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Prevalence and drivers of nurse and physician distress in cardiovascular and oncology programmes at a Canadian quaternary hospital network during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quality improvement initiative

Por: Jelen · A. · Rodin · G. · Graham · L. · Goldfarb · R. · Mah · K. · Satele · D. V. · Elliot · M. · Krzyzanowska · M. K. · Rubin · B. B.
Objectives

To assess the prevalence and drivers of distress, a composite of burnout, decreased meaning in work, severe fatigue, poor work–life integration and quality of life, and suicidal ideation, among nurses and physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Cross-sectional design to evaluate distress levels of nurses and physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic between June and August 2021.

Setting

Cardiovascular and oncology care settings at a Canadian quaternary hospital network.

Participants

261 nurses and 167 physicians working in cardiovascular or oncology care. Response rate was 29% (428 of 1480).

Outcome measures

Survey tool to measure clinician distress using the Well-Being Index (WBI) and additional questions about workplace-related and COVID-19 pandemic-related factors.

Results

Among 428 respondents, nurses (82%, 214 of 261) and physicians (62%, 104 of 167) reported high distress on the WBI survey. Higher WBI scores (≥2) in nurses were associated with perceived inadequate staffing (174 (86%) vs 28 (64%), p=0.003), unfair treatment, (105 (52%) vs 11 (25%), p=0.005), and pandemic-related impact at work (162 (80%) vs 22 (50%), p

Conclusion

High distress was common among nurses and physicians working in cardiovascular and oncology care settings during the pandemic and linked to factors within and beyond the workplace. These results underscore the complex and contextual aspects of clinician distress, and the need to develop targeted approaches to effectively address this problem.

Educational technologies for teaching hand hygiene: Systematic review

by Daiane Rubinato Fernandes, Bruna Nogueira dos Santos, Carolina Scoqui Guimarães, Elaine Barros Ferreira, Amanda Salles Margatho, Paula Elaine Diniz dos Reis, Didier Pittet, Renata Cristina de Campos Pereira Silveira

Aim

To gather available scientific evidence on technologies used to teach hand hygiene to professional populations and lays involved in health care in the hospital setting. This systematic review was designed as proposed by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis, included studies reporting primary, original, quantitative research findings with no date limit and written in English, Spanish or Portuguese. The search was performed in the following electronic databases: Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Excerpta Medica dataBASE, Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, US National Library of Medicine, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and ProQuest. The eligibility criteria were applied independently by two reviewers to select the studies, first by reading the titles and abstracts on the Rayyan platform and then by full text reading of the eligible studies. After a descriptive analysis, the studies were subjected to critical evaluation of their methodological quality using JBI tools.

Results

Seven studies were included, addressing various methods for teaching hand hygiene using different technological resources, such as audiovisual electronic devices, videos, virtual reality, and gamification using tablets and smartphones, in different populations.

Conclusion

Using technologies to teach hand hygiene considerably helps patients, visitors, and relatives in learning the procedures and efficiently improves hand hygiene compliance rates among healthcare professionals, creating evidence-based repetitive learning opportunities for patients and caregivers.

AGO2-RIP-Seq reveals miR-34/miR-449 cluster targetome in sinonasal cancers

by Marco Tomasetti, Federica Monaco, Corrado Rubini, Marzia Rossato, Concetta De Quattro, Cristina Beltrami, Giacomo Sollini, Ernesto Pasquini, Monica Amati, Gaia Goteri, Lory Santarelli, Massimo Re

Sinonasal tumours are heterogeneous malignancies, presenting different histological features and clinical behaviour. Many studies emphasize the role of specific miRNA in the development and progression of cancer, and their expression profiles could be used as prognostic biomarkers to predict the survival. Recently, using the next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based miRNome analysis the miR-34/miR-449 cluster was identified as miRNA superfamily involved in the pathogenesis of sinonasal cancers (SNCs). In the present study, we established an Argonaute-2 (AGO2): mRNA immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput sequencing to analyse the regulatory role of miR-34/miR-449 in SNCs. Using this approach, we identified direct target genes (targetome), which were involved in regulation of RNA-DNA metabolic, transcript and epigenetic processes. In particular, the STK3, C9orf78 and STRN3 genes were the direct targets of both miR-34c and miR-449a, and their regulation are predictive of tumour progression. This study provides the first evidence that miR-34/miR-449 and their targets are deregulated in SNCs and could be proposed as valuable prognostic biomarkers.

