Background/Introduction Psychological and physical well-being of health personnel has been significantly affected by COVID-19. Work overload and continuous exposure to positive COVID-19 cases have caused them fatigue, stress, anxiety, insomnia and other detriments. This research aims: 1) to analyze whether the use of cognitive reevaluation and emotional suppression strategies decreases and increases, respectively, stress levels of health personnel; 2) to quantify the impact of contact with patients with COVID-19 on stress levels of medical staff. Method Emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reevaluation and emotional expression) and stress levels were evaluated in 155 Dominican physicians who were treating people infected with COVID-19 at the moment of the study (67.9% women and 32.1% men; mean age = 34.89; SD = 9.26). In addition, a questionnaire created by the researchers quantified the impact that contact with those infected had on their stress levels. Results Contact with patients with COVID-19 predicts increased use of emotion suppression strategies, although is not associated with the use of cognitive reevaluation. These findings lead to an even greater increase in stress on health care providers. Conclusions Contextual contingencies demand immediate responses and may not allow health personnel to use cognitive re-evaluation strategies, leaning more towards emotion suppression. However, findings regarding high levels of stress require the implementation of intervention programs focused on the promotion of more functional emotion regulation strategies. Such programs may reduce current stress and prevent post-traumatic symptoms.
Background/Introduction. Psychological and physical well-being of health personnel has been significantly affected by COVID-19. Work overload and continuous exposure to positive COVID-19 cases have caused them fatigue, stress, anxiety, insomnia and other detriments. This research aims: 1) to analyze whether the use of cognitive reevaluation and emotional suppression strategies decreases and increases, respectively, stress levels of health personnel, 2) to quantify the impact of contact with patients with COVID-19 on stress s level of medical staff. Method. Emotion regulation strategies and stress level were evaluated in 155 Dominican physicians by means of psychological tests with adequate levels of reliability. In addition, a questionnaire created by the researchers quantified the impact that contact with those infected had on their stress levels. Results. Contact with patients with COVID-19 predicts increased use of emotion suppression strategies, although is not associated with the use of cognitive reevaluation. These findings lead to an even greater increase in stress on health care providers. Conclusions. Contextual contingencies demand immediate responses and may not allow health personnel to use cognitive re-evaluation strategies, leaning more towards emotion suppression. However, findings regarding high levels of stress require the implementation of intervention programs focused on the promotion of more functional emotion regulation strategies. Such programs may reduce current stress and prevent post-traumatic symptoms.
La enfermedad del COVID-19 fue declarada pandemia en marzo de 2020, causando complicaciones de salud graves e incluso la muerte, a la fecha, en más de dos millones de personas a nivel mundial. Hasta el momento no existe ningún medicamento eficaz contra el COVID-19 y la única esperanza para mitigar la pandemia será el uso masivo de la vacuna. En esta misma línea, en la última década se han formado movimientos contra la vacunación en el mundo, creando incertidumbre sobre la efectividad de las mismas. Por tal razón son importantes las estrategias de educación sobre vacunación como pilares para el avance en políticas de salud pública en nuestro país. Con el objetivo de determinar la percepción de la población en República Dominicana (R.D.) acerca de la vacunación contra el COVID-19, se diseñó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, usando un formulario en línea, compuesto por preguntas cerradas y semicerradas. De un total de 841 respuestas válidas (59.5 % mujeres y 40.5 % hombres) con una media de 31,33 años. La mayoría de los participantes (43.3 %, n=364) fueron residentes de la provincia de Santiago de los Caballeros (n=364; 43.3 %). Los estudiantes universitarios representaron el 45.1 % (n= 379) de la población encuestada. Actualmente, 208 de los participantes están desempleados (24.7 %), la comorbilidad más frecuente fue la hipertensión arterial (11.4 %). Un 44.7 % de ellos respondió positivamente a la eventual aplicación de la vacuna y el género con mayor aceptación fue el masculino (54.3 %), solo un 28.8 % contestó que se vacunará en cuanto haya disponibilidad; 61.6 % piensa que la vacuna será moderadamente efectiva, 26.2 % temen de los efectos adversos en futuro y un 11.2 % cambiaría su opinión si una figura pública se aplicase la vacuna. La información por parte de las autoridades locales e internacionales no tuvo alcance para un 70.4 % de los participantes. Un 68 % de la población tiene dudas sobre el desarrollo de la vacuna y un 70.7 % considera que no debe ser obligatoria su aplicación. La mayoría confía en el trabajo de los científicos (68.5 %) y en las empresas farmacéuticas (58.4 %) acerca del desarrollo de la vacuna. La población de estudio mostró una percepción no favorable hacia la vacunación contra COVID-19, evidenciando la necesidad de implementar una campaña de información y orientación masiva.
