Mireia Utzet
Biographic Data
| ID | 2753368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mireia Utzet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mireia |
| FAMILY NAME | Utzet |
| SIGNATURE | UTZET M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5948-3914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Matriz de empleo-exposición para centros sanitarios, un estudio piloto en el Hospital del Mar (Barcelona)
Desarrollar una matriz de empleo-exposición específica para profesionales de centros sanitarios a partir de un estudio piloto en el Hospital del Mar (Barcelona). Técnicos de prevención con amplia experiencia evaluaron 27 factores de riesgo laborales ergonómicos e higiénicos en 50 grupos homogéneos de exposición, que incluyen 5537 trabajadores en seis categorías laborales (1122 medicina, 1574 enfermería, 1186 auxiliar de enfermería, 361 residentes…
Trayectorias De Incapacidad Laboral en Personal Sanitario
Salud y bienestar del personal sanitario
Definimos como personal sanitario a las personas que trabajan en actividades sanitarias, tengan contacto directo o no con los ciudadanos. En la actualidad, alrededor de 1,3 millones de personas (70% mujeres) trabajan en actividades sanitarias en España. Ello representa alrededor del 10% de la población activa, habiéndose incrementado un 33% desde 2008, un 100% las mujeres. Las organizaciones sanitarias, especialmente los hospitales, son lugares d…
Burnout en profesionales sanitarios
Workplace aggression against healthcare workers in a Spanish healthcare institution between 2019 and 2021
Objectives: Describe the incidence of first aggressions among healthcare workers (HCWs) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Spanish healthcare institution, according to workers' socio-occupational characteristics and analyze the impact of the pandemic on it. Methods: A cohort involving HCWs who worked in the institution for at least 1 week each year from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021. Adjusted relative risks (aRR) were estimated usi…
Extreme temperatures and sickness absence in the Mediterranean province of Barcelona
Objectives: This study aims to assess the association between daily temperature and sickness absence episodes in the Mediterranean province of Barcelona between 2012 and 2015, according to sociodemographic and occupational characteristics. Methods: Ecological study of a sample of salaried workers affiliated to the Spanish social security, resident in Barcelona province between 2012 and 2015. The association between daily mean temperature and risk…
Dealing with the unknown
This study explores fears and worries regarding SARS-CoV-2 risk of infection and transmission to relatives, co-workers, and patients in relation to non-pharmacological preventive interventions among healthcare workers (including physicians, nurses, aides, cleaners, maintenance, and security staff) in a healthcare institution in Barcelona (Spain), during the first and second waves of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The research used an explorative qualit…
Cómo afectan las distintas dimensiones de la precariedad laboral a la salud mental
Analizar la relación entre la precariedad laboral, medida por dimensiones y como índice multidimensional, y la salud mental de los hombres y mujeres asalariados/as en el País Vasco. Se utilizó una submuestra (n = 3345) de la Encuesta de Salud de la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca de 2018 para calcular la prevalencia estandarizada de mala salud mental según el grado de precariedad laboral, medida como escala compuesta y por cada una de sus dimensiones, y…
Non-Pharmacological Preventive Measures Had an Impact on Covid-19 in Healthcare Workers before the Vaccination Effect
Healthcare workers have been and still are at the forefront of COVID-19 patient care. Their infection had direct implications and caused important challenges for healthcare performance. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of non-pharmacological preventive measures against COVID-19 among healthcare workers. This study is based on a dynamic cohort of healthcare workers ( n = 5543) who had been hired by a Spanish hospital for at least one …
Occupational health, frontline workers and Covid-19 lockdown
INTRODUCTION: The abrupt onset of COVID-19, with its rapid spread, has had brutal consequences in all areas of society, including the workplace. In this paper, we report the working conditions, health, and tranquilisers and opioid analgesics use of workers during the first months of the ensuing pandemic, according to whether they were frontline workers or not and also according to sex. METHODS: Our analysis is based on cross-sectional survey data…
Informal employment and poor self-perceived health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Which are the intermediate determinants of gender inequalities in mental health
