Profile of nursing professionals assisted by a multidisciplinary mental health team

• Autor(a) principal: Araújo, Gleide Santos de
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Sampaio, Aline Santos, Santos, Edna Moreira dos, Barreto, Suely Maia Galvão, Almeida, Nilton José Vitório, Santos, Maria Luiza Dias dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3135
• topic: Nursing; Mental Health; Occupational Health.

The present study aims at investigating the profile of nursing professionals assisted by the multidisciplinary mental health team. This is a quantitative study with 385 records of workers who were attended the university medical service by a team of mental health from July 2009 to December 2010, the averages were calculated using the chi-square test and with level of significance of 5% (p<0.05). It was observed that nursing professionals had, in the average, lower age (47.5±9.7), more absences (5.15±3.29) and were more days away from work (191.8±168.5) compared to other categories, respectively (53.7±12.7), (2.18±2.8) and (138±163). The majority was diagnosed with affective and mood disorders (65%) and they were prescribed controlled medicine (96.8%), the differences were statistically significant in relation to other professionals. Although younger, the nursing staff stayed away longer, more frequently and had more mental health problems