Depression among physicians working in public healthcare in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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2014
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Purpose 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.
Methods 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.
Results The response rate was 81.2 %, of which 12.0 %
reported depression confirmed by another physician.
Reports of RSI/WMSD (p\0.001) and passive work
(p\0.05) were positively and independently associated
with the outcome.
Conclusions 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.
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Depression, Physicians, Healthcare systems, Brazil
Citation
ASSUNÇÃO, A. A. et al. Depression among physicians working in public healthcare in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, v. 49, n. 6, p. 1219-1229, ago. 2014. Disponível em: <http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-014-0850-z>. Acesso em: 29 jan. 2017.