Objetivo: evaluar si la alteración en la actividad de la alfa amilasa salival está asociada a la ansiedad y al estrés de los profesionales de enfermería hospitalaria y, si la ansiedad y el estrés están asociados a factores sociodemográficos, epidemiológicos y laborales. Método: estudio transversal, cuantitativo, desarrollado en 210 profesionales de enfermería, en una institución hospitalaria. Para la recogida d...
Background and Objectives: Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) is a health condition that represents a global public health problem and its relation with the hormone cortisol is not yet widely understood. Thus, the present study aimed to identify in the literature the association among the SAH, the hormone cortisol and the clinical methods used to evaluate this relationship. Methods: An integrative literature ...
Aim: to identify the nurses’ satisfaction factors in a university hospital. Method: a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory survey with 15 nurses at a university hospital in northern Paraná. Data collection took place between November 2011 and May 2012 through a semi-structured interview and the lines were subjected to content analysis in the thematic mode. Results: one thematic category called satisfaction ...
;;OBJECTIVE:;; to identify the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among nursing personnel, and its association with occupational stress, anxiety and depression.;;;;METHOD:;; a descriptive correlational study undertaken with 226 nursing personnel from a teaching hospital. Data collection was undertaken through application of the Job Stress Scale, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and a sociodemographic que...
OBJETIVO: verificar la asociación entre accidentes de trabajo y los niveles de carboxihemoglobina presentados por trabajadores moto-taxistas. MÉTODO: estudio de correlación, cuantitativo, con 111 trabajadores y datos recolectados en julio del 2012 mediante cuestionario de caracterización de los sujetos y recolecta sanguínea para dosificación de carboxihemoglobina. RESULTADO: el 28,8% sufrió accidentes de trabaj...
This exploratory research based on the Social Ecological Theory aimed to study the health promotion of 39 people working in the harvest of the sugarcane in São Paulo, Brazil. The objectives were to identify the individual, social and environmental factors predisposing the workers to illnesses. The data were collected through direct observation of the labor activity and a questionnaire. The main individual deter...