Mortality profile of women in the Northeast region of Brazil due to depression

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Maria Gabriela Pereira da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Camêlo, Edwirde Luiz Silva, Aguiar, Dalila Camêlo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/22155
• topic: Mortalidade; Saúde da mulher; Depressão.; Mortality; Women's health; Depression.; Mortalidad; Salud de la mujer; Depresión.

Introduction: Depression is a disorder that affects over 300 million people worldwide; however, the number of women who present this disorder is alarming. Objective: To analyze the profile of women who died from some cause associated with depression in the Northeast region of Brazil during 2014-2019. Methods: We used a contingency table to summarize the variables, a correlation matrix to identify the relationships, and Principal Component Analysis to reduce dimensionality without losing information and explain these variables in terms of their components. Data collection was carried out based on data from the Mortality Information System (SIM), selecting the ICD-10 category corresponding to depressive episodes and recurrent depressive disorder (F32 and F33). The variables selected were race, marital status, and education, taking into consideration only females. The data were tabulated in Excel and analyzed using the statistical program R version 3.5.2. Results: There were 613 female deaths during this period, mainly brown and married women. Variables are strongly correlated, and hypotheses are raised: prejudice, social vulnerability, lack of social support, abusive relationship, women seek more help than men. Conclusion: The mortality profile varies according to race and marital status, with Bahia and Ceará the two states that obtained the most effective rates. Therefore, public policies, investment in prevention and promotion of quality of life, a support network for women who go through a situation considered a risk factor for a depressive condition are necessary.