Common mental disorders in nursing technicians of a university hospital

Cross-sectional analytical study conducted at a university hospital. A questionnaire with sociodemographic, educational and work-related variables and the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 were used to verify the presence of common mental disorders. Association analysis was performed using the chi-squared test, with a significance level of 5%.

Results:

280 nursing technicians participated in the study. The prevalence of common mental disorders was 46.9%. The variables family income (p=0.021) and working exclusively in health area (p<0.001) were associated with the outcome. There was a higher prevalence of CMD among individuals with a family income below four minimum wages (PR=1.41) and among professionals who worked exclusively in the health area (PR=1.95).

Conclusion:

Approximately half of the nursing technicians of the university hospital presented common mental disorders, which were associated with economic and work-related variables.

Descriptors:
Mental Disorders; Mental health; Occupational Health; Nursing Human Resources; Hospitals, University

Variables	n	%
Gender
Male	115	41.1
Female	164	58.6
Civil status
Single	68	24.3
Married	175	62.5
Stable union	4	1.4
Separated/divorced	29	10.4
Widowed	4	1.4
Skin color
White		40.0
Brown	105	37.5
Black	60	21.4
Yellow	2	0.7
Missing	1	0.4
Religion
Catholic	179	63.9
Evangelical	93	33.2
Spiritist	2	0.7
Other	1	0.4
No religion	5	1.8
Family income
Less than 1 minimum wage	3	1.1
1 to 3 minimum wages	191	68.2
4 to 5 minimum wages	80	28.6
More than 5 minimum wages	6	2.1
Level of education
Complete elementary school	1	0.4
Complete high school	169	60.4
Incomplete higher education	50	17.9
Complete higher education	60	21.4
Other employment
Yes	110	39.3
No	169	60.4
Missing	1	0.4
Working exclusively in health area
Yes	188	67.1
No	92	32.9

Variables	Present		Absent		p value
Variables	n	%	n	%	p value
Gender^ * missing.*
Female	80	60.6	84	56.8	0.538
Male	52	39.4	63	42.6	0.538
Age
Less than 40 years	95	73.6	100	68.0	0.307
More than 40 years	34	26.4	47	32.0	0.307
Civil status
No partner	52	39.4	49	33.1	0.274
With partner	80	60.6	99	66.9	0.274
Color
White	55	42.0	57	38.5	0.555
Non-white	76	58.0	91	61.5	0.555
Religion
Has a religion	130	98.5	145	98.0	0.747
Doesn't have a religion	2	1.5	3	2.0	0.747
Level of education
More than eight years of education	131	99.2	148	100.0	0.289
Less than eight years of education	1	0.8	0	0	0.289
Family income
Four minimum wages or more	33	25.0	53	35.8	0.050
Less than four minimum wages	99	75.0	95	64.2	0.050
Time of work	73	55.3	78	52.7
Up to 10 years	73	55.3	78	52.7	0.663
More than 10 years	59	44.7	70	47.3	0.663
Working exclusively in health area
Yes	103	78.0	85	57.4	<0.001
No	29	22.0	63	42.6	<0.001

Independent Variables	PR	95%CI	p value
Family income
Four minimum wages or more	1
Less than four minimum wages	1,41	1,05-1,89	0,021
Working exclusively in health
No	1
Yes	1,95	1,39-2,73	<0,001

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[1] Corresponding Author: Carla Silvana de Oliveira e Silva E-mail: profcarlasosilva@gmail.com