Depression among physicians working in public healthcare in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

作者：Assuncao Ada Avila^*; Machado Carla Jorge; Cano Prais Hugo Alejandro; de Araujo Tania Maria

来源：Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2014, 49(8): 1219-1229.

DOI：10.1007/s00127-014-0850-z

• Depression
• Physicians
• Healthcare systems
• Brazil
• Workplace environment

Prevalence of depressive disorders has been reported among physicians in a number of different settings. The aim of the present study is to assess the prevalence of self-reported depression and its associated factors among physicians working in the public healthcare system of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. %26lt;br%26gt;A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2009 to investigate individual and occupational dimensions of depressive disorders in a group of physicians working at several municipal healthcare units. The percentage of physicians that self-reported a confirmed diagnosis of depression by another physician was used as the prevalence proportion; the Poisson regression univariate and multivariate models were applied to study factors associated with depression. %26lt;br%26gt;The response rate was 81.2 %, of which 12.0 % reported depression confirmed by another physician. Reports of RSI/WMSD (p %26lt; 0.001) and passive work (p %26lt; 0.05) were positively and independently associated with the outcome. %26lt;br%26gt;Our data bring valuable information that may help guide interventions and health-promoting activities for physicians by indicating concrete measures to change working conditions that affect mental health.

• 出版日期2014-8