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The Personal Wellbeing Index in Spanish Palliative Care Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study of Wellbeing
2021
Health professionals are especially exposed to stress, with consequences on professionals’ health and wellbeing. However, palliative care professionals’ wellbeing has been the subject of very little research. The aim of this work is to study the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) in a sample of Spanish palliative care professionals, as well as to study their levels of wellbeing and the relationships of wellbeing with variables such as gender, age, marital status, profession, and professional quality of life. A cross-sectional survey of Spanish palliative care professionals was conducted. The Spanish version of the PWI and the Short version of the Professional Quality of Life Scale were used. He…
Results From Finland's 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
2016
Background:Finland’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth gathers and translates research results and assesses the status and promotion of physical activity (PA) among Finnish children and youth less than 18 years of age. This article summarizes the results and provides grades for 9 indicators.Methods:The working group evaluated the evidence and assigned grades of A (highest, 81% to 100%), B, C, D, or F (lowest, 0% to 20%) for 9 PA indicators using the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card development process.Results:The grades varied in Finland as follows: 1) Overall PA/fulfillment of recommendations = D, 2) Organized Sport Participation = C, 3) Active Play = C, 4)…
Lifetime Adherence to Physical Activity Recommendations and Fall Occurrence in Community-dwelling Older Adults: a Retrospective Cohort Study
2012
Wright RL, Robinson PD, Peters DM. Lifetime adherence to physical activity recommendations and fall occurrence in community-dwelling older adults: a retrospective cohort study. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 310-320, 2012. Falling is a major health concern for community-dwelling older adults. Regular physical activity has been proposed to prevent falls. The aim of this study was to assess whether the achievement of the 2004 UK Department of Health physical activity recommendations over a lifetime had a protective effect against falling in older people. 313 community-dwelling older adults completed a questionnaire about lifetime physical activity and fall occurrence. There were sign…
Understanding ageing: Biomedical and bioengineering approaches, the immunologic view
2008
Abstract During the past century, humans have gained more years of average life expectancy than in the last 10,000 years; we are now living in a rapidly ageing world. The sharp rise in life expectancy, coupled to a steady decline in birth rates in all developed countries, has led to an unprecedented demographic revolution characterized by an explosive growth in the number and proportion of older people. Ageing is a complex process that negatively impacts the development of the immune system and its ability to function. Progressive changes in the T and B cell systems over the life span have a major impact on the capacity to respond to immune challenge. These cumulative age-associated changes…
Physical performance in relation to menopause status and physical activity
2018
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine differences in physical performance (muscle power, muscle strength, aerobic capacity, and walking speed) across menopausal stages and potential of leisure physical activity (PA) to modify the impact of menopause on physical performance. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, women aged 47 to 55 were randomly selected from the Finnish National Registry and categorized as premenopausal (n ¼ 233), perimenopausal (n ¼ 381), or postmenopausal (n ¼ 299) based on serum concentrations of follicle-stimulating hormone and bleeding diary. Physical performance was measured by knee extension force, handgrip force, vertical jumping height, maximal walking …
Diseño de un sistema de Gestión de la Calidad Total en el ámbito del deporte. Modelo MEXD de Excelencia Deportiva
2015
La industria del deporte en las últimas décadas ha sufrido una transformación vertiginosa. La cultura actual representa un avance significativo en todas las áreas, desde la gestión de entidades deportivas hasta la organización de competiciones o la elaboración de material deportivo. Este espectacular desarrollo del sector deportivo ha promovido nuevas demandas por parte de consumidores cada vez más exigentes y con mayores criterios de decisión. Actualmente existe una gran preocupación por mejorar la prestación de los servicios deportivos, lo que lleva a las organizaciones del ámbito del deporte a un mayor grado de exigencia en todos los marcos de actuación. Al mismo tiempo, la búsqueda de l…
The Role of Self-Control and the Presence of Enactment Models on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: A Pilot Study
2019
The objective of the present research was to investigate associations of dispositional and momentary self-control and the presence of other individuals consuming SSBs with the consumption frequency of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in a multi-country pilot study. We conducted an Ambulatory Assessment in which 75 university students (52 females) from four study sites carried smartphones and received prompts six times a day in their everyday environments to capture information regarding momentary self-control and the presence of other individuals consuming SSBs. Multilevel models revealed a statistically significant negative association between dispositional self-control and SSB consumption…
Estudo sobre o Global Report Initiative de empresas de energia elétrica dos Estados Unidos, do Brasil e da Espanha no período de 1999 a 2010
2013
Para atender às demandas sociais e organizacionais, vários instrumentos têm surgido para auxiliar o processo de geração de informações ambientais, entre eles o Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Desde 1999, o GRI vem auxiliando as empresas a medirem e comunicarem seu desempenho econômico, ambiental e social. Sua consolidação ao longo da década de 2000 tornou-o um instrumento de grande aceitação pelas organizações e pela sociedade e, como consequência, tornou-se foco de estudos científicos sobre sustentabilidade (econômica, social e ambiental) nas organizações. Neste contexto, emerge a pergunta da atual pesquisa: Qual o perfil das empresas do setor elétrico listadas no GRI? Para responder a …
Presentación. Deporte e identidad nacional: articulaciones y desconexiones en contextos postnacionales
2020
This article is the presentation of the issue on "Sport and national identity" by Papeles del CEIC. The introduction highlights the historical simultaneity in the emergence of sport and the building of modern Nation-States, as well as the role of the former in the processes of building of national identities. Next, reference is made to the transformations caused by the processes of globalization and its impact in the articulation of collective identities and sport. The dossier includes a paper that analyses the way in which the social history of football can serve to think about the national identity of Brazil; two papers that explore the challenges concerning collective identity faced by a…
Aspirações vitais e sua relação com a paixão, em atletas argentinos selecionados para os Jogos Olímpicos da Juventude
2018
El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar las aspiraciones vitales de deportistas adolescentes de alto rendimiento y su relación con la pasión que tienen con respecto a su deporte. Participaron 234 deportistas argentinos (47,9 % varones; 52,1 % mujeres) de entre 12 y 16 años de edad (M = 14,48; DT = 1,09) pertenecientes al Plan de Desarrollo de los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud (Buenos Aires, 2018), quienes respondieron un cuestionario sociodemográfico, el Inventario de Aspiraciones vitales y la Escala de Pasión. Los varones obtuvieron puntajes significativamente más altos que las mujeres en las aspiraciones de riqueza y fama, así como también en pasión obsesiva. Para los varones, el creci…