Psychological stress factors and salivary cortisol in nursing students throughout their training.

Objective: to analyze psychological stress factors and salivary cortisol concentration in nursing undergraduates throughout their training.

Method: a cross-sectional, analytical, and comparative study carried out in an evening course using a sociodemographic questionnaire, an Instrument to Assess Stress in Nursing Students, and salivary cortisol analysis. The study included descriptive and comparative analyses and a multiple linear regression model.

Stress factors of nursing students in their final year.

Objective: To identify the stress factors of the university environment and the repercussions on the quality of sleep and life of students in their last year of undergraduate nursing.

Method: A cross-sectional, comparative, quantitative study conducted with students in their last year of undergraduate nursing in a private institution in the south of Minas Gerais. The Instrument for the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students (ASNS), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the WHOQOL-Bref quality of life questionnaire and the sociodemographic characterization questionnaire were applied for data collection; association, comparison and correlation coefficient tests and descriptive statistics were performed for data analysis.

Profile of nursing students: quality of life, sleep and eating habits.

Objective: to profile and analyze sleep quality, quality of life and eating habits of nursing students.

Methods: a cross-sectional, comparative and correlational study with the following variables: sociodemographic characteristics, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, quality of life and eating habits. One hundred ninety-five students participated in the study.

Predictive factors of burnout syndrome in nursing students at a public university.

Objective: To identify the prevalence and analyze the existence of predictive factors of burnout syndrome in nursing students of a public university unit.

Method: A quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study. Data were collected from two instruments: a sociodemographic instrument and the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Student Survey.

Stress and quality of sleep in undergraduate nursing students.

Objective: to analyze the level of stress and sleep quality in nursing students according to terms of the nursing program.

Method: descriptive and cross-sectional research developed in a higher education institution in Northeastern Brazil on 167 students. We used data collection, sociodemographic information, and a scale for assessing stress and sleep quality in nursing students.

Predictors of burnout syndrome in intensive care nurses.

Objectives: To identify the prevalence and analyse the existence of predictors of burnout syndrome in intensive care nurses.

Methods: The quantitative, descriptive, cross sectional study with 91 intensive care nurses. Two instruments were used to collect data in July 2014: a sociodemographic form and the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey.

Burnout and depressive symptoms in intensive care nurses: relationship analysis.

Objective: To analyze the existence of a relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms among intensive care unit nursing staff.

Method: A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study with 91 intensive care nurses. Data collection used a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey, and the Beck Depression Inventory - I.

Chronotype and work shift in nursing workers of university hospitals.

Objective:: To identify the predominant chronotype in nursing workers who work in surgical clinics of university hospitals and to verify the association with work shift.

Method:: Cross-sectional study, performed in surgical clinics of university hospitals in the Southern region of Brazil. The sample of 270 nursing workers answered questions of socio-occupational characterization, of health and the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire of Horne and Östberg.

The effects of work on the health of nurses who work in clinical surgery departments at university hospitals.

Objective: to analyze the effects of work on the health of nurses who work in clinical surgery departments at university hospitals in relation to physical, social and psychological suffering and pain.

Methods: a quantitative transversal study was carried out between 2012 and 2013 in four institutions in a state located in the south of Brazil. We studied 65 nurses who responded to questions on their habits.

Quality of Life, Sleep, and Health of Air Traffic Controllers With Rapid Counterclockwise Shift Rotation.

Rotating shiftwork is common for air traffic controllers and usually causes sleep deprivation, biological adaptations, and life changes for these workers. This study assessed quality of life, the sleep, and the health of 30 air traffic controllers employed at an international airport in Brazil. The objective was to identify health and quality of life concerns of these professionals.

[Stress among nurses: an examination of salivary cortisol levels on work and day off].

The present study evaluates the use of salivary cortisol concentration as a physiological index of the stress level among nurses on their work day and day off and correlates it with the questionnaire used to measure occupational stress in nurses (Inventário de Estresse em Enfermeiros - IEE). This is a comparative, cross-sectional descriptive study in which sociodemographic data, IEE results and salivary cortisol levels were used. Fifty-seven nurses participated in the study (80.

[Analysis of cognitive function and sleep of nursing staff on different shift work].

The aim of this study was to analyze short-term memory, attention and sleep patterns of the nursing staff working night and day shifts. Study participants were 109 subjects in a hospital in Minas Gerais working on the day shift (n = 68) or night shift (n = 41). Data collection was performed using the Sleep Diary and WAIS-III Test Battery.

The relationship between shift work and sleep patterns in nurses.

The scope of this study was to evaluate the sleep/wake cycle in shift work nurses, as well as their sleep quality and chronotype. The sleep/wake cycle was evaluated by keeping a sleep diary for a total of 60 nurses with a mean age of 31.76 years.

