Cancer Survivors\u27 Self-Efficacy and Spirituality Outcomes Following a Holistic Integrative Intervention

Cancer treatments often negatively impact health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) for cancer survivors (CS), ignoring the multi-dimensional nature of the human experience of cancer and its impact on mental and spiritual domains. A holistic integrative approach was implemented on a heterogenous population of cancer survivors during the COVID epidemic with the goal of improving their overall well-being by looking beyond physical functioning. PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between spirituality and self-efficacy of cancer survivors of all types of cancer following a holistic intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Subjects were recruited via network partners and self-referral. Subjects were eligible to participate if they were cancer survivors of any type at any stage of cancer treatment; subjects were ineligible to participate if they presented with any absolute contraindications to exercise testing as per ACSM guidelines. For 16 weeks, subjects were asked to participate in three 75-minute sessions of therapeutic yoga-based with loving kindness meditation per week. Psychosocial support text messages were sent daily to subjects based on their motivational state to encourage participation in these health enhancing behaviors. Data was collected through numerous channels including BlueJay Mobile Telehealth medicine application. RESULTS: A total of 29 survivors provided informed consent. The average age of the subjects was 58.9 years, 25 female survivors and 4 male survivors; 11 of the 29 self-reported as Latino/ Hispanic. The 29 subjects were survivors of the following primary cancers: breast cancer (n=21), cervical cancer (n=2), ovarian cancer (n=1), prostate cancer (n=1), sarcoma (n=1), lymphoma (n=1), thyroid cancer (n=1), or leukemia (n=1). There is a positive association between how confident a cancer survivor feels towards performing exercise in various situations and the amount of social support they receive from their family (p\u3c.001) and friends (p\u3c.001). The individual’s confidence to overcome the obstacle to exercise and their level of hope are associated with the support they receive from loved ones. CONCLUSION: The present study suggests that to improve exercise behavior in adult cancer survivors, one should incorporate social support to strengthen barriers self-efficacy to improve outcome expectations. To further understand these associations, longitudinal research is needed and should include more survivors

Calidad en los centros de educación técnico productivos privados de la provincia de Lima

Ante la falta de investigaciones en el sector y el desconocimiento sobre el nivel de calidad que existe en los CETPRO de la provincia de Lima se ha diseñado este estudio, que tiene como objetivo identificar el nivel de cumplimiento de cada factor del TQM en los Centros Educativos Técnicos Productivos de la Provincia de Lima. Los factores del TQM son nueve aspectos diseñados por Benzaquen (2013) y que cubren a toda la organización: (a) alta gerencia, (b) planeamiento de la calidad, (c) auditoría y evaluación de la calidad, (d) diseño del producto, (e) gestión de la calidad del proveedor, (f) control y mejoramiento de procesos, (g) educación y entrenamiento, (h) círculos de calidad e (i) enfoque hacia la satisfacción del cliente. Esta es una investigación con alcance descriptivo y enfoque cuantitativo, que cubrió una muestra de 75 CETPRO, que fueron seleccionados aleatoriamente entre una población objetivo de 337 instituciones. Los datos se recabaron mediante un cuestionario y luego de ser tabulados fueron analizados usando el software SPSS 22. Los resultados de este análisis permitieron concluir que los Centros de Educación Técnica Productiva de la Provincia de Lima tienen un nivel medio de aplicación de los estándares del TQM, donde resalta el involucramiento de la alta gerencia, pero con debilidades en los círculos de calidad, la gestión de calidad de los proveedores y la educación y entrenamiento al personalGiven the lack of research in the sector and the lack of knowledge about the level of quality that exists in CETPRO province of Lima is designed this study, which aims to identify the level of compliance of each factor of TQM in Education Centers Prolific Technicians of the Province of Lima. Factors of TQM are nine aspects designed by Benzaquen (2013), covering the entire organization: (a) senior management, (b) quality planning, (c) auditing and quality assessment, (d) design product, (e) quality management provider, (f) control and process improvement, (g) education and training, (h) quality circles and (i) focus on customer satisfaction. This research is descriptive and quantitative, using a questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 75 CETPRO, randomly selected from a population of 337 institutions. The data obtained were analyzed using SPSS 22 software to reach the conclusion that the quality level is medium, highlighting aspects such as the involvement of senior management, but with the need to immediately improve the quality circles, management quality providers and education and staff trainingTesi