Carlos Ruíz-Frutos

ORCID: 0000-0003-3715-1382
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Research Areas
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Stress and Burnout Research
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Public Health and Social Inequalities
  • Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Pregnancy-related medical research

Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo
2017-2025

Universidad de Huelva
2016-2025

Weatherford College
2020-2024

Junta de Andalucía
2024

Universidad de Sevilla
2020

Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez
2010

Measures to prevent and contain the COVID-19 health crisis include population confinement, with consequent isolation interruption of their usual activities. The aim study is analyse psychological distress during pandemic. For this, a cross-sectional observational sample 4180 people over age 18 quarantine was developed. Variables considered were sociodemographic variables, physical symptoms, conditions, contact history adjustment. data collected through self-developed questionnaire General...

10.3390/ijerph17113947 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-06-02

To describe the level of work engagement active health care professionals during COVID-19 pandemic, and its relationship with psychological distress according to professional category.Health working on front line pandemic are at risk distress, could be a positive attitude that serve as protective factor.Cross-sectional observational study 1,459 professionals. Psychological was measured General Health Questionnaire Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. Data were analysed bivariate analyses...

10.1111/jonm.13239 article EN Journal of Nursing Management 2021-01-06

Abstract Background and objectives: Chemotherapy does not only affect cancer cells; it also affects, to a greater or lesser degree, all other cells in the body. This toxicity should be assessed according its severity, frequency, duration, taking into account objective subjective dimensions assessment. assessment is highly relevant aspect when providing care chemotherapy patients, mainly due impact of treatment on patient's quality life, as well vital risk may imply under certain...

10.1097/md.0000000000021695 article EN cc-by-nc Medicine 2020-08-13

The health crisis triggered by COVID-19 and the preventive measures taken to control it have caused a strong psychological impact on population, especially healthcare professionals. Risk exposure, uncertainty about how approach disease, care emotional overburden, lack of resources, or unclear ever-changing protocols are, among others, distress risk factors for professionals who faced this dramatic scenario front line. On other hand, Sense Coherence (SOC) is competence that could help these...

10.3390/su12176855 article EN Sustainability 2020-08-24

In some areas of Spain, health services and professionals working in the front line against Sars-Cov-2 virus have been widely overwhelmed at all levels. Therefore, objective this study was to assess level work engagement Spanish nurses during COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional carried out. The sample consisted 510 active from over without age exclusion, who voluntarily accepted participate study. Work assessed with 9-item Utrecht Engagement Scale (UWES) questionnaire, through an online...

10.3390/healthcare9030253 article EN Healthcare 2021-03-01

<h3>Background:</h3> Spain has recently become an inward migration country. Little is known about the occupational health of immigrant workers. This study aimed to explore perceptions that workers in had their working conditions. <h3>Methods:</h3> Qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study. Criterion sampling. Data collected between September 2006 and May 2007 through semi-structured focus groups individual interviews, with a topic guide. One hundred fifty-eight (90 men/68 women) from...

10.1136/jech.2008.077016 article EN Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2009-05-28

Discrimination is an important determinant of health inequalities, and immigrants may be more vulnerable to certain types discrimination than the native-born. This study analyses relationship between immigrants' perceived various self-reported indicators.A cross-sectional survey was conducted (2008) amongst a non-random sample 2434 from Ecuador, Morocco, Romania Colombia in four Spanish cities: Barcelona, Huelva, Madrid Valencia. A factorial analysis variables revealed three dimensions (due...

10.1186/1471-2458-11-652 article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2011-08-17

Abstract Background Household service work has been largely absent from occupational health studies. We examine the hazards and effects identified by immigrant women household workers. Methods Exploratory, descriptive study of 46 documented undocumented in services Spain, using a phenomenological approach. Data were collected between September 2006 May 2007 through focus groups semi‐structured individual interviews. separated for analysis documentation status sorted mixed‐generation process....

10.1002/ajim.20710 article EN American Journal of Industrial Medicine 2009-05-28

Anxiety, depression, and stress are common expected reactions to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The objective of this study is analyze psychological distress in a sample Spanish population, identifying predictive nature information received, preventive measures taken, level concern, beliefs, knowledge about infection. A cross-sectional observational was conducted on 4615 participants. Data were collected through self-prepared questionnaire general health (GHQ-12). Bivariate...

10.3390/healthcare8030190 article EN Healthcare 2020-06-28

To analyze the relationship of legal status and employment conditions with health indicators in foreign-born Spanish-born workers Spain. Cross-sectional study 1,849 509 (2008–2009, ITSAL Project). Considered conditions: permanent, temporary no contract (foreign-born Spanish-born); considered statuses: documented undocumented (foreign-born). Joint relationships self-rated (SRH) mental (MH) were analyzed via logistical regression. When compared male permanently contracted workers, worse is...

10.1007/s00038-010-0141-8 article EN cc-by-nc International Journal of Public Health 2010-04-16

Methods by which the population should be informed when going through a pandemic such as COVID-19 have been questioned because of its influence on adoption preventive measures and effects mental health. Non-health workers are at risk psychological distress from exposure to contaminated people or materials having stay home adapt their activity telework. The objective study is analyze information public receives about level distress. For this, 1089 questionnaires non-health were collected...

10.3390/ijerph17196982 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-09-24

El impacto de la COVID-19 en sociedad no es un tema baladí. Desde el inicio pandemia, Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center había reportado hasta 23 noviembre 2020 total 58.696.029 personas contagiadas y 1.556.730 muertes diagnosticadas con SARS-CoV-2 (en inglés, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; español, tipo 2 del síndrome respiratorio agudo grave). Siendo España sexto país número contagios (1.556.730) noveno (42.619)…

10.12961/aprl.2021.24.01.01 article ES cc-by-nc-nd Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales 2021-01-21

Sleep problems in university students are important and have implications for health, quality of life, academic performance. Using an ex post facto design, a total sample 855 (55.7% women) participated the study. assessment was conducted using Pittsburgh Quality Index, Nightmare Frequency Scale, Proneness Composite Morningness Scale. Women show higher risk [OR = 2.61] presenting poor sleep (&gt; 5 points on PSQI) compared with men (p &lt; 0.001). Similarly, women reported greater frequency...

10.3390/ijerph17082760 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-04-16

This pandemic has been classified as a “psychological pandemic” that produces anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and sleep disorders. As the mental health effects of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, continue to unfold, there are still large knowledge gaps about variables predispose individuals to, or protect against disease. However, few publications on COVID-19 citizens in Latin American countries. In this study, had Peru have described. For this,...

10.3390/healthcare9060691 article EN Healthcare 2021-06-08

To adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of SUSESO/ISTAS21 questionnaire for nurses in Spain. Cross-sectional study cross-cultural adjustment validation COPSOQ-ISTAS21 scale. Descriptive analyses were conducted, data was correlated. A confirmatory factor analysis performed, thus assessing reliability criterion validity. The sample consisted 2757 Spanish nurses. exploratory identified a 5-factor structure with 15 items, which explained 63.6% variance. factors named: Support at work;...

10.1097/md.0000000000041113 article EN cc-by-nc Medicine 2025-01-03

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the mental health of workers. This study aimed to assess prevalence psychological distress among Brazilian workers during early months and explore its associated factors. A cross-sectional was conducted using an online questionnaire administered 2903 workers, including 1752 non-healthcare (NHCWs) 1151 healthcare (HCWs), between April May 2020. Snowball sampling employed for participant recruitment, research adapted use with population through a...

10.3390/bs15030358 article EN cc-by Behavioral Sciences 2025-03-13
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