Health status of health care workers at Srinagarind Hospital: experience from the Annual Health Check-up Program.

The authors conducted this study to evaluate the efficacy of a health check-up program and the health status of health care workers at Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University. The authors reviewed all yearly-check up charts of personnel who worked at Srinagarind Hospital from 2002 to 2003 including history taking, physical examination, and laboratory testings. There were 606 office workers and 1,024 nursing staff enrolled The mean ages of both groups were 38.9 and 36.5 years old, respectively. The office workers visited physicians significantly more often than the nursing staff (553 of 606 vs 271 of 1,024; p-value = 0.00). Obesity was found much more in office workers (127 of 472 versus 129 of 749). There were significant differences between the groups on impaired fasting plasma glucose, DM, HT, high cholesterol level, high triglyceride level, and significant elevation of ALT or AST (all p-value = 0.00). In the obese group, there was also a significantly higher number of cases who had high blood pressure, defined as IFG or DM, high cholesterol level, and high triglyceride level (p-value = 0.00) except the significant elevation of ALT or AST level. Cases of obesity with significant elevation of hepatic enzyme had many atherosclerotic risk factors. Therefore, metabolic derangements are the important problem for health care workers.

Satisfacción laboral en médicos y enfermeras / Occupational satisfaction in physicians and nurses

El objetivo es determinar el grado de satisfacción laboral del personal médico y de enfermería que ocupa puestos de confianza en las unidades médicas del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social en la Delegación Regional de Baja California. Se construyó un instrumento para medir la satisfacción laboral con 33 items que abordaron cinco dimensiones: relaciones profesionales y personales, recursos materiales, cargas de trabajo, autonomía y recompensas psicológicas y materiales. Se aplicó la encuesta a 69 médicos y 34 enfermeras; de éstos, 16 por ciento, manifestó satisfacción alta; 66 por ciento, satisfacción media; y 18 por ciento, satisfación baja. De las dimensiones estudiadas, la que señala el mayor número de sujetos con satisfacción alta fue la autonomía (69 por ciento); las relaciones profesionales y la cantidad de trabajo fueron los apartados en los que se encontró menor proporción de sujetos con satisfacción alta (13 por ciento cada una). La edad y la antigüedad en el puesto son las variables que están relacionadas con el nivel de satisfacción laboral.