Humbelina Robles Ortega

La salud de las personas adultas afectadas por un proceso de desahucio

OBJECTIVE To analyze perceived health status and other health-related indicators in the adult population in Granada (Spain) undergoing an eviction process from their homes, whether rented or owned, in comparison with health indicators in the general adult population in Andalusia. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was administered by trained staff. The survey included instruments from the Andalusian Health Survey 2011 for measuring variables related to physical and mental health, as well as health-related habits. We compared the results with those obtained from the Andalusian general population through the Andalusian Health Survey. A bivariate analysis using the χ2 test and a multivariate logistic regression analysis were conducted. RESULTS We obtained a total sample of 205 people in the process of eviction. A total of 59.5% (n=122) were women, and 40.5% (n=83) were men. Participants were more likely to have poor health (odds ratio [OR]: 12.63, 95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 8.74-18.27), have cardiovascular diseases (OR: 3.08; 95%CI: 1.54- 6.16), or to smoke (OR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.21-2.33) compared with the Andalusian general population. Most of the health indicators analyzed showed a worse outcome for women undergoing an eviction process. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that, in the current context of economic crisis, people undergoing a process of eviction in Granada and its metropolitan area show poorer health than the Andalusian general population. Further research is needed on health and evictions from different methodological approaches, for a better understanding of the topic.

Hostilidad, patrón de conducta tipo A y reactividad cardíaca

La presente investigacion tuvo como objetivo estudiar el efecto de la hostilidad autoinformada en la reactividad cardiaca de sujetos Tipo A/B. Los sujetos fueron 40 estudiantes varones repartidos en cuatro grupos: (1) Tipo A con alta Hostilidad, (2) Tipo A con baja Hostilidad, (3) Tipo B con alta Hostilidad y (4) Tipo B con baja Hostilidad. Todos ellos pasaron por tres pruebas de reactividad psicofisiologica: El Test de la Respuesta Cardiaca de Defensa ante estimulacion auditiva intensa, una Tarea de Aritmetica Mental y una Tarea de Juego de Video Competitivo. La variable dependiente registrada fue la tasa cardiaca. Los resultados indican que en las tres pruebas no se observan diferencias en la reactividad de la tasa cardiaca entre sujetos Tipo A y B con alta Hostilidad autoinformada. Sin embargo, si se observan diferencias entre sujetos Tipo A y B con baja Hostilidad autoinformada, siendo los sujetos Tipo A los que muestran mayores incrementos en tasa cardiaca durante la Respuesta Cardiaca de Defensa y el Juego de Video Competitivo. En la Tarea de Aritmetica Mental se observa esta tendencia, aunque no llegan a ser diferencias significativas. Estos resultados sugieren que la supresion o negacion de la hostilidad en sujetos Tipo A esta asociada con un incremento en la reactividad cardiovascular