2006
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102006005000001
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between work-related psychosocial factors and the prevalence of mental disorders among pre-school and elementary school teachers. METHODS:This cross-sectional study was undertaken with 1,024 teachers from municipal public schools and from the ten largest private schools in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia State (Northeastern Brazil) in 2001. The main independent variable was based on the demand-control model, which classifies individuals according to their job pressures. The… Show more

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“…Alcohol use was high in this population (86.1%), when compared to that of other populations. 22,f The percentage of 39.6% of positive CAGE (alcohol abuse) was greater than that found in studies performed with other populations in Salvador. 1,3 This high percentage could be associated with cultural work aspects in this population that need to be further analyzed.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 60%
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“…Alcohol use was high in this population (86.1%), when compared to that of other populations. 22,f The percentage of 39.6% of positive CAGE (alcohol abuse) was greater than that found in studies performed with other populations in Salvador. 1,3 This high percentage could be associated with cultural work aspects in this population that need to be further analyzed.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 60%
“…4 The SRQ-20, developed to study common mental disorders in primary health care units, was applied to different occupational groups. 3,22,26 This questionnaire is comprised of 20 binary response questions (yes or no), classifi ed in groups of physical symptoms and groups of psycho-emotional disorders (decrease in energy, depressive mood and depressive thoughts). A high-sensitivity and high-specifi city version of this questionnaire, which was validated in Brazil, was used in this study.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Cada um dos 20 itens pode apresentar como escore 0 ou 1, indicando, respectivamente, ausência ou presença do sintoma nos últimos 30 dias. O ponto de corte utilizado em muitas investigações tem sido de 7 ou 8 6,11,25 , no entanto muitos autores defendem o uso de ponto de corte diferenciado entre os sexos, 7 ou 8 para o feminino e 5 ou 6 para o masculino, a fim aumentar a validade, diminuindo os bias de classificação 19,21,24,25,28 . Neste estudo, considerou--se caso de TMC o participante do sexo masculino que respondeu de modo afirmativo a, no mínimo, seis questões do SRQ-20 ou do sexo feminino que respondeu, dessa maneira, a pelo menos oito questões.…”
Section: Desenho De Estudo E Coleta De Dadosunclassified
“…Estudos foram desenvolvidos para mensurar sua magnitude em vá-rias profissões [6][7][8] , incluindo os profissionais de saúde [9][10][11][12] . Pitta 9 observou prevalência elevada em trabalhadores do setor de hemodiálise (45,5%) e da UTI pediátrica (32,1%) em um hospital geral de São Paulo.…”
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