scholarly journals Impact of mandatory social isolation measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the subjective well-being of Latin American and Caribbean dentists

2022 ◽  
pp. e40-e47
Author(s):  
M. Garcés-Elías ◽  
RA. León-Manco ◽  
A. Armas-Vega ◽  
A. Viteri-García ◽  
AA. Agudelo-Suárez
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean

An influence of social isolation on the level of physical activity as well as on well-being and mental state of people during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

2019 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Parfin ◽  
Krystian Wdowiak ◽  
Marzena Furtak-Niczyporuk ◽  
Jolanta Herda
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIntroduction. The COVID-19 is the name of an infectious disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2). It was first diagnosed in December 2019 in patients in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The symptoms are dominated by features of respiratory tract infections, in some patients with a very severe course leading to respiratory failure and, in extreme cases to death. Due to the spread of the infection worldwide, the WHO declared a pandemic in March 2020.Aim. An investigation of the impact of social isolation introduced due to the coronavirus pandemic on selected aspects of life. The researchers focused on observing changes in habits related to physical activity and their connections with people’s subjective well-being and emotional state.Material and methods. The study was carried out within the international project of the group „IRG on COVID and exercise”. The research tool was a standardized questionnaire.Results. Based on the data collected and the analysis of the percentage results, it can be observed that the overwhelming majority of people taking up physical activity reported a better mood during the pandemic. However, statistical tests do not confirm these relationships due to the small sample size.Conclusions. Isolation favours physical activity. Future, in-depth studies, by enlarging the population group, are necessary to confirm the above observations.

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Old Age

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clemens Tesch-Roemer ◽  
Oliver Huxhold
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Socially Isolated ◽  
Aging Persons

Social isolation refers to the objective lack of social integration. Loneliness, in contrast, refers to the perceived lack of social integration. Loneliness has serious consequences for the well-being of aging persons. Individuals who feel lonely tend to have poorer health, less autonomy, and lower subjective well-being than individuals who do not feel lonely. Lonely individuals even tend to become more socially isolated over time. While prevalence rates of social isolation increase with advancing age, only a minority of older people suffer from severe loneliness, however. Hence, loneliness is not necessarily a consequence of growing old, but rather, depends on specific risk factors (e.g., social needs, social expectations, resources, and competencies). Interventions therefore should be focused on these risk factors (unfulfilled social needs, unmet social perceptions, and lack of resources and competencies).

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship and Nursing: integrative review

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 321-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Maria Barreto Colichi ◽  
Stella Godoy Silva e Lima ◽  
Andrea Bueno Benito Bonini ◽  
Silvana Andrea Molina Lima
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Nursing Support ◽  
Information Center ◽  
National Information ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the knowledge produced on business entrepreneurship in Nursing. Method: Integrative literature review in the following databases: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EMBASE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, PubMed, Medline, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Nursing Database (BDENF), Index Psychology and National Information Center of Medical Sciences of Cuba (CUMED). We included available studies in their totality in the period from 2007 to 2017. Results: 22 articles were included. The categories that emerged from the study are the following: Concepts of entrepreneurship in nursing, Profile of the entrepreneur nurse, Business Diversity, Business Management, Barriers to business entrepreneurship in nursing, Support to entrepreneurial nurses and Entrepreneurship in Nursing Undergraduate. Conclusion: There is a need to prepare nurses with adequate skills to increase the capacity to integrate into the labor market and to improve their own well-being and that of society.

Pesquisa sobre a Intolerância, Diagnóstico e Alternativas para os Pacientes com Intolerância ao Glúten

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erick De Oliveira Lemes ◽  
Amanda Ferreira Lucena ◽  
Kátia Merces Moreira ◽  
Larissa Soares Geremias ◽  
Nathalia Assis Alves
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Caribbean Literature ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
The Body ◽  
Good Relationship ◽  
Gluten Intolerance ◽  
De Medicina ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean

