RESUMENFundamento: El término Burnout se refiere a una situación que es cada vez más frecuente entre los profesionales que prestan sus servicios a través de una relación directa y mantenida con las personas, entre los que se encuentran todos los profesionales sanitarios. El objetivo de nuestro estudio ha sido determinar la prevalencia del sín-drome de Burnout y de sus tres componentes (cansancio emocional, despersonalización y falta de realización personal) entre los profesionales del área de enfermería del Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos de Madrid y su relación con determinados factores sociodemográficos, laborales e institucionales. Métodos:Se realizó un estudio tranversal entre los profesionales adscritos al área de enfermería del mencionado hospital. Las variables implicadas se recogieron mediante un cuestionario de elaboración propia. En cuanto al síndrome de Burnout se midió mediante el Maslach Burnout Inventory, en su versión validada en español.Resultados: El personal de enfermería está más despersonalizado (p=0,004) y menos realizado (p=0,036) que el grupo de auxiliares/técnicos. Cuando se analizaron los resultados de las 4 escalas por servicios comprobamos que el agotamiento es superior en los trabajadores de oncología y urgencias (p=0,001), la despersonalización en urgencias (p=0,007), y el Burnout es de nuevo más alto en las áreas de oncología y urgencias (p=0,000). Los profesionales que respondí-an que su labor asistencial era poco reconocida obtenían las peores puntuaciones en el Burnout y sus tres dimensiones (p =0,000). A menor grado de satisfacción laboral más altas son las puntuaciones en las 4 escalas (p=0,000). Conclusiones:Podemos concluir que en nuestro estudio el perfil del sujeto afecto de Burnout se corresponde con el de un profesional con experiencia laboral que sin embargo manifiesta un escaso grado de reconocimiento a su labor asistencial y un alto nivel de insatisfacción con la gestión de su centro de trabajo.Palabras clave: Agotamiento profesional. Enfermeras. Demografía. Satisfacción en el trabajo. Hospitales. ABSTRACT Burnout Syndrome among Nursing Staff at a Hospital in MadridBackground: The term «burnout» is related to a situation arising increasingly more often among the professionals performing their duties by way of a long-term, direct, people-to-people relationship, which includes all healthcare professionals. This study is aimed at determining the prevalence of the Burnout syndrome and of the three components involved therein (emotional exhaustion, impersonalization and lack of personal fulfillment) among the nursing staff at the «Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos» in Madrid and the relationship thereof to certain socio-demographic, job-related and institutional factors. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted among the professionals assigned to the nursing staff at the above-mentioned hospital. The variables involved were gathered by means of a questionnaire prepared by those conducting this study. The Burnout syndrome was measured by means of the M...

Background: Several studies in wealthy countries suggest that utilization of GP and hospital services, after adjusting for health care need, is equitable or pro-poor, whereas specialist care tends to favour the better off. Horizontal equity in these studies has not been evaluated appropriately, since the use of healthcare services is analysed without distinguishing between public and private services. The purpose of this study is to estimate the relation between socioeconomic position and health services use to determine whether the findings are compatible with the attainment of horizontal equity: equal use of public healthcare services for equal need.

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Diluted dried blood drops on filter paper were compared with serum samples as a specimen source for qualitative anti-HAV antibody determination by ELISA. A total of 298 serum samples and dried blood drops were collected from a population of healthy adolescents (15.3 +/- 1.2 years old). The prevalence of anti-HAV antibody obtained by testing serum samples was 7.7% (95% CI:4.8 10.1). Compared with serum sampling the sensitivity and specificity of diluted dried blood drops were 91.3 and 99.3%. The positive and negative predictive values were 91.3 and 99.3%, respectively, and the likelihood ratios of positive and negative results were 91 and 0.09. It is proposed that this test represents a reliable procedure for anti-HAV antibody testing.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the childhood population in Spain has stabilised, except among adolescents, whether from lower-income families or lower-income areas, among whom a rising trend is in evidence.