Background:
there are few studies relating common mental disorders to industry workers.
Objective:
to estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) among industry workers in Bahia, Brazil, and check association between disorders and occupations.
Methods:
a cross sectional study involving 41,639 workers from industries registered in the Brazilian Social Information Annual Report (RAIS) as well as in Management System on Health Risk in Industries from the Industry Social Service (SESI). To measure CMD we used the General Health Questionnaire GHQ-12, and to analyze occupational groups (GG), the Brazilian Classification of Occupations (CBO).
Results:
the CMD prevalence was 11.6%. The CMD association with GG showed the highest prevalence in GG4-administrative service workers (13.2%, PR=1.3, p<0.05). After adjustment for covariates, groups GG1- heads of public service and enterprises (RP=2.4, p=0.00) and GG2-science and art workers (RP=2.3, p=0.0), had the highest prevalence when compared to the reference group (GG3-technicians with secondary school level).
Conclusion:
the study allowed tracking CMD among industry workers' occupations in Bahia, generating information that may not only subsidize analysis on labor conditions and organization, but also develop strategies to improve industry workers' mental health.
common mental disorders; occupational health; occupations; GHQ