A intolerância ao glúten é uma incapacidade do organismo em absorver os nutrientes do glúten, que é a principal proteína encontrada em alguns cereais. A incapacidade de absorver partes do glúten pode ser devida a um componente genético ou pode ser adquirida em qualquer fase da vida. A intolerância pode ainda se manifestar após a ingestão de alimentos que contém este elemento, ou em casos assintomáticos, em que mesmo com a ausência dos sintomas, o intestino sofre agressões pela ingestão ao glúten. O estudo teve como objetivo pesquisar sobre o diagnóstico, intolerância ao glúten e alternativas de alimentos para os pacientes. O estudo foi composto por um conjunto de publicações contidas em periódicos, livros-textos, monografias, dissertações e teses. A coleta foi realizada nas bases eletrônicas Scielo (Scientific Eletronic Library Online), Bireme (Biblioteca Regional de Medicina), BVS (Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde), Pubmed e Lilacs (Literatura Latino Americana e do Caribe em Ciências Sócias e da Saúde) e publicações como: monografias, dissertações e teses disponíveis eletronicamente, bem como livros-textos no período de 1989 a 2016. Através da realização deste estudo, foi possível perceber que o glúten está presente na maioria dos alimentos disponíveis, sendo encontrado no trigo, na cevada, no centeio, na aveia e derivados, e se faz necessário que existam companhas informativas aos portadores, especialmente, os quais buscam informações quanto a sua deficiência e formas de conviver com ela, sempre prezando pelo seu bem-estar e qualidade de vida. Palavras-chave: Intolerância. Ingestão. Glúten. AbstractThe gluten intolerance is an inability of the body to absorb nutrients, which is one of the main nutrients of some cereals. The inability to absorb the parts can be a genetic component or can be acquired at any stage of life. Intolerance may continue to manifest itself after a process of awareness, that is, in asymptomatic cases, when with the absence of bowel symptoms, in the aggression to the use. The study had a good relationship with diagnosis, gluten intolerance and food alternatives for patients. The study was composed of a set of publications contained in periodicals, textbooks, monographs, dissertations and theses. The collection was carried out in the electronic databases of Scielo, the Regional Library of Medicine, the Virtual Health Library, Pubmed and Lilacs and the publication in English of Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Social and Health Sciences. The monographs, dissertations and theses available electronically, as well as textbooks from 1989 to 2016, are not found in wheat, in barley, rye, oats and derivatives. It is necessary to have information about the patients, especially those who seek information about their disability and ways of living with them, always esteemed by their well-being and quality of life. Keywords: Intolerance. Ingestion. Gluten.

scholarly journals “Furry tales”: pet ownership’s influence on subjective well-being during Covid-19 times

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svenja Damberg ◽  
Lena Frömbling
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Need Support

AbstractThe social distancing required during Covid-19 times tended to make people feel lonelier than usual. Those with pets might, however, have experienced this less, because pets are known for fostering their owners’ subjective well-being. Building on a recently published structural equation model, our study enhances the understanding of subjective well-being by including the construct social distancing during Covid-19 times. In order to answer our research question—How does human-pet relationship need support influence subjective well-being by considering social isolation during Covid-19 times?—we build on the basic needs theory, assuming that humans as well as their pets have an inherent need of autonomy, relatedness, and competence. Using a multivariate data analysis method, namely partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), we establish a path model and examine the relationship between human-pet relationship need support and subjective well-being by including psychological distress and social isolation during Covid-19 times as mediators. We operationalize subjective well-being as a three-dimensional construct consisting of positive affect, happiness, and life satisfaction. In a sample of 215 pet owners in the USA, supporting their need increases subjective well-being, and decreases the psychological distress and loneliness caused by social isolation during Covid-19 times. Furthermore, psychological distress decreases subjective well-being, whereas perceived loneliness during Covid-19 times does not. Our main contributions are to not only enhance our knowledge on the importance of human-pet relationships in critical times, but also to provide policy makers with insights into what influences people’s subjective well-being, which is closely related to their psychological health.

scholarly journals A Bifactor Model of Subjective Well-Being at Personal, Community, and Country Levels: A Case With Three Latin-American Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Torres-Vallejos ◽  
Joel Juarros-Basterretxea ◽  
Juan Carlos Oyanedel ◽  
Masatoshi Sato
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bifactor Model ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Single Measure ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Latin American Countries

Improving citizens' subjective well-being (SWB) has become an increasingly visible policy goal across industrialized countries. Although an increasing number of studies have investigated SWB at the individual level, little is known about subjective evaluation at social levels, such as the community and national levels. While the relationships between these levels have been analyzed in previous research, these assessments, which are part of the same unique construct of SWB, are under-investigated. The purpose of this study was to examine the dimensionality and reliability of a single measure of SWB, which contained individual, community, and national levels across three Latin-American countries (Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela), using a bifactor model analysis. Findings showed that the bifactor model exhibited a good fit to the data for the three countries. However, invariance testing between countries was not fully supported because of each item's specific contribution to both specific and general constructs. The analyses of each country showed that the SWB construct was in a gray area between unidimensionality and multidimensionality; some factors contributed more to the general factor and others to the specific level, depending on the country. These findings call for integrating more distant levels (community and country levels) into the understanding of SWB at the individual level, as they contribute not only to an overall construct, but they make unique contributions to SWB, which must be considered in public policy making.

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