José Guadalupe Salazar Estrada

Social Support, Burnout Syndrome and Occupational Exhaustion among Mexican Traffic Police Agents

The consequences of work-related stress on health are worrisome, and by the same token, so is Burnout Syndrome. However, it has been shown that social support can prevent, reduce or even combat individuals’ responses to stress. A descriptive, transverse study was carried out with the objective of determining the prevalence of both Burnout Syndrome and receiving social support for traffic police in Mexico. 875 traffic police participated in the study, men and women alike, from all work shifts, day and night. Three questionnaires were administered: one to record sociodemographic and professional data, as well as the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the modified Diaz Veiga Social Resources Inventory . Our data analysis obtained frequencies and percentages and also identified associations between the study’s variables. The prevalence of Burnout Syndrome was found to be 54.9% among the study’s participants. The social support networks designated as “low or poor” were shown to be associated with Burnout Syndrome, with p values less than .05, an odds ratio ( OR ) greater than 1 and a confidence interval that did not include the number one. In spite of the strong network of social support reported by participants, it seems that those social effects were not strong enough to combat Burnout Syndrome, and some resolution strategy ought to be implemented at the individual, group and organizational levels.

Dimensiones culturales del dengue que favorecen o dificultan su prevención en México

resumenPalabras clave La incidencia de dengue ha aumen-tado drasticamente en todo el mundo durante los ultimos decenios. Hoy en dia 2 500 millones de personas estan en riesgo de contraer la enfermedad (1). En las Americas en 2009 se notifica-ron 853468 casos de dengue, incluidos 20 832 casos de dengue hemorragico, asi como 326 defunciones que representan una tasa de letalidad regional de 1,56%. 2 Entre los determinantes principales ligados al incremento de dengue figuran el crecimiento poblacional, la urbaniza-cion desmedida o mal planificada, las condiciones sanitarias inadecuadas, el deterioro de la infraestructura de salud y el surgimiento de caracteristicas mas complejas en el vector transmisor del virus (3). Ante esta situacion, se torna Investigacion original / Original research 1 Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Departamento de Salud Publica. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. La corres-pondencia se debe dirigir a Teresa Torres Lopez. Correo electronico: tere.torres.cucs@gmail.com

Factores psicosociales y patologías laborales en trabajadores de un sistema de transporte público urbano, México

Introduction: In recent years, an increase in diseases and accidents have been reported due to the presence of adverse psychosocial factors in the workplace. Objective: To analyze the

Efectos en el tiempo de la reubicación laboral y la calidad de vida en trabajadores mineros con silicosis de la División Andina-Codelco, Chile

espanolIntroduccion: Los paises industrializados estan sufriendo importantes transformaciones en su evolucion demografica, caracterizado por el envejecimiento de la poblacion (disminucion de la tasa de natalidad, incremento de la poblacion adulta y aumento de la esperanza de vida). En Espana el decremento de la tasa pensionista/ cotizante conlleva a que en la actualidad se este discutiendo en el gobierno el retraso en la edad de jubilacion. Objetivo: Determinar los efectos en el tiempo de la reubicacion laboral y la calidad de vida de los trabajadores mineros con diagnostico de silicosis de la Division Andina, Codelco Chile. Materiales y Metodo: Estudio cuantitativo de series temporales en un solo grupo, se aplico el cuestionario SF 36 a cinco trabajadores con diagnostico de silicosis, tres meses antes de la reubicacion y tres meses despues de la reubicacion, las mediciones fueron mensuales, para el analisis estadistico se utilizo el ANOVA para medidas repetidas en SPSS y se complemento con el test de Friedman. Resultados: Se observo que en las tres mediciones antes de la reubicacion laboral las 8 dimensiones del cuestionario SF 36 disminuyeron sostenidamente, no existiendo diferencia significativa (f > 0.05) entre los sujetos del estudio. Sin embargo despues de la reubicacion laboral la dimension de dolor corporal, vitalidad y funcion social presentaron diferencia significativa (f Conclusiones: Los trabajadores mostraron cambios en el tiempo en la calidad de vida, respecto a la reubicacion laboral, a pesar que no hubo significancia estadistica en la mayoria de las dimensiones que se midieron durante el proceso de reubicacion. EnglishObjective: To determine the effects over time of work relocation and the quality of life of mine workers diagnosed withsilicosis in the Andean division of Codelco, Chile. Materials and Method: Quantitative study of temporal series ina single group. The SF36 questionnaire was applied to five workers diagnosed with silicosis, three months before relocation and three months after job relocation. The evaluations were monthly. The statistical analysis was done using ANOVA for repeated measures in SPSS and complemented with the Friedman test. Results: We observed that in all three measurements beforethe job relocation, the 8 dimensionsof the SF36 declined steadily, with no significant difference (f> 0.05) among the study subjects. However, after the redeployment, the dimension of body pain, vitality and social function showed significant differences (f Conclusions: Workers showed changes over time in quality of life, with respect to job relocation, although there was no statistical significance in mostof the dimensions that were measured during the relocation process.