BACKGROUND: Gender segmentation in the labour market and women's greater burden of domestic work and caregiving increase their risk of developing mental health problems, especially in vulnerable social groups. AIMS: The objectives of this study were to identify and describe the role of working and labour conditions, domestic work and caregiving and social support in gender inequalities in mental health, as well as to assess whether studies have t…
Las encuestas online y la falsa ilusión de la n grande. A propósito de una encuesta sobre la eutanasia en profesionales médicos
El uso de estudios basados en encuestas online se ha extendido de manera notable. A pesar de tener tasas de respuesta especialmente pequeñas, permiten obtener con facilidad un gran tamaño de muestra. Sin embargo, esta estrategia puede conllevar un sesgo de selección que comprometa notablemente los resultados. Se comparan los resultados de dos encuestas sobre la regulación de la eutanasia y el suicidio asistido, una online con muestra autoseleccio…
School-to-work transition
The school-to-work transition in Spain has become much more difficult and extended than before, with many young people today experiencing long periods of temporary employment, unemployment or inact
How unemployment and precarious employment affect the health of young people
Background: The impact of unemployment and precarious employment on the health of young people is not well understood. However, according to social causation, higher socio-economic positions and thus better working conditions are beneficial to health in general. We tried to synthesize the results of studies that test this hypothesis in the case of young people. Methods: We conducted a scoping study mapping all the academic articles published in t…
Sylvatic rabies and the perception of vampire bat activity in communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon
An outbreak of sylvatic rabies was reported in indigenous communities located in the Ecuadorian Amazon in November 2011. The objective of this study was to analyze family dwelling characteristics and other sociodemographic factors associated with the perception of an increase in hematophagous bat bites in humans and domestic animals to assist the implementation of intervention policies in the region. A total of 381 households from communities cov…
School-to-work transition
The school-to-work transition in Spain has become much more difficult and extended than before, with many young people today experiencing long periods of temporary employment, unemployment or inact
Occupational health, frontline workers and Covid-19 lockdown
INTRODUCTION: The abrupt onset of COVID-19, with its rapid spread, has had brutal consequences in all areas of society, including the workplace. In this paper, we report the working conditions, health, and tranquilisers and opioid analgesics use of workers during the first months of the ensuing pandemic, according to whether they were frontline workers or not and also according to sex. METHODS: Our analysis is based on cross-sectional survey data…
Sylvatic rabies and the perception of vampire bat activity in communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon
An outbreak of sylvatic rabies was reported in indigenous communities located in the Ecuadorian Amazon in November 2011. The objective of this study was to analyze family dwelling characteristics and other sociodemographic factors associated with the perception of an increase in hematophagous bat bites in humans and domestic animals to assist the implementation of intervention policies in the region. A total of 381 households from communities cov…
How unemployment and precarious employment affect the health of young people
Background: The impact of unemployment and precarious employment on the health of young people is not well understood. However, according to social causation, higher socio-economic positions and thus better working conditions are beneficial to health in general. We tried to synthesize the results of studies that test this hypothesis in the case of young people. Methods: We conducted a scoping study mapping all the academic articles published in t…
School-to-work transition
The school-to-work transition in Spain has become much more difficult and extended than before, with many young people today experiencing long periods of temporary employment, unemployment or inact
Las encuestas online y la falsa ilusión de la n grande. A propósito de una encuesta sobre la eutanasia en profesionales médicos
El uso de estudios basados en encuestas online se ha extendido de manera notable. A pesar de tener tasas de respuesta especialmente pequeñas, permiten obtener con facilidad un gran tamaño de muestra. Sin embargo, esta estrategia puede conllevar un sesgo de selección que comprometa notablemente los resultados. Se comparan los resultados de dos encuestas sobre la regulación de la eutanasia y el suicidio asistido, una online con muestra autoseleccio…
Informal employment and poor self-perceived health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Which are the intermediate determinants of gender inequalities in mental health