Biophysical and nutritional combination treatment for myosteatosis in patients with sarcopenia: a study protocol for single-blinded randomised controlled trial

Por: Li · M. C. M. · Cheng · Y. K. · Cui · C. · Chow · S. K. H. · Wong · R. M. Y. · Kwok · T. C. · Siu · P. M. · Yang · M. · Tian · M. · Rubin · C. · Welch · A. A. · Qin · L. · Law · S. W. · Cheung · W. H.
Introduction

Sarcopenia is characterised by age-related loss of skeletal muscle and function and is associated with risks of adverse outcomes. The prevalence of sarcopenia increases due to ageing population and effective interventions is in need. Previous studies showed that β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate (HMB) supplement and vibration treatment (VT) enhanced muscle quality, while the coapplication of the two interventions had further improved muscle mass and function in sarcopenic mice model. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of this combination treatment in combating sarcopenia in older people. The findings of this study will demonstrate the effect of combination treatment as an alternative for managing sarcopenia.

Methods and analysis

In this single-blinded randomised controlled trial, subjects will be screened based on the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 definition. 200 subjects who are aged 65 or above and identified sarcopenic according to the AWGS algorithm will be recruited. They will be randomised to one of the following four groups: (1) Control+ONS; (2) HMB+ONS; (3) VT+ONS and (4) HMB+VT + ONS, where ONS stands for oral nutritional supplement. ONS will be taken in the form of protein formular once/day; HMB supplements will be 3 g/day; VT (35 Hz, 0.3 g, where g=gravitational acceleration) will be received for 20 mins/day and at least 3 days/week. The primary outcome assessments are muscle strength and function. Subjects will be assessed at baseline, 3-month and 6-month post treatment.

Ethics and dissemination

This study was approved by Joint CUHK-NTEC (The Chinese University of Hong Kong and New Territories East Cluster) Clinical Research Management Office (Ref: CRE-2022.223-T) and conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki. Trial results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated at academic conferences.

Trial registration number

NCT05525039.

Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews

by Cole Etherington, Amelia Palumbo, Kelly Holloway, Samantha Meyer, Maximillian Labrecque, Kyle Rubini, Risa Shorr, Vivian Welch, Emily Gibson, Terrie Foster, Jennie Haw, Elisabeth Vesnaver, Manavi T. Maharshi, Sheila F. O’Brien, Paul MacPherson, Joyce Dogba, Tony Steed, Mindy Goldman, Justin Presseau

Introduction

The growing demand for plasma protein products has caused concern in many countries who largely rely on importing plasma products produced from plasma collected in the United States and Europe. Optimizing recruitment and retention of a diversity of plasma donors is therefore important for supporting national donation systems that can reliably meet the most critical needs of health services. This series of three systematic reviews aims to synthesize the known barriers and enablers to source plasma donation from the qualitative and survey-based literature and identify which strategies that have shown to be effective in promoting increased intention to, and actual donation of, source plasma.

Methods and analysis

Primary studies involving source or convalescent plasma donation via plasmapheresis will be included. The search strategy will capture all potentially relevant studies to each of the three reviews, creating a database of plasma donation literature. Study designs will be subsequently identified in the screening process to facilitate analysis according to the unique inclusion criteria of each review (i.e., qualitative, survey, and experimental designs). The search will be conducted in the electronic databases SCOPUS, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL without date or language restrictions. Studies will be screened, and data will be extracted, in duplicate by two independent reviewers with disagreements resolved through consensus. Reviews 1 and 2 will draw on the Theoretical Domains Framework and Intersectionality, while Review 3 will be informed by Behaviour Change Intervention Ontologies. Directed content analysis and framework analysis (Review 1), and descriptive and inferential syntheses (Reviews 2 and 3), will be used, including meta-analyses if appropriate.

Discussion

This series of related reviews will serve to provide a foundation of what is known from the published literature about barriers and enablers to, and strategies for promoting, plasma donation worldwide.

Why do children attend school, engage in other activities or socialise when they have symptoms of an infectious illness? A cross-sectional survey

Por: Woodland · L. · Smith · L. E. · Webster · R. K. · Amlot · R. · Rubin · J. G.
Objectives

To prevent the spread of infectious disease, children are typically asked not to attend school, clubs or other activities, or socialise with others while they have specific symptoms. Despite this, many children continue to participate in these activities while symptomatic.

Design and setting

We commissioned a national cross-sectional survey with data collected between 19 November and 18 December 2021.

Participants

Eligible parents (n=941) were between 18 and 75 years of age, lived in the UK and had at least one child aged between 4 and 17 years. Parents were recruited from a pre-existing pool of potential respondents who had already expressed an interest in receiving market research surveys.

Outcome measures

Parents were asked whether their children had exhibited either recent vomiting, diarrhoea, high temperature/fever, a new continuous cough, a loss or change to their sense of taste or smell in the absence of a negative (PCR) COVID-19 test (‘stay-at-home symptoms’) since September 2021 and whether they attended school, engaged in other activities outside the home or socialised with members of another household while symptomatic (‘non-adherent’). We also measured parent’s demographics and attitudes about illness.

