Relationship between working conditions and health-related quality of life of nursing and medical staff in Intensive Care Units during the COVID 19 pandemic in Santa Marta, Colombia

Objective: To determine the relationship between working conditions and dimensions of health-related quality of life during the COVID 19 pandemic among nursing and medical staff in intensive care units in Santa Marta, Colombia. Method: Cross-sectional analytical study. The sample consisted of 110 health professionals (physician and nurses) selected by non-probability sampling. The MOS-36 questionnaire was used. Results: The respondents were mostly female (69.09%), with children (64.54%), living with their nuclear family (90.00%), nursing assistant (59.09%), followed by nurses (23.63%) and physicians (17.27%), with postgraduate degrees (13.63%), with chronic illness (14.54%) and with multiple jobs (93.63%). The dimensions of quality of life with the best perception were physical functioning (M: 85.69, SD: 19.04) and role emotional (M: 81.79, SD: 33.92), while a lower mean was found in the vitality dimension (M: 59.95, SD: 17.51). The variables age, sex (male), having children, suffering from a chronic disease, profession (physician), hiring format, multi-employment, seniority at work and service seem to negatively influence workers' mental and physical health. Conclusions: The mental component was the most affected. The health-related quality of life in the study group is generally evaluated as good;and this showed to be related to working conditions, meriting the design and implementation of strategies to minimize the impact of work on the health and integrity of health care professionals © COPYRIGHT Servicio de Publicaciones - Universidad de Murcia

Bachelor of Science in Nursing faculty perceptions of distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic [Version 1, Peer Review - In Progress]

Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic generated a disruption in the modality of face-to-face education, forcing an abrupt migration to virtuality with little or no prior preparation, which makes it necessary to analyze the perception and satisfaction of teachers with the development of activities in this format. Objective: to analyze the perception and satisfaction with education in virtual modality during the COVID-19 pandemic of the teachers of the Nursing Degree of the University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional, and quantitative study was designed. The sample consisted of 23 teachers who responded to an instrument consisting of 21 questions with closed response options. Results: the mean age was 52 years (SD: 10), 87 % were women and 79,9 % have children, 56,5 % are teachers of third-year subjects of the curriculum and 56,5 % have a degree level of training. 65,2 % mentioned that in virtuality their main difficulty was the resistance of students to turn on their cameras and 43,5 % perceive the qualifications obtained in virtuality as equivalent to face-to-face. Those who possessed a postgraduate degree (p=0,005) and those who wished to continue virtual activities after isolation (p=0,041) were found to have higher levels of satisfaction. Conclusions: an average level of satisfaction was found with a score of 6.8 out of 10 and the perception of the virtual modality for the development of classes during the pandemic was positive. © 2023, Publicacion de la Asociacion Salud, Ciencia y Tecnologia. All rights reserved.