BACKGROUND: Gender segmentation in the labour market and women's greater burden of domestic work and caregiving increase their risk of developing mental health problems, especially in vulnerable social groups. AIMS: The objectives of this study were to identify and describe the role of working and labour conditions, domestic work and caregiving and social support in gender inequalities in mental health, as well as to assess whether studies have t…
Cómo afectan las distintas dimensiones de la precariedad laboral a la salud mental
Analizar la relación entre la precariedad laboral, medida por dimensiones y como índice multidimensional, y la salud mental de los hombres y mujeres asalariados/as en el País Vasco. Se utilizó una submuestra (n = 3345) de la Encuesta de Salud de la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca de 2018 para calcular la prevalencia estandarizada de mala salud mental según el grado de precariedad laboral, medida como escala compuesta y por cada una de sus dimensiones, y…
Non-Pharmacological Preventive Measures Had an Impact on Covid-19 in Healthcare Workers before the Vaccination Effect
Healthcare workers have been and still are at the forefront of COVID-19 patient care. Their infection had direct implications and caused important challenges for healthcare performance. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of non-pharmacological preventive measures against COVID-19 among healthcare workers. This study is based on a dynamic cohort of healthcare workers ( n = 5543) who had been hired by a Spanish hospital for at least one …
Occupational health, frontline workers and Covid-19 lockdown
INTRODUCTION: The abrupt onset of COVID-19, with its rapid spread, has had brutal consequences in all areas of society, including the workplace. In this paper, we report the working conditions, health, and tranquilisers and opioid analgesics use of workers during the first months of the ensuing pandemic, according to whether they were frontline workers or not and also according to sex. METHODS: Our analysis is based on cross-sectional survey data…
Workplace aggression against healthcare workers in a Spanish healthcare institution between 2019 and 2021
Objectives: Describe the incidence of first aggressions among healthcare workers (HCWs) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Spanish healthcare institution, according to workers' socio-occupational characteristics and analyze the impact of the pandemic on it. Methods: A cohort involving HCWs who worked in the institution for at least 1 week each year from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021. Adjusted relative risks (aRR) were estimated usi…
Extreme temperatures and sickness absence in the Mediterranean province of Barcelona
Objectives: This study aims to assess the association between daily temperature and sickness absence episodes in the Mediterranean province of Barcelona between 2012 and 2015, according to sociodemographic and occupational characteristics. Methods: Ecological study of a sample of salaried workers affiliated to the Spanish social security, resident in Barcelona province between 2012 and 2015. The association between daily mean temperature and risk…
Dealing with the unknown
This study explores fears and worries regarding SARS-CoV-2 risk of infection and transmission to relatives, co-workers, and patients in relation to non-pharmacological preventive interventions among healthcare workers (including physicians, nurses, aides, cleaners, maintenance, and security staff) in a healthcare institution in Barcelona (Spain), during the first and second waves of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The research used an explorative qualit…
Salud y bienestar del personal sanitario
Definimos como personal sanitario a las personas que trabajan en actividades sanitarias, tengan contacto directo o no con los ciudadanos. En la actualidad, alrededor de 1,3 millones de personas (70% mujeres) trabajan en actividades sanitarias en España. Ello representa alrededor del 10% de la población activa, habiéndose incrementado un 33% desde 2008, un 100% las mujeres. Las organizaciones sanitarias, especialmente los hospitales, son lugares d…
Burnout en profesionales sanitarios
Trayectorias De Incapacidad Laboral en Personal Sanitario
Matriz de empleo-exposición para centros sanitarios, un estudio piloto en el Hospital del Mar (Barcelona)
Desarrollar una matriz de empleo-exposición específica para profesionales de centros sanitarios a partir de un estudio piloto en el Hospital del Mar (Barcelona). Técnicos de prevención con amplia experiencia evaluaron 27 factores de riesgo laborales ergonómicos e higiénicos en 50 grupos homogéneos de exposición, que incluyen 5537 trabajadores en seis categorías laborales (1122 medicina, 1574 enfermería, 1186 auxiliar de enfermería, 361 residentes…
Medicine (10 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Disease (3 works)