Abstract
Objective: to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression of professionals of Multidisciplinary Health Residence Programs. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study, performed with fifty professionals, using three instruments: one for socioeconomic and demographic data, and the Beck’s Anxiety and Depression Scale. Results: predominance of females (92.0%), average age 26 years old, single (88.0%), family income from two to five salaries (56.0%) satisfied with the work (82.0%) and thought about quitting the program (56.0%) showed anxiety (50.0%) and depression (28.0%). Conclusion: there was an association between anxiety and depression in multidisciplinary residents, which points to the need for rethinking strategies for identifying these symptoms and control of stress factors for the promotion of mental health.
Highlights
The Multidisciplinary Health Residence Programs were created in 2005 by the Law no. 11,129, to enable graduates to develop professional attitudes, becoming good professionals and responsible, and acquiring knowledge and skills in daily work, with the opportunity to exercise the knowledge acquired during undergraduate[1]
It is a post-graduation modality lato sensu characterized by in-service training under supervision, full-time and is as an effective way of development and specialization in health care, and enable integration between education, service and community, promoting partnerships among managers, workers and users, aiming a collective training in service and staff, which can contribute to the care of the user integrity[2,3]
Considering the changes in daily life and stress faced by the professional during the graduate process in the Multidisciplinary Health Residence, this study aimed to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression of professionals of Multidisciplinary Health Residence Programs. This is a cross-sectional study, populationbased, conducted among professionals enrolled in the Multidisciplinary Health Residence Programs of an educational institution in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil state in 2013, who agreed to participate in the research after informed about the objectives and research purpose, totaling fifty professionals from different areas
Summary
The Multidisciplinary Health Residence Programs were created in 2005 by the Law no. 11,129, to enable graduates to develop professional attitudes, becoming good professionals and responsible, and acquiring knowledge and skills in daily work, with the opportunity to exercise the knowledge acquired during undergraduate[1]. 11,129, to enable graduates to develop professional attitudes, becoming good professionals and responsible, and acquiring knowledge and skills in daily work, with the opportunity to exercise the knowledge acquired during undergraduate[1] It is a post-graduation modality lato sensu characterized by in-service training under supervision, full-time and is as an effective way of development and specialization in health care, and enable integration between education, service and community, promoting partnerships among managers, workers and users, aiming a collective training in service and staff, which can contribute to the care of the user integrity[2,3]. Several suffer from anxieties, tensions of lifestyle change and the working environment and fail to create effective strategies for dealing with such situations, bringing negative consequences, such as dissatisfaction and high risk for the development of anxiety and depression[4]
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