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Gan RK, Arcos González P, Fernandez-Tardon G, Zerbo A, Calota VC, Klöslová Z, Otelea MR, Fabiánová E, Rodriguez-Suarez MM, Tardon A. Development, validation, and accuracy of ORCHESTRA emotional exhaustion screening questionnaire among healthcare workers during COVID-19 Pandemic. Br J Health Psychol 2024; 29:430-453. [PMID: 37957891 DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges, particularly for healthcare workers (HCWs). The prolonged struggles exposed the HCWs to a variety of stressors, potentially leading to burnout. Emotional exhaustion is widely recognized as the core component of burnout. This research aims to conceptualize and develop an emotional exhaustion screening questionnaire through literature review, validation, and accuracy testing. METHOD A literature review of questionnaires and extraction of items on emotional exhaustion were performed in June 2022. We proceed with the face validity of the items by experts. The items with good content validity ratio and index were selected and reworded to suit the context of HCWs working during the COVID-19 pandemic. A pilot test of the questionnaire was done in the Central University Hospital of Asturias (HUCA) from October to December 2022 with a sample of 148 HCWs from the ORCHESTRA cohort to determine its reliability, convergent validity, and accuracy. RESULTS Our literature review identified 15 validated questionnaires. After exclusion, 32 items were sent for content validation by experts, yielding five final items that proceeded with the pilot test. Resulting in a Cronbach's alpha-coefficient of .83 for the scale and .78 for dichotomous responses, demonstrating good internal consistency and convergent validity. The result of our accuracy test yielded sensitivity (90.6%) and specificity (91.6%) for the OEEQ scale; and sensitivity (88.7%) and specificity (89.5%) for OEEQ dichotomous responses. CONCLUSION This study developed and validated the ORCHESTRA Emotional Exhaustion Questionnaire, demonstrating the questionnaire's clarity, relevance, and comprehensibility in screening emotional exhaustion among HCWs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rick Kye Gan
- Public Health Department, Unit for Research in Emergency and Disaster, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Unit for Research in Emergency and Disaster, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Health Research Institute of Investigation (ISPA) and CIBERESP, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Unit for Research in Emergency and Disaster, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Occupational Health and Toxicology Department, National Institute of Public Health, National Center for Environmental Risk Monitoring, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Occupational Health, The Regional Authority of Public Health in Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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- Occupational Medicine Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Occupational Health, The Regional Authority of Public Health in Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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- Public Health Department, Health Research Institute of Investigation (ISPA) and CIBERESP, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Public Health Department, Health Research Institute of Investigation (ISPA) and CIBERESP, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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Gruninger SK, Rasamoelina T, Rakotoarivelo RA, Razafindrakoto AR, Rasolojaona ZT, Rakotozafy RM, Soloniaina PR, Rakotozandrindrainy N, Rausche P, Doumbia CO, Jaeger A, Zerbo A, von Thien H, Klein P, van Dam G, Tannich E, Schwarz NG, Lorenz E, May J, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Fusco D. Prevalence and risk distribution of schistosomiasis among adults in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty 2023; 12:44. [PMID: 37098581 PMCID: PMC10127445 DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01094-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The goal to eliminate the parasitic disease of poverty schistosomiasis as a public health problem is aligned with the 2030 United Nations agenda for sustainable development goals, including universal health coverage (UHC). Current control strategies focus on school-aged children, systematically neglecting adults. We aimed at providing evidence for the need of shifting the paradigm of schistosomiasis control programs from targeted to generalized approaches as key element for both the elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem and the promotion of UHC. METHODS In a cross-sectional study performed between March 2020 and January 2021 at three primary health care centers in Andina, Tsiroanomandidy and Ankazomborona in Madagascar, we determined prevalence and risk factors for schistosomiasis by a semi-quantitative PCR assay from specimens collected from 1482 adult participants. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression were performed to evaluate odd ratios. RESULTS The highest prevalence of S. mansoni, S. haematobium and co-infection of both species was 59.5%, 61.3% and 3.3%, in Andina and Ankazomborona respectively. Higher prevalence was observed among males (52.4%) and main contributors to the family income (68.1%). Not working as a farmer and higher age were found to be protective factors for infection. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide evidence that adults are a high-risk group for schistosomiasis. Our data suggests that, for ensuring basic health as a human right, current public health strategies for schistosomiasis prevention and control need to be re-addressed towards more context specific, holistic and integrated approaches.
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- Sarah Katharina Gruninger
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Fianarantsoa Andrainjato, 301, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Antananarivo, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Antananarivo, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
- University Clinical Research Centre (UCRC), University of Sciences Technics and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
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- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- National Reference Centre for Tropical Pathogens (NRC), Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany
- Department of Tropical Medicine I, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Germany.
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Zerbo A, Castro Delgado R, Arcos González P. Conceptualization of the Transmission Dynamic of Faecal-Orally Transmitted Diseases in Urban Exposome of Sub-Saharan Africa. Healthc Policy 2022; 15:1959-1964. [PMID: 36299662 PMCID: PMC9590352 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s372185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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In sub-Saharan Africa, many urban dwellers are at risk of faecal-orally transmitted diseases due to unplanned and growing urbanization with inadequate sanitation. Making it essential to understand the urban transmission of these diseases and the associated responses. This perspective paper discussed an approach to design a diagram of transmission dynamic from a combination of an urban exposome framework and transmission of faecal-oral diseases. The result is an exposome diagram displaying the interconnection of exposure components and potential barriers to stop the transmission of faecal-oral diseases in the urban area subdivided into public, domestic and individual. As an exposome diagram, it helps to follow the dynamics of exposure over time and to plan targeted surveillance and intervention.
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- Alexandre Zerbo
- Unit of Research in Emergency and Disaster, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain,Correspondence: Alexandre Zerbo, Unit of Research in Emergency and Disaster, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, 33006, Spain, Email
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- Unit of Research in Emergency and Disaster, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Unit of Research in Emergency and Disaster, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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Zerbo A, Castro Delgado R, Arcos González P. Conceptual frameworks regarding waterborne diseases in sub-Saharan Africa and the need of for a new approach to urban exposomes. Epidemiol Health 2021; 43:e2021079. [PMID: 34645205 PMCID: PMC8854781 DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2021079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Sub-Saharan African countries, like many other low-income countries, have experienced urban socioeconomic inequalities due to rapid and unplanned urbanization. These processes have resulted in the creation of poor urban areas lacking basic sanitation, water, and hygiene facilities, and subjacent public health issues such as the spread of waterborne diseases. A system for the demarcation of disease transmission areas already exists, but the traditional framework is less appropriate in sub-Saharan Africa, making it necessary to divide these urban areas more adequately. In addition, the construction of frameworks and tools more specific to waterborne disease-related issues is essential. We propose restructuring sub-Saharan urban areas into more specific areas of exposure to waterborne diseases and associated exposomes, and then use this restructuring of urban areas of exposure to waterborne diseases in a conceptual framework that takes into account causes of exposure, impacts, and interventions. The division of urban areas into public, domestic, and individual exposure areas facilitates a more straightforward understanding of the dynamics of waterborne exposomes. Moreover, the inclusion of this division in the driving force-pressure-state-exposure-effect-action framework allows an effective stratified implementation of urban public health policies.
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- Alexandre Zerbo
- Unit of Research in Emergency and Disaster, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Unit of Research in Emergency and Disaster, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Unit of Research in Emergency and Disaster, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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