Experiences of individuals with serious mental disorders in regular employment through the Individual Placement and Support model.

Introduction: This study shows the perspective, meaning and satisfaction perceived by people with Serious Mental Disorders during their experiences in regular employment.

Methods: A mixed qualitative-quantitative methodology was used, applying semi-structured interview as qualitative information collection tool and the Indiana Job Satisfaction Scale as quantitative tool. The study period was from January 2021 to December 2022.

Measuring Explicit Prejudice and Transphobia in Nursing Students and Professionals.

Unlabelled: Trans* people frequently report attitudes of prejudice/transphobia in health professionals. Conversely, health professionals indicate the lack of adequate training to care for these people and its impact on the quality of care provided.

Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the explicit prejudices/transphobia of health students and professionals and compare them with the general population in Tenerife.

Impact of a Formative Program on Transgender Healthcare for Nursing Students and Health Professionals. Quasi-Experimental Intervention Study.

Background: The field of specific healthcare for transgender people has not been included in the official curriculum of professionals. This causes a lack of knowledge that can be presumed to become a barrier to healthcare. Currently, different methodologies are emerging to achieve meaningful learning for students and professionals.

[Why, and How, Undertake Mixed Methods Design in Health Research: A Concrete Experience].

Summary: The use of mixed methods to address health problems generates more knowledge of reality to get a more complete analysis of the problem under investigation. This is based on the fact that answers to the questions posed are as subjective as the individuals themselves. In that way, it is necessary quantitative and qualitative data for comprehensiveness (a more realistic and comprehensive approach to the object of the study).

[Hospital emergency health service care as a risk factor for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in residents of long-term care facilities].

Objectives: Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are at risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization because of age-related illnesses and high rates of hospital use, in particular, of visits to the emergency department (ED). We aimed to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for MRSA colonization in LTCF residents.

Material And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014 (April–June).

Predictive factors of occupational noise-induced hearing loss in Spanish workers: A prospective study.

The purpose of our study was to identify the main factors associated with objective noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), as indicated by abnormal audiometric testing, in Spanish workers exposed to occupational noise in the construction industry. We carried out a prospective study in Tenerife, Spain, using 150 employees exposed to occupational noise and 150 age-matched controls who were not working in noisy environments. The variables analyzed included sociodemographic data, noise-related factors, types of hearing protection, self-report hearing loss, and auditory-related symptoms (e.

Improving the Gleason grading accuracy of transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy.

Background: Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy is the technique of choice for the assessment of clinical suspicion of prostate cancer (PC) based on abnormal digital rectal examination (DRE) and/or elevated or rising levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA).

Purpose: To identify factors involved in TRUS-guided prostate biopsy, which can be modified by radiologists in order to improve Gleason score (GS) accuracy, and to assess the influence of clinical variables.

Material And Methods: We carried out a retrospective review of the records of 185 patients with PC treated surgically at our hospital between 2005 and 2008.

[Microbiological study of the meals served in school lunch rooms on the island of Tenerife, Spain].

Background: School lunchrooms and catered meals are of major importance from the Public Health standpoint. This study is aimed at evaluating the microbiological quality of the meals served in school lunchrooms for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is suitable or, to the contrary, the intake thereof may involve a serious health problem for this high-risk group.

Methods: A transversal descriptive epidemiological study.