OBJECTIVES: to describe the social and work characteristics of the nursing staff at a tertiary hospital in the Public Health Service of Andalucía, to assess the degree of professional professional burnout and job satisfaction of those professionals and to study the possible relation between the professional burnout variables and the stress and job satisfaction levels on the one hand and social and employment variables on the other. METHOD: descriptive and cross-sectional study in a sample of 258 baccalaureate and auxiliary nurses. As research instruments, an original and specific questionnaire was used to collect social and employment variables, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Nursing Stress Scale and the Font-Roja questionnaire. Descriptive, inferential statistics and multivariate analysis were applied. RESULTS: average scores were found for professional stress and satisfaction, corresponding to 44,23 and 65,46 points, respectively. As regards professional burnout, an average score was found on the emotional exhaustion subscale; a high score for depersonalization and a low score for professional accomplishment. Studies are needed to identify the scores on these subscales in health organizations and to produce knowledge on their interrelations.

Objetivos: avaliar a influência exercida pelo Burnout e as estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas pelo pessoal de saúde do serviço de emergência hospitalar sobre o estado de saúde mental e determinar as características sociodemográficas e laborais. Método: estudo descritivo transversal em uma amostra de 235 profissionais de enfermagem e médicos que atuaram em quatro serviços de emergência hospitalar. Como instrumentos de coleta de dados foram utilizados questionários originais e específicos de variáveis sociodemográficas e de trabalho, o Maslach Burnout Inventory, General Health Questionnaire e o Inventario breve de afrontamiento–COPE 28. Aplicou-se estatística descritiva, inferencial e multivariante. Resultados: a dimensão de despersonalização, enfrentamento centrado na evitação e ser médico estiveram relacionados à presença de sintomas somáticos, ansiedade, disfunção social e depressão. O aumento da experiência profissional esteve associado à maior disfunção social do pessoal de saúde e o aumento do número de pacientes foi relacionado à sintomatologia depressiva entre os profissionais de saúde. Conclusões: as dimensões de exaustão emocional e despersonalização, enfrentamento centrado na evitação, ser médico e consumir tabaco diariamente aumentam o risco de se constituir um caso psiquiátrico. A prática de exercício físico diário é um fator de proteção.

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RESUMENTrabajos previos echan en falta estudios que relacionen el Test de Maslach para medir el Burnout con variables biológicas. De ahí que hayamos enfrentado las tres dimensiones del test (cansancio emocional, despersonalización y realización profesional) con variables fisiológicas y bioquímicas (presión arterial, glucemia y colesterolemia), así como con el Índice de Masa Corporal en una muestra de 186 profesores de secundaria, a partir de los exámenes médicos de la vigilancia de la salud realizados en junio de 2005. El análisis estadístico lo realizamos mediante el programa Epi info. Hemos aplicado el test de "Chi cuadrado" para el análisis de las variables cualitativas, y la prueba de análisis multivariante regresión logística para conocer qué variables formaban parte de la ecuación que predecía el burnout. Los resultados indican la existencia de diferencias significativas entre el componente "realización profesional" del test y el Índice de Masa Corporal (p< 0.05). De forma que quienes puntuaron con una mejor realización profesional tenían un Índice de Masa Corporal más favorable. No hemos encontrado asociación entre los componentes del test, ni con las variables fisiológicas, ni con las bioquímicas; aunque sí con la variable edad (p< 0.05). PALABRAS CLAVESBurnout, profesorado, índice de masa corporal, variables fisiológicas, determinaciones bioquímicas. ABSTRACTPrevious studies have so far pointed out that papers correlating the Maslach Burnout Inventory with biological items are required. Therefore we have correlated the three test dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and professional accomplishment) with physiological (blood pressure), and biochemical measurements (glucose and cholesterol serum levels) as well as the Body Mass Index in a random sample of 186 secondary teachers who attended the occupational medical exam in June 2005. Our results show a significant difference between the personal accomplishment item and the Body Mass Index (p< 0.05). So we conclude that the better personal accomplishment you have, the better Body Mass Index you have. Moreover, none of the Maslach Burnout Inventory items were correlated either with high arterial pressure or with biochemical parameters, but correlated with the age item (p< 0.05). . KEY WORDSBurnout, work-related stress, teachers, body mass index, physiological variables, biochemical measurements.

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are key to create sustainable higher education institutions (HEIs). Most researchers focused on the students’ perspective, especially during the online teaching caused by COVID-19; however, university teachers are often forgotten, having their opinion missing. This study’s objective was to determine the factors that contribute to the inclusion of ICTs. The research based on a comparative study through an online qualitative survey focused on the inclusion and use of ICTs in two HEIs and two different moments (pre-and post-lockdowns). There were differences regarding country and working experience (p < 0.001), being linked to the ICTs use, evaluation of obstacles, and the role given to ICTs (p < 0.05). The COVID-19 caused modifications of the teachers’ perspectives, including an improvement of the opinion of older teachers regarding the essentialness of ICTs in the teaching process (p < 0.001) and worsening their perception about their ICTs skill (p < 0.05). Additionally, an initial model focused only on the university teachers and their use of ICTs has been proposed. In conclusion, the less experienced university teachers used more ICTs, identified more greatly the problematic factors, and considered more important the ICTs, with the perception of all teachers modified by COVID-19.

Different factors to the diagnosis have a large influence on the length of SL. The main variables that affect this are, age, gender and a rural environment.

It was confirmed the presence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against nurses, which was predominantly psychological abuse, but others classes of abuse were present too.

This article presents the design and development of the ‘Trébol (Clover) Programme’, a tool which allows us to improve environmental sustainability in the university environment by reinforcing the education, awareness, and training of its members. The system for certifying ‘good practice’ is divided into four progressive levels, and a certificate is awarded in order to demonstrate the environmental commitment acquired to third parties. The aim of the whole process is to create a practical forum for participation, communication, motivation and competence, which is necessary to foster effective pro-environmental behaviour. The study took place at the University of Córdoba (Spain), and, since it began in the 2013/2014 academic year, over 50 groups a wide range of areas have taken part, making a total of nearly 600 participants. The results show that the Trébol Programme enables environmental commitment to be put into practice, through continuous, systematised, participative and well-organised improvements in environmental performance. Its potential as an educational resource for environmental improvement should also be noted, by boosting environmental awareness and establishing new norms. It fits in well with the principles and areas of action of Education for Sustainable Development, and can be applied to universities and other settings to bring about a shift towards sustainability in the fields of teaching, research and management.