Minor psychiatric disorders in nursing: prevalence and associated factors.

Evelin Daiane Gabriel Pinhatti,Maria Ribeiro Lacerda,Renata Perfeito Ribeiro,Júlia Trevisan Martins,Marcos Hirata Soares

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0028

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https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0028

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Abstract

to investigate the prevalence of Minor Psychiatric Disorders and associated factors in nursing workers. observational and analytical sectional study. Data were collected from 285 nursing workers. A questionnaire containing sociodemographic, occupational, psychosocial aspects of work and mental health was used. Bivariate and multivariate analysis were performed by binary logistic regression. the global prevalence of suspected Minor Psychiatric Disorders among nursing workers was 32.6%. Higher prevalence rates were found among female, young, married/common-law married individuals, in the nursing assistant/technician categories, with income up to four minimum wages, developing high-demand work with low social support, high effort-reward imbalance, and over-commitment. the variables that remained associated with the mental health outcome in the final model were: female gender, married/common-law married, high-demand work, high effort-reward imbalance, and over-commitment.

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This study plays a central role for individuals, provides structure for daily life, contributes to financial stability, enables social interaction and personal development, indispensable factors for the achievement of well-being and adequate mental health[1].In the current scenario, the workforce has undergone numerous political, economic and social transformations, which have influenced the health of workers[2]
The study group consisted of 285 nursing workers and the losses, based on the sample calculation, were 2.1% (n=6), resulting from incorrectly filling out of the questionnaire
The questions that presented the highest prevalence of positive responses were: “Do you feel nervous, tense, or worried?”, with 50.5% (n=144), followed by “Do you have frequent headaches?”, with 41.8% (n=119), “Do you sleep poorly?”, with 41.1% (n=117), “Do you feel tired all the time?”, with 36.1% (n=103), and “Do you have unpleasant sensations in your stomach?”, with 35.1% (n=100)

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Introduction

This study plays a central role for individuals, provides structure for daily life, contributes to financial stability, enables social interaction and personal development, indispensable factors for the achievement of well-being and adequate mental health[1].In the current scenario, the workforce has undergone numerous political, economic and social transformations, which have influenced the health of workers[2]. These people are exposed to biological, physical, chemical, ergonomic and psychosocial risks They face emotional inherent demands in the profession―living with human suffering, pain and death, direct and prolonged contact with patients―becoming a source of additional mental burden[4,5]. Among the numerous risks to which these workers are exposed, one of them deserves to be highlighted: the psychosocial, considered harmful to mental and physical health and generated by psychological and social mechanisms. Workers who develop their activities in direct contact with people constitute the most exposed group[6], as is the case of nursing

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