Browsing by Author "Munoz, Carolina"

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    Chilean social workers and job satisfaction: The impact of psychological states and role stress
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2012) Flores, Rodrigo; Miranda, Paula; Munoz, Carolina; Sanhueza, Guillermo
    The main goals of this study were to compare levels of job satisfaction (JS) between social workers from private and public organizations. Findings showed significant differences in scores for job satisfaction, psychological states, and role stress between the two groups.
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    Survival study and factors associated with mortality in Chilean patients on peritoneal dialysis infected with SARS-CoV-2
    (2022) Ortiz, Ana M.; Sepulveda Palamara, Rodrigo Andres; Torres, Ruben; Clavero, Rene; Toro, Luis; Albornoz, Miguel; Aldunate, Tatiana; Arce, Ingrid; Arevalo, Juan; Arriagada, Andres; Becker, Julieta; Gonzalez, Sonia C.; Bernales, Waldo; Briones, Eduardo; Castillo, Alvaro; Fuentes, Agustin; Gomez, Esteban; Jaramillo, Hernan; Lillo, Mario; Lorca, Eduardo; Machuca, Eduardo; Mansilla, Rodrigo; Menendez, Serwin; Moya, Carlos; Munoz, Carolina; Neilson, William; Orozco, Rodrigo; Padrino, Maria; Pais, Edgard; Ramirez, Gonzalo; Sanhueza, Maria E.; Schneider, Herman; Solis, Ruth; Troncoso, Jaime; Ursu, Marcela; Valenzuela, Marcela
    The Covid-19 pandemic has been responsible for millions of deaths worldwide. Patients with comorbidities- such as those on peritoneal dialysis (PD)- present higher morbidity and mortality than the general population. We prospectively evaluated all Chilean patients on PD (48 centres) and followed those who had Covid-19 from the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in Chile (March 2020) to January 2021 (start of vaccination campaign). We described demographic history, comorbidities, factors related to infection, need for hospitalisation and death due to Covid-19. During the study period, 106 adults on PD were infected by SARS-CoV-2, with a mean age of 53.1 (+/- 16.3) and of which 53.9% were female. From that group, 54.8% required hospitalisation and 24.5% (n = 26) died due to Covid-19. Most of the patients (63.4%) were infected at home and 22.8% during hospitalisation for other reasons. There was a significant association for Covid-19 mortality with: being >= 60 years old, diabetes, time on PD >= 5 years, need for hospitalisation and hospital-acquired infection. At 90 days of follow-up, all deaths associated to Covid-19 occurred before 40 days. We conclude that patients on PD without Covid-19 vaccination have a high mortality and need for hospitalisation associated to Covid-19. To avoid this negative outcome, it is necessary to intensify strategies to avoid contagion, especially in those >= 60 years old, with diabetes and/or >= 5 years spent on PD.