%0 Journal Article
%T Transtornos mentais comuns entre trabalhadores da zona urbana de Feira de Santana-BA
%A Farias
%A M£¿nica Dantas
%A Ara¨²jo
%A Tania Maria de
%J Revista Brasileira de Sa¨²de Ocupacional
%D 2011
%I Fundacentro
%R 10.1590/S0303-76572011000100004
%X objective: to estimate the prevalence of common mental£¿disorders (cmd) among workers in feira de santana city, bahia, brazil, according to sociodemographic characteristics, occupation, work psychosocial aspects, and£¿leisure activities. methods: exploratory cross sectional study, with random sampling of workers of feira de santana. a£¿structured questionnaire£¿on sociodemographic characteristics, professional work, psychosocial aspects at work, and leisure activities£¿have been£¿used in 2002. cmd was evaluated by using the srq-20. logistic regression techniques were used to analyze the association between£¿cmd and the£¿variables of interest. results: 1.311 workers have been studied and the prevalence