[Shift work: overall health state related to sleep in nursing workers].

The objective of this study was to identify the symptoms related to the overall health status associated with shift work in nursing and relate it to the quality of sleep. The study was performed at Hospital da Irmandade da Santa Casa in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais State. The participants were 136 nursing professionals, of an average age of 33.

[Sleep patterns and fatigue of nursing students who work].

It has been observed there is currently a growing interest in developing research regarding the sleep patterns of workers who must wake up very early or who work nights. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify the levels of fatigue and the sleep patterns of nursing students who study during the day and work at night. Participants were thirty students who completed the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Sleep Journal for thirty days.

[Stress and sleep quality of nurses working different hospital shifts].

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between stress and sleep quality among nurses who work on different hospital departments during morning, afternoon and night shifts. This study was performed in a hospital in Campinas, Sao Paulo. Data collection was performed using the Bianchi Stress Scale modified (BSSm) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).

[The architecture of day sleeping and the sleep-wake cycle in nurses in their working shifts].

This study aimed to observe the architecture of day sleeping after a night of work, and the characteristics of the sleep-wake cycle in nurses working in different shifts. The study was performed at the Hospital de Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP. The sleep-wake cycle was evaluated through the sleep diary in (n = 36) subjects, with an average age of 30 years.

[Nursing diagnoses in chronic renal patients using Imogene King's conceptual system as reference].

The purpose of this study was to identify the most common nursing diagnoses in chronic renal patients using as reference Imogene King's Conceptual System, which describes the three systems that form the basis for her model: personal, interpersonal and social. A data collecting tool with a supervised follow up was applied to 20 patients in a unit of dialysis in order to verify the patients' needs. The diagnoses were determined according to NANDA's Taxonomy II.

[Circadian variability at oral, tympanic and axillary temperature in hospitalized adults].

The aim of this study was to measure the circadian variability of patients' temperature in the eardrum, oral, and armpit positions considering the measurement angle. The study was carried out at the State University of Campinas' Clinics Hospital (HC Unicamp), a school hospital in the city of Campinas, State of São Paulo. Temperatures were taken in the Cardiology, Adult General Clinic and Gastric infirmaries every two hours in two consecutive days, from the time patients woke up until 10 PM.

[Emotional states of nurses in professional performance at intensive care units].

The aim of is study was to analyze the nurses' psychological variables taken firm Engelmann's List of Emotional States and based on the questionnaire answered by the subjects at the begining and end of each shift in different units of Hosptal das Clínicas, UNICAMP on the six-hour and twelve-hour schedules in activities developed at the surgical center (SC), Intensive Care Unit (ICU, Coronary Unit (CU) and Emergency Room (ER) with the averge age of 33.88 years old. The results allowed us to certify the nurses' emotional parameters have alterations during the shift which can be related to the burnout and stress of the care delivery activity, even more in units where it demands immediate answers kill and need on emergency.

[Study on stress among nurses working in two shifts at a pediatric oncology hospital in Campinas].

This is a study that aimed investigating the presence and level of emotional stress, the physical and psychological symptoms, the intensity of stress and nurses who have two work shifts compared to the ones who don't have it at a pediatric oncology hospital in Campinas. The population was made of 33 nurses in which 24 work in two shifts and 9 work in just one. In the methodology, it was used the LIPP Stress Symptom Inventory and the Visual Analogical Scale.

[Chronobiologic aspects of sleep-wake cycle and anxiety levels of nurses working on different shifts].

This research had as objectives: to identify the chronotypes of nurses on different shifts, to study the sleep patterns and to identify the levels of anxiety trace-state, correlating the chronotypes with the variables trace-anxiety and state-anxiety. It was conducted at the Clinics Hospital of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), with 40 subjects. The preponderant chronotype of the morning shift nurses was the morning moderate and the ones from the afternoon and night shifts were the indifferent type.

Present mood states in Brazilian night nurses.

Variations in the state of momentary emotions of Brazilian hospital nurses on day and night shifts were recorded. Ten graduate nurses working on day and night shifts in the clinical ward of hospitals completed the Present Mood States List of Engelmann at the beginning and end of the first and last days of each shift. Analysis indicated (a) nurses had a stable emotional profile, present at the working shift, and (b) variations in present mood states related to specific effects of shift work were observed when comparisons were made between the present mood states at the beginning and end of each shift duty.

[Comparative study of sleep patterns in nurses working day and night shifts].

Objective: To compare sleep patterns in nurses working day and night shifts in a hospital in Campinas (SP), Brazil.

Methods: Fifty-nine nurses between 23 and 59 years of age participated in the study. For day shift workers, the pattern of nocturnal sleep was examined; for night shift workers, nocturnal and diurnal sleep patterns were examined.