Results

One-third (33%, n=84/251, 95% CI: 28% to 39%) of children were ‘non-adherent’ in that they had attended activities outside the home or socialised when they had stay-at-home symptoms. Children were significantly more likely to be non-adherent when parents were aged 45 and younger; they allowed their children to make their own decisions about school attendance; they agreed that their child should go to school if they took over-the-counter medication; or they believed that children should go to school if they have mild symptoms of illness.

Conclusion

To reduce the risk of spreading disease, parents and teenagers need guidance to help them make informed decisions about engaging in activities and socialising with others while unwell.

La trascendencia de los cuidados invisibles

Los cuidados invisibles se engloban en la práctica de los cuidados y se relacionan con la parte emocional, la humanización y la trascendencia. Es la parte no técnica, pero que acompaña a los diferentes procedimientos y técnicas de unos cuidados profesionalizados. Objetivo. Analizar los cuidados que realizan los profesionales de enfermería sobre las dimensiones de los cuidados invisibles para un mayor conocimiento y reconocimiento de estos, por los profesionales y la institución. Metodología. Se trata de una investigación mixta. Una parte, con un diseño cualitativo fenomenológico, y otra, con un diseño observacional descriptivo y transversal. Los participantes implicados serán los pacientes y los profesionales de enfermería de las diferentes unidades y servicios del Hospital Universitario Son Espases. Para la recogida de los datos cualitativos se utilizará la entrevista grupal para explorar la percepción de los cuidados invisibles. Para la recogida de los datos cuantitativos se utilizará la herramienta Microsoft Forms 365® para la recogida de las respuestas del cuestionario de percepción del cuidado invisible de enfermería (PCIE, dirigido a los pacientes), y el cuestionario Care-Q que evalúa las dimensiones de los cuidados invisibles y el cuestionario ad hoc para identificar acciones de cuidados invisibles (dirigidos a los profesionales). Posteriormente, se implantará en el programa Millennium® para el registro de los cuidados invisibles en los planes de cuidados y visibilizar el valor que representan en el cuidado global y el tiempo dedicado en la jornada laboral.

Abstract

Invisible care is included in the practice of care and is related to the emotional part, humanization and transcendence. It is the non-technical part, but it accompanies the different procedures and techniques of professionalized care. Objective. Analyze the care provided by nursing professionals on the dimensions of invisible care for greater knowledge and recognition of these, by professionals and the institution. Methodology. It is a mixed investigation. One part, with a qualitative phenomenological design, and another, with a descriptive and cross-sectional observational design. The participants involved will be the patients and nurses from the different units and services of the Son Espases University Hospital (HUSE). For the collection of qualitative data, the group interview will be used to explore the perception of invisible care. For the collection of quantitative data, the Microsoft Forms 365® tool will be used to collect the responses to the perception questionnaire of invisible nursing care (PCIE, aimed at patients), and the Care-Q questionnaire that evaluates the dimensions of invisible care and the ad hoc questionnaire to identify invisible care actions (aimed at nurses). Later, it will be implemented in the Millennium® program to record invisible care in care plans and make visible the value they represent in global care and the time spent during the workday.

Impacto de la Unidad de Investigación de Enfermería en un Hospital de Nivel III

Objetivo principal: Valorar los conocimientos, actitudes y motivaciones de los profesionales de enfermería en el Hospital Universitario Son Espases (HUSE) y Evaluar la actividad de la Unidad de Investigación de Enfermería (UINE) y su impacto en los profesionales de enfermería hacia la investigación

Metodología: Diseño cuasi-experimental de grupos no equivalentes. Participarán una muestra estimada de 118 enfermeros/as del HUSE que cumplan unos criterios de selección. Los participantes contestarán a un cuestionario validado sobre conocimientos y motivaciones hacia la investigación enfermera. Se llevará a cabo mediante enlace google forms que se les enviará al correo corporativo. Las respuestas serán registradas automáticamente. Los datos recogidos serán analizados para obtener los resultados, presentar en congresos y elaborar posibles publicaciones.

Resultados principales: se pretende que los resultados confirmen la hipótesis planteada y por tanto, se cumplan los objetivos planteados.

Conclusión principal: Los/as enfermeros/as  del HUSE adquirirán mayor conciencia, conocimientos y actitudes hacia la investigación enfermera. Esto provocará un cambio que fomentará que la práctica asistencial de los cuidados se fundamente en la evidencia científica la cual permita aproximarse a la excelencia de los cuidados.

