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Objective: To determine the frequency of patients with inadequate prenatal care (PNC) and the factors associated with this event. Material and methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study and data was obtained interviewing the mothers, reviewing clinical records and Maternal Perinatal Card between August 2010 and January 2011 at the Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia. We defined inadequate PNC as the failure of the minimum number of visits and schedule proposed by the Ministry of Health. We compared epidemiological, maternal and socioeconomic factors in groups with adequate PNC and non-adequate PNC. Results: We included 384 women, 66.05% received 6 or more prenatal controls and only 7.36% had an adequate PNC. 145 women had her first PNC before the 12 weeks of pregnancy. The factors with more frequency in the non-adequate PNC was a maternal parity more than 2 (p=0.02) and a non-planning pregnancy (p=0.003). Conclusions: The rate of non-adequate PNC was high. Having a maternal parity more than 2 and a non-planning pregnancy were associated with non-adequate PNC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determinate the frequency between Burnout Syndrome (SBO) and depressive symptoms among residents at a general hospital. Material and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study in residents from Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (HNCH) during February 2011. SBO presence was measured with the Spanish version of Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and depressive symptoms with the Spanish version of Center for Epidemiological Studies (CESD-D20). Results: We included 84 residents, 60 of them were males and the mean age was 31 ± 4.4 years. Burnout syndrome was reported in 54.9% of residents and depressive symptoms in 38.6% of them. 32.9% of our population presented both Burnout syndrome and depressive symptoms. No statistically association was found between the presence of SBO or depressive symptoms and the number of hours worked per week. Conclusions: The coexistence of Burnout Syndrome and depressive symptoms is clinically important (32.9%) and must be considered for research and interventions to be planned to avoid future complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]