Insomnia Symptoms and Associated Factors in Caregivers of Adult Hospitalized Patients

Caregivers experience high levels of emotional stress and must cope with several clinical and hospital-related environmental factors that seriously impact their night’s rest. The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of insomnia symptoms in a sample of caregivers of adult hospitalized patients and to examine the relationships between insomnia symptoms and patient and caregiver-associated factors. A total of 152 caregivers were enrolled from the two main hospitals in Granada, Spain. Sociodemographic, economic, and care-related data were collected. Insomnia symptoms, burden, anxiety and depression, social support, and resilience were assessed. Information on patients’ hospital admission, dependence, and neuropsychiatric symptoms was also obtained. Most caregivers were middle-aged women caring for their spouses. Self-reported insomnia prevalence was set at 45.4%. Comparison analyses between caregivers suffering from insomnia symptoms and non-insomniacs showed significantly higher burden, anxiety and depression and patients’ neuropsychiatric symptoms (p < 0.05) and lower resilience and social support in the former (p < 0.01). A regression analysis showed that anxiety (ORa = 1.15; p < 0.05) and higher caregiver education level (ORa = 5.50; p < 0.05) were factors significantly associated with insomnia symptoms. Patients’ neuropsychiatric symptoms showed a trend toward statistical significance as well (ORa = 1.09; p = 0.06). There is an acute need to address, prevent and treat insomnia problems in caregivers.Regional Ministry of Health of Andalusia (PI-0259-2017

Patrones de aprendizaje en estudiantes universitarios del Máster en Educación Secundaria : variables personales y contextuales relacionadas

En este trabajo analizamos los patrones de aprendizaje (Vermunt, 1998; 2005) en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios del Máster en Formación del Profesorado de Educación Secundaria, y la relación que tienen con ciertas variables personales, contextuales y el rendimiento académico. Participan 101 estudiantes de Formación del Profesorado de una universidad española con una edad media de 27.57, de los cuales 71.30% son mujeres. Los resultados indican que no se reproducen, fielmente, los patrones propuestos por Vermunt, aunque si se aprecia una mayor semejanza con los resultados que otros trabajos han hallado empleando el ILS con muestras de estudiantes de Educación Secundaria. Igualmente, hallamos relaciones significativas entre el género femenino y mayores puntuaciones en creencias y orientaciones de aprendizaje y entre la edad con mayores puntuaciones en los indicadores del patrón reproductivo y la orientación a calificaciones y certificados. Además, hallamos que los estudiantes de orientación educativa tienen menor puntuación en el patrón reproductivo que los estudiantes de ciencias naturales. Estos resultados se discuten en el marco de la formación universitaria del profesorado de Educación Secundaria en una universidad española.In this study we analysis patterns of learning (Vermunt, 1998; 2005) in a sample of Master Teaching Education program, and its relationships with personal and contextual variables, and the academic performance. Participants were 101 teacher education students from a Spanish university with an average ages of 27.57, of which 71.30% were women. The results show that patterns of learning do not reproduce according to Vermunt, though these if it shows to be a certain similarity with the obtained ones in other studies with secondary students. Likewise, we found significance relationships between female and higher scores in beliefs and learning orientations, and between age with higher score in a reproductive pattern and certificate orientation. Moreover, we found that education counseling students have lower score in a reproduction pattern than natural sciences students. These results are discussed in the field of teacher education program in a Spanish university

Violencia de género

Traballo fin de grao (UDC.DER). Dereito. Curso 2017/201