Predictors of depressive symptoms among nurses of intensive care unit

Abstract

A prevalência da sintomatologia depressiva correspondeu a 11%. Nenhuma das variáveis comprovou associação significativa com a sintomatologia depressiva. Palavras-chave:Enfermeiras e enfermeiros; Unidades de terapia intensiva; Estresse psicológico; Transtorno depressivo; Prevalência.resumen Objetivos: Identificar la prevalencia y analizar la existencia de predictores de la sintomatología depresiva en las enfermeras de unidades de cuidados intensivos. Métodos: Estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, transversal, realizado con 91 enfermeros que actúan en unidades de cuidados intensivos. Fue utilizado en la recogida de datos, en julio de 2014, dos instrumentos: un sociodemográfico y un Inventario de Depresión de Beck en la versión I. Se utilizó la Prueba Exacta de Fisher para analizar la existencia de asociación entre la sintomatología depresiva y las variables categóricas. Resultados: El 11% de los pacientes de la muestra tenían síntomas depresivos. De las variables estudiadas, ninguna comprobó asociación significativa con la sintomatología depresiva (p ≥ 0,05). Conclusión: La prevalencia de la sintomatología depresiva correspondió al 11%. Ninguna de las variables demostró asociación significativa con la sintomatología depresiva.Palabras clave: Enfermeras y enfermeros; Unidades de cuidados intensivos; Estrés psicológico; Trastorno depresivo; Prevalencia. EEAN.edu.br 2

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