed the following research problem: what consumers` personal values most influence the country-of-origin effect? Furthermore, it has verified whether there are differences on this influence, in terms of consumers` demographic characteristics such as gender, age and country familiarity. A descriptive and quantitative empirical research has been used to analyse the product category of Chinese home appliances, using a sample of Brazilian executives. Results have shown that consumers` personal values exert different influences on the evaluation of foreign products. Most influences of personal values on the country-of-origin effect are negative; the more important the personal values, the more negative the products are evaluated. Exceptions are for women. With the results of this research, marketing professionals and theoreticians may better manage the use of a product`s country of origin as a marketing tool in international marketing activities.

Personal Values as Basis for Strategic Segmentation: a study with Professionals from Sao Paulo

An important segmentation basis used by firms is related to consumers` personal values which are investigated in this study. It was used a descriptive research with the survey method of data collection in a sample of executives from Sao Paulo who are considered to be potential buyers of high value and innovative goods. An exploratory factor analysis was employed in order to reduce the values scale used and a cluster analysis was performed to identify the groups of executives according to the importance attached to different person values. Concluding, it was observed that there was a similarity among the three personal values dimensions, named as Civility (concerns about having a good conduct before society according to social rules of interaction), Self-Direction (intellectual aspects and practical orientation in their conducts) and Conformity (restriction of actions, inclinations and impulses, that are likely to harm others and would violate expectations) and the ones reported in the theory Rokeach`s theory about instrumental personal values. Furthermore, three groups of executives were identified (good conduct group, low restriction group and high restriction group). The differences observed in the importance of personal values here presented by the dimensions called Civility, Self-Direction and Conformity can lead to different buying behaviors and product preferences. From the results found in this study the companies could adapt their current and new products offers, as well as their communication in order to better serve these segments of executives from Sao Paulo.