Representaciones sociales de la salud mental y enfermedad mental de población adulta de Guadalajara, México Mental health and mental illness social representations of adult population from Guadalajara, Mexico

The objective of this study was to explore mental health (MH) and mental illness (MI) social representations (SR) in adult people of Guadalajara, Mexico population. Free listing and paired questionnaires were used to identify the content and the arrangement of these social representations. SR analysis showed that MI was identifying like a state of positive emotions and satisfactory feelings of quietness and stability, which carry out wellbeing and quality of life. On the contrary, mental illness was associated to madness caused by organic and mental damages; it is generally undergone biomedical and psychological treatment, with a low healing possibility.

Fasting effect on eating behavior in university students

Scientific evidence on the characterization of eating behavior indicates that food deprivation situations, such as fasting, the food value increases and alter the feeding pattern. Consequently food consumption increases and therefore caloric intake. The situation worsens when after a deprivation period the preferred foods are unhealthy or consumed in excess becoming tiggers for health problems (Capaldi, 1993; Gottschalk, Libby & Graff, 2000; Velez & Garcia, 2003). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of fasting on caloric intake and changing food preferences. This study was conducted with the participation of 9 university students who were classified according to their Body Mass Index (BMI) into three groups: Low-weight, Normo-weight and Over-weight. At the baseline participants were exposed to eight different foods. Same participants during the experimental phase were exposed to a period of fasting, subsequently were exposed to the same foods and record their consumption. Results showed that caloric intake and food preferences were altered after the fasting condition, differential effects among participants were observed. Low-weight group increased their food consumption while Normal-weight and Over-weight groups decreased.

Drinking behavior disorders: a research proposal.

Abstract Disorder word refers a signs, symptoms and behaviors group those who can occur in many clinical ways and in severity different levels. Although drinking behavior disorders research is know it a little, it has observed a raise of disorder responses in relation with excessive behavior whos require urgent academic attention. One of its principal problems for lack of knowledge apparent consists about measuring and conceptualization phenomenon. The objective of present work consists about discussion on drinking disorder behaviors. The purpose is to review its definition and propose potomania, drunkorexia and sugar bingeing like drinking disorders through a descriptive analysis. Content of this work includes the thirst and drinking behavior part and its methods and experimental manipulations used. We recognize the lack of scientific research to determine if they can considerate or not disorders. In a near future we discuss the possibility of another behaviors inclusion like drinking behaviors disorders.

Competencias socioemocionales y variables sociodemográficas asociadas a conductas disociales en adolescentes mexicanos Socio-emotional skills and socio-demographic variables associated with dissocial behavior in Mexican adolescents

Identification of antisocial behaviors that precede the antisocial disorders and protective factors associated with them, has become a priority in the contex...