Abstract
Introduction:
health care workers may be exposed to work-related diseases. The literature reports that mental disorders are important causes of illness among these workers.
Objective:
to evaluate the prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) and sociodemographic, lifestyle and working life factors associated with CMD occurrence among Primary Health Care Services workers.
Methods:
exploratory, cross-sectional study with a proportional stratified sample of workers from Primary Health Units, Family Health Units, Epidemiological Surveillance Team and Support Center for Family Health (NASF). Mental health was assessed by the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the psychosocial aspects of work by the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ).
Results:
the global CMD prevalence was 22.9%; among workers from NASF it reached 31.6%. Positive association, statistically significant (p≤0.05), was observed between CMD and women, regular/bad/very bad quality of life, regular/bad/very bad health status, time pressure, dissatisfaction with work and high psychological demands.
Discussion:
actions related to gender, health status, quality of life and especially to work organization aspects, such as time pressure, psychological demands and job satisfaction should be prioritized.
Keywords:
mental disorders; primary health care; health care personnel