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The article "Universal Neonatal Hearing Screening. Clinical Issues and Frequently Asked Questions: CODEPEH 2022 recommendations" offers recommendations for hearing screening in newborns. The importance of healthcare professionals' training and accurate information to families is highlighted. The need for trained personnel and appropriate technologies is also mentioned. The article emphasizes informed consent and understandable information for families. Screening techniques, case follow-up, and management of risk factors are discussed. In addition, laws and decrees related to health and the rights of people with disabilities in Spain are mentioned. [Extracted from the article]

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Copyright of Gerokomos is the property of Indemm Farma SL and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This paper aims to establish the relationship between gender and quality of working life assesment in health professionals in Guadalajara, Mexico. 322 people were sampled in a health institution. The satisfaction related to their quality of working life, was assessed through CVT-GOHISALO instrument. As a result, women dissatisfaction was revealed with opportunities inequality. In addition, sampled women showed through statiscal significance to be more satisfied than men, talking about personal development achieved through work and free time management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this research we studied the levels and the associated variables with the burnout syndrome in health professionals. This research aimed to obtain evidences of factorial validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), to estimate the prevalence of burnout, and to identify the risk factors for this syndrome among health professionals. A cross-sectional, quantitative, and exploratory study was conducted for this purpose. The sample consisted of 435 professionals including assistants, nurses and doctors. The results indicated proper adjustment in the tri-factorial structure of the MBI. It was also found that professional category, age and type of dedication, are risk factors for suffering from burnout. On the other hand, the results showed that nurses had higher burnout levels than the rest of the professional groups studied. The foregoing suggests that the above risk factors should be taken into account when implementing programs to prevent development of the syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to analyze factors associated with the quality of work life and their relationship to burnout among health care professionals. The sample consisted of 562 workers from the health sector, who were evaluated in relation to their stressors or job demands, perceived social support, burnout syndrome, various biopsychosocial health factors and their satisfaction with and perceived quality of working life. The instruments used were the MBI-GS, the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) and the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The results showed high levels of perceived stress and the presence of burnout. There were also impacts on physical and psychological health. The analysis of variance revealed the existence of significant differences in variables such as professional category and length of service. Furthermore, regression analysis confirmed that the quality of working life experienced by medical personnel is the result of a balance between demands, resources and lack of burnout. These results support the need to intervene with these professionals to improve their health as well as the quality of services provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the main problems of clinical bioethics related to the end of life is the limits to therapeutic efforts. Its fair practice is reduced to limit efforts when the circumstances of the patient point to the lack of possibilities for recovering. The goal of this study is to inquire about this problem under the perceptions of medical and nursing professionals who work in critical patients units. An exploratory qualitative study was carried out applying based theory as tool for analysis, through the search of theoretical categories in data. Among the global results, the limits to therapeutic efforts are highlighted as a habitual practice which professionals must face. Technical concepts are found clear; nevertheless, the main ethical problems are originated in the processes of decision making, since there is lack of knowledge on the ethical implications and a scarce reflection about the topic. Both groups of study lacked professionals trained in bioethics, frequent fact in this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ethics has always being present in a more or less explicit way in health care quality; nevertheless, there has not been paid attention enough to the power of quality found in the ethical drive and attitudes of professionals who are leaders in improvement processes. The continuous professional development is a process which must accompany successive stages of professional life with different motivational moments and periods of crisis, for which understanding its ethical basis is convenient by reflecting about health care quality. Professionals who care patients also need attention to diagnose and overcome inertia, lack of initiative, skepticism and lack of self criticism situations. Health care quality can only be guarantee if professionals develop a satisfactory progress in their career, for which it is necessary that personal services and human resources of health care institutions devote their best energies in the promotion of their professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]