In regard to mental illness, brain donation is essential for the biological investigation of central pathology. Nevertheless, little is known about the thoughts of people with mental disorders on tissue donation for research. Here, our objective was to understand the attitudes and opinions of people treated for bipolar disorder and their relatives regarding donation in general, and particularly donation for research. This is a qualitative study that used in-depth interviews to determine the thoughts of participants regarding tissue donation for research. Theoretical sampling was used as a recruitment method. Grounded theory was used as a framework for content analyses of the interviews. A semi-structured interview guide was applied with the topics: donation in general; donation for research; mental health and body organs; opinion regarding donation; feelings aroused by the topic. Although all participants were aware of organ donation for transplant, they were surprised that tissue could be donated for research. Nevertheless, once they understood the concept they were usually in favor of the idea. Although participants demonstrated a general lack of knowledge on donation for research, they were willing to learn more and viewed it as a good thing, with altruistic reasons often cited as a motive for donation. We speculate that bridging this knowledge gap may be a fundamental step towards a more ethical postmortem tissue donation process.
INTRODUÇÃO: No âmbito da saúde do trabalhador, é necessária a compreensão de quais aspectos influenciam a adoção de um estilo de vida saudável. OBJETIVO: Investigar se estresse relacionado ao trabalho, lócus de controle da saúde e autopercepção de saúde estão associados com estilo de vida saudável em servidores de uma instituição federal de ensino superior. MÉTODO: Trata-se de um estudo transversal por meio de questionário online, de amostra não-probabilística. Participaram deste estudo 898 servidores. Foram utilizados os seguintes instrumentos: questionário com características sociodemográficas e laborais; FANTASTIC Lifestyle Checklist (estilo de vida); Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (lócus de controle da saúde); Health Safety Executive - Indicator Tool (avaliação dos riscos psicossociais do trabalho); e SF-12 Short-Form Health Survey - 12 (saúde física e mental percebida). A amostra foi dividida entre aqueles que apresentaram Perfil Saudável e Perfil de Risco em estilo de vida. Para identificar as variáveis com maior associação com o Perfil Saudável de estilo de vida foi empregado o modelo de Regressão Logística Múltipla Binária. RESULTADOS: apontou-se que menor estresse relacionado ao trabalho, as dimensões Acaso e Outros Poderosos do lócus de controle da saúde, melhor autopercepção em saúde física e mental, e maior escolaridade estão associados com estilo de vida saudável. DISCUSSÃO: O estudo contribui com a literatura ao apresentar fatores que podem ter efeitos sobre o estilo de vida de servidores públicos em contexto universitário e ao oferecer dados que dialogam com uma perspectiva biopsicossocial da saúde do trabalhador.
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