Introduction:The Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic has hit globally, both economically and in the collective health, leaving irreparable human losses. In addition to preventive measures such as the use of masks and physical distancing to mitigate the ravages of the pandemic, the method of immunization through vaccines has been applied, the health cabinet of the Dominican Republic (DR) began with the national vaccination campaign against COVID-19 "Vacúnate RD", to establish a quicker herd immunity and thus reduce morbidity and mortality. Objective: To determine the acceptance of the population regarding the vaccination process and the proposal of a third dose by the Public Health authorities in the DR. Methods: A descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional study, carried out in a 10-day collection period, which consisted of an online survey with 20 questions, divided into 3 sections and written in spanish, the official language of the country. Results: With a total of 1096 valid answers for the statistical analysis, regarding the immunization schedule, 55.9% consider that it should not be mandatory. At the time of the survey, 6.7% had not been applied any dose from the vaccine, 7.6% had the first dose, 81.9% (n=898) had completed their scheme with the second dose, and 41 participants reported having received the third dose; the most applied vaccines among those surveyed were Sinovac (68.2%, n=747), AstraZeneca (19.6%, n=215) and Pfizer (3.8%, n=42). 41.1% (n=451) responded affirmatively to the idea of an eventual application of a third dose vaccine, while 31.5% do not feel safe to apply said, "booster dose" and 27.4% responded negatively to this idea. Conclusion:In general, an acceptance was observed in the study population of getting the vaccine against COVID-19, trusting its protective effects, although there is still a high percentage of people who expressed doubts regarding the idea proposed by the health authorities in the DR about completing the third dose as a reinforcement of the immunization scheme already established worldwide by the relevant health organizations.
Introducción: la oximetría de pulso es una herramienta no invasiva, utilizada para determinar el contenido de oxígeno arterial periférico (SpO2). Actualmente, pocas investigaciones indican cuáles dedos de las manos son los más confiables para medir la SpO2. Material y métodos: se realizó un estudio observacional de corte transversal, cuyo propósito fue comparar los valores de SpO2 de los diferentes dedos para identificar variaciones significativas. Participaron 100 voluntarios sanos, diestros, con edades entre 23 y 46 años. Luego de cinco minutos de reposo se midió la presión arterial, frecuencia cardíaca, temperatura corporal y los niveles de SpO2 en todos los dedos de ambas manos, simultáneamente durante 1 minuto, con oxímetros de misma marca y modelo. Resultados: en la mano izquierda el promedio más alto fue de dedo anular (97.59 % ± 1.45) y solo estadísticamente significativa cuando se comparó con dedo pulgar derecho (p = 0.001), en cuanto a la mano derecha, el SpO2 más alto fue medido en el dedo anular (97.39 % ± 1.39) y solo fue estadísticamente significativo también en comparación con pulgar derecha (p = 0.045). Conclusión: los dedos anulares de ambas manos, con ligera elevación en la mano izquierda, aun sin diferencia estadística entre ellos, son los más adecuados para medir la perfusión de oxígeno periférico con oxímetro de pulso.
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