Minor psychiatric disorders among nurses university faculties

Abstract

This cross-sectional study addresses 130 nursing faculty members in federal universities from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It investigated the psychological demands and decision latitude (the Demand-Control Model by Karasek) and their association with Minor Psychological Disorders (MPDs). The Brazilian versions of the Self-Report-Questionnaire-20 and the Job Stress Scale were used. MPDs were prevalent in 20% of the studied individuals. After adjusting for potential confounders, the chances of participants presenting mental disorders were higher in the quadrant 'active strain jobs' (OR=14.23, 95% CI 1.55 to 130.73), followed by the 'high strain jobs' quadrant (OR=10.05, 95% CI 1.23 to 82.44), compared to nursing professors classified in the 'low strain jobs' quadrant. We conclude that high psychological demands and low control over work can cause disorders in nursing professors, among them, MPDs. Exigencia. Se concluyó que la alta demanda psicológica y el bajo control del trabajo pueden provocar daños a la salud, entre ellos los Disturbios Psíquicos Menores en enfermeros docentes. Disturbios psíquicos menores en enfermeros docentes universitarios

Use of assessment scales, turnover and job strain in nursing staff: A study in a Colombian hospital

“…In Latin America, the demand‐control or job strain model has not been widely used in the nursing field. In a literature search of the MEDLINE and LILACS databases conducted on 6 September 2017 using the strategy “demand control model”[All Fields] OR “job content questionnaire”[All Fields] AND (“nurses”[MeSH Terms] OR “nurses”[All Fields]), 86 articles were found, only eight of which were studies conducted in Latin American countries; seven of those were in Brazil (Araújo, Aquino, Menezes, Santos, & Aguiar, ; Bosi de Souza Magnago et al, ; da Silva et al, ; Fernandes Portela et al, ; Henriques da Silva, ; Pinho & Araújo, ; Tavares et al, ), and one was in Mexico (Juárez‐García, ). In Colombia, Leguizamón, Gómez Ortiz, Juarez García and others have used the demand‐control model with nurses and other health professionals to study psychosocial factors.…”

Psychosocial stress and minor psychiatric disorders among Agentes Socioeducadores

“…Other studies have found an association between workers in high strain and higher probabilities of being suspected of having MPD, even after adjustments for the potential confounding variables (4,(7)(8)(9)16) .…”

“…Equally, studies have indicated active work as the quadrant associated with suspicion of MPD (4,(7)(8) . The fact that a higher percentage of these workers are exposed to situations of high psychological demands may be seen as worrying, considering that these predispose workers to illness and are described in some studies as the variable in this model which is identified most closely with the occurrence of MPD (8)(9)17) .…”

“…The relationship between psychosocial aspects of work and MPD has been evaluated in lecturers at federal universities (7) , nursing staff (8) , doctors (9) and truck drivers (10) . Brazil (12) for investigating MPD.…”

Riscos ocupacionais e adoecimento de trabalhadores em saúde mental

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