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A survey was carried out during March-May 2017 to analyze the beliefs and attitudes of health workers and nursing students in the face of an influenza pandemic in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. A high percentage doubted that there is a vaccine to protect them against an influenza pandemic, although workers showed greater certainty than students concerning access to a vaccine. Health workers showed themselves as more responsible for their work than students; i.e., 46.7% would be in favor of penalizing anyone who refused to go to work because there is a high percentage that put work before their responsibility toward themselves and their families. In conclusion, this study suggests promoting initiatives for reducing absenteeism, identifying those factors that would facilitate it, and having a contingency plan prepared in the event of an influenza pandemic.
Con el objetivo de analizar las creencias y actitudes de trabajadores sanitarios y estudiantes de enfermería de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria en España ante una pandemia por gripe, se aplicó una encuesta durante marzo-mayo del 2017. Un alto porcentaje duda que exista una vacuna que les proteja ante una pandemia por gripe aunque los trabajadores muestran mayor seguridad con respecto al acceso a una vacuna que los estudiantes, los trabajadores sanitarios manifestaron una mayor responsabilidad ante su trabajo que los estudiantes, así un 46,7% estaría de acuerdo en sancionar al que se negase a ir a trabajar, debido a que existe un alto porcentaje lo anteponen a su responsabilidad para sí y su familia. En conclusión, se sugiere la promoción de iniciativas encaminadas a reducir el absentismo, identificando aquellos factores que lo facilitarían y tener preparado un plan de contingencia ante una pandemia por gripe.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Attitude to Health , Culture , Health Personnel/psychology , Influenza, Human/epidemiology , Pandemics , Students, Nursing/psychology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Self Report , Spain/epidemiologyABSTRACT
RESUMEN Con el objetivo de analizar las creencias y actitudes de trabajadores sanitarios y estudiantes de enfermería de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria en España ante una pandemia por gripe, se aplicó una encuesta durante marzo-mayo del 2017. Un alto porcentaje duda que exista una vacuna que les proteja ante una pandemia por gripe aunque los trabajadores muestran mayor seguridad con respecto al acceso a una vacuna que los estudiantes, los trabajadores sanitarios manifestaron una mayor responsabilidad ante su trabajo que los estudiantes, así un 46,7% estaría de acuerdo en sancionar al que se negase a ir a trabajar, debido a que existe un alto porcentaje lo anteponen a su responsabilidad para sí y su familia. En conclusión, se sugiere la promoción de iniciativas encaminadas a reducir el absentismo, identificando aquellos factores que lo facilitarían y tener preparado un plan de contingencia ante una pandemia por gripe.
ABSTRACT A survey was carried out during March-May 2017 to analyze the beliefs and attitudes of health workers and nursing students in the face of an influenza pandemic in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. A high percentage doubted that there is a vaccine to protect them against an influenza pandemic, although workers showed greater certainty than students concerning access to a vaccine. Health workers showed themselves as more responsible for their work than students; i.e., 46.7% would be in favor of penalizing anyone who refused to go to work because there is a high percentage that put work before their responsibility toward themselves and their families. In conclusion, this study suggests promoting initiatives for reducing absenteeism, identifying those factors that would facilitate it, and having a contingency plan prepared in the event of an influenza pandemic.
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Female , Humans , Male , Students, Nursing/psychology , Attitude of Health Personnel , Attitude to Health , Health Personnel/psychology , Culture , Influenza, Human/epidemiology , Pandemics , Spain/epidemiology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Self ReportABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the epidemiological and prognostic differences between critical surgical patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) according to length of stay in the ICU. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective observational study on patients with surgical pathology admitted to ICU of a tertiary hospital, during 7 years, with a stay ≥ 5 days. The variables analyzed were age, sex, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), duration of stay, hospital and ICU mortality, original service, reason for admission, geographical place of residence, and the use of invasive techniques such as mechanical ventilation (MV), tracheotomy, and techniques of continuous renal replacement (CRR). Two groups were defined; one with intermediate stay, the one that exceeds the average of our population (> 5 days) and another with long stay patients (> 14 days). Readmissions were excluded. Firstly, the analysis of differential characteristics of patients was performed, this was according to the duration of their stay using either a contrast equal averages when the variable contrast between the two groups was quantitative or the Chi-square test when the variable analyzed was qualitative. For both tests, the existence of significant differences between groups was considered when the significance level was less than 5%. And, secondly, a model forecast ICU survival of these patients, regardless of length of stay in ICU, using a binary logistic regression analysis was performed. RESULTS: Among the 540 patients analyzed, no significant differences were observed, depending on the length of stay in the ICU, except the need for invasive techniques such as MV or tracheotomy in those of longer stay (P = 0.000). However, ICU mortality was significantly higher for patients with intermediate stay (30 vs 17: 5%; P = 0.000), without observing differences in hospital mortality. ICU survival was influenced by age, APACHE II levels, admission to the ICU in a coma state, and the application of the three invasive techniques discussed. CONCLUSION: Surgical patients who survive in the ICU, regardless of the length of their stay in it, have the same odds of hospital survival. Found as predictors of mortality in ICU APACHE II, age, admission in a coma state, and application of invasive techniques.
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