Common mental disorders in nursing technicians of a university hospital

• Autor(a) principal: Santos,Fabrício Ferreira dos
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Brito,Maria Fernanda Santos Figueiredo, Pinho,Lucinéia de, Cunha,Franciele Ornelas, Rodrigues Neto,João Felício, Fonseca,Adélia Dayane Guimarães, Silva,Carla Silvana de Oliveira e
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000100183
• topic: Mental Disorders; Mental health; Occupational Health; Nursing Human Resources; Hospitals, University

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the prevalence of common mental disorders and associated factors in nursing technicians. Method: Cross-sectional analytical study conducted at a university hospital. A questionnaire with sociodemographic, educational and work-related variables and the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 were used to verify the presence of common mental disorders. Association analysis was performed using the chi-squared test, with a significance level of 5%. Results: 280 nursing technicians participated in the study. The prevalence of common mental disorders was 46.9%. The variables family income (p=0.021) and working exclusively in health area (p<0.001) were associated with the outcome. There was a higher prevalence of CMD among individuals with a family income below four minimum wages (PR=1.41) and among professionals who worked exclusively in the health area (PR=1.95). Conclusion: Approximately half of the nursing technicians of the university hospital presented common mental disorders, which were associated with economic and work-related variables.