Anxiety, Depression, Body Mass Index, Physical Activity in Nomophobic Italian Nurses: A Chronic Latent Inflammation?

AIM: To investigate which risk factors are strictly connected to nomophobia in Italian nurses, according to socio-demographic characteristics, Body Mass Index scores, physical activity habits, anxiety, and depression. METHODS: An "ad hoc" online questionnaire has been created and then administered to Italian nurses. Data include sex, age, years of work experience, shift work per day, nursing educational level, Body Mass Index, physical activity, anxiety, depression, and nomophobia conditions. Univariate logistic regression has been performed to explore what potential factors may contribute to the nomophobia condition. RESULTS: A total of 430 nurses agree to participate. No respondents record severe nomophobia levels, as 308 (71.6%) register mild and 58 (13.5%) register moderate levels and 64 (14.9%) report no abnormal condition. Females seem to be more exposed than males to nomophobia (p < 0.001); nurses aged from 31 to 40 years and also with less than 10 years of work experience are more affected comparnig to the other sub groups (p < 0.001). Nurses who practice low physical activity report significant high levels in nomophobia (p < 0.001) and nurses reporting high anxiety levels also suffer from nomophobia (p < 0.001). The trend is inverse by considering depression condition since most of the nurses suffering from mild or moderate nomophobia levels report the absence of depression condition (p < 0.001). No statistical differences have been reported between nomophobia levels and shift work (p = 0.269), nursing educational level (p = 0.242), and BMI levels (p = 0.183). Anxiety and physical activity report strong relationships with nomophobia condition (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Nomophobia may affect all individuals, especially young individuals. Although further studies on nurses will be implemented, including the workplace and training environments of nurses by allowing a clearer picture of the levels of "nomophobia" in general, as nomophobic behavior may have negative repercussions both in social and professional spheres.

Acute myocardium infarction: difficulties and interventions perceived by Italian nurses and physicians.

BACKGROUND: Among cardiovascular diseases, acute coronary syndrome is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in the Western industrialized countries. Evidence suggested how continuous updating in cardiovascular area both for nurses and physicians was essential to improve patient outcomes in clinical process, welfare and rehabilitation, since physicians and nurses could play a key role in empowering the care of patients affected by the acute myocardium infarction (AMI). Although the correlation between continuous training and improvement of nursing care was therefore clear, the difficulties that nurses encountered in AMI patients' management remained unexplored. The present study aimed to identify any difficulties that both nurses and physicians in emergency/urgent departments encountered in the AMI patient care. METHODS: An observational, cross sectional, multicenter online study was conducted, in online mode. An ad hoc questionnaire was created and publicized through social networks, collecting only nurses and physicians. RESULTS: A total of 401 nurses and physicians were recruited. Significant association was assessed between the importance of the re-training participation and the item regarding: "To implement strategies to avoid excessive patient stress," since healthcare workers who constantly re-trained their competences encountered less difficulties than the others (P=0.002). By considering associations between the re-training condition and any interventions implemented by the interviewer to prevent or reduce the psycho-physical stress in AMI patients, a significant association (P=0.017) was assessed between the re-training condition and the improvement of the sleep-rest model (item no. 20), since healthcare professionals who re-trained their competences in the AMI care promoted regular rest condition in the AMI patients. CONCLUSIONS: The study highlighted the importance of basic and advanced training both for physicians and nurses in the AMI patient care, by demonstrating how health promotion and therapeutic education and information could be important to the AMI patient care.