Palabras clave: cambio, cuidados, enfermera, investigación, hospital

Percepción de los profesionales sanitarios sobre cómo afecta la luz y ruido al sueño/descanso de los pacientes en el Servicio de Urgencias

Objetivo principal: Mejorar la calidad del sueño y descanso de los pacientes en el servicio de urgencias mediante la participación y cono-cimiento de las percepciones de los profesionales sanitarios. Metodología: Un total de 173 profesionales sanitarios (79 enfermeras/os, 33 TCAE, 29 médicos/as y 32 celadores/as) cumplimentaron el cuestionario ad hoc de percepción de los profesionales sobre cómo afecta la luz y ruido al sueño y descanso de los pacientes. Resultados principales: Aspectos relacionados con la organización y dinámicas de trabajo, las competencias, habilidades y cuidados llevados a cabo por los profesionales daban lugar a distinciones en la participación de responder al cuestionario y en las percepciones de los profesionales sobre cómo la luz y ruido afecta al sueño y descanso de los pacien-tes, lo cual remarcaba la necesidad de evaluar factores perturbadores ambientales y establecer estrategias, medidas, intervenciones y cuidados para mejorar la calidad de sueño de los pacientes. Por tanto, los resultados de este trabajo aportaban nuevos datos en compa-ración con los datos de escasos estudios sobre la necesidad de conocer la percepción de los profesionales sanitarios sobre factores perturbadores ambientales que afectan al sueño/descanso de los pacientes, particularmente en el servicio de urgencias. Conclusión principal: Existe una variabilidad de las diferentes categorías de profesionales sanitarios en relación a la participación en contestar al cuestionario ad hoc, así como diferencias significativas entre las percepciones sobre cómo afecta la luz y ruido sobre el sueño/descanso de los pacientes. Por tanto, se plantean perspectivas de futuro y se alude a estrategias dirigidas a los pacientes, profesionales y organi-zación/entorno de trabajo para mejorar la calidad de sueño de los pacientes en el servicio de urgencias.

Intervenciones y cuidados de enfermería en la mejora del sueño/descanso de los pacientes hospitalizados

Introducción: los pacientes en el hospital están expuestos a factores clínicos, ambientales y emocionales que contribuyen a la inquietud, miedo, incertidumbre y a reducir y fragmentar el sueño/descanso. Por ello, una intervención y cuidados de enfermería adecuados por parte de los profesionales de la salud, llevando a cabo medidas específicas para atenuar el impacto del ingreso en el hospital, es funda-mental para mejorar el bienestar y la rápida recuperación de los pacientes. Objetivo: revisar cuales son las intervenciones y cuidados de enfermería más eficaces para mejorar el sueño/descanso. Material y métodos: se llevó a cabo una búsqueda bibliográfica en las princi-pales bases de datos primarias y secundarias como Google Académico®, Pubmed®, CINAHL®, Cochrane® y CUIDEN® de los últimos 10 años, fundamentalmente para conseguir una revisión reciente de la literatura, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional en relación al tema de estudio. El presente trabajo está enfocado como una revisión narrativa descriptiva crítica para aportar datos basados en la evi-dencia. Resultados: se obtuvo un gran número de artículos, de los cuales se seleccionaron los que fueron más relevantes según el obje-tivo de esta revisión narrativa crítica. Discusión y conclusiones: la literatura aporta que unas intervenciones y cuidados de enfermería específicos acordes a la actividad rutinaria en el hospital favorece el sueño/descanso de los pacientes teniendo incidencia en su recupe-ración.

Repercusión de la luz y ruido sobre el sueño/descanso en los pacientes hospitalizados

Introducción: los pacientes que se encuentran hospitalizados sufren un conjunto de reacciones y sentimientos que conlleva generalmente proble-mas de sueño en el hospital, donde el trabajo es continuo en relación a los cuidados que requieren los pacientes y donde es necesario considerar la tecnología que caracteriza a las diferentes unidades, por el ruido que se produce y la luz que requieren los profesionales para llevar a cabo el trabajo. El ruido y la luz son los factores ambientales que afectan en mayor medida a los pacientes hospitalizados. El objetivo es comprobar, identifi-car y discutir cuales son los factores perturbadores ambientales que afectan al sueño/descanso de los pacientes ingresados en el hospital. Material y métodos: se llevó a cabo una búsqueda bibliográfica en las principales bases de datos primarias y secundarias como Pubmed®, CINAHL®, Coch-rane® y Google Acádemico® de los últimos 10 años. Resultados: se obtuvo un gran número de artículos, de los cuales se seleccionaron los que fueron más relevantes según el objetivo de esta revisión narrativa crítica. Discusión y conclusiones: existe una gran complejidad y variabilidad en las metodologías de los diferentes estudios relacionados con factores perturbadores ambientales, pero también en los últimos años se está prestando mayor atención a la investigación sobre los factores que afectan a sueño y descanso de los pacientes ingresados en el hospital. Se puede concluir que el ruido y la luz son los factores perturbadores ambientales principales que afectan al sueño/descanso de los pacientes hospitalizados y que se necesita más investigación de alta calidad para superar las limitaciones y dificultades de estudios previos y fortalecer los cuidados de enfermería basados en la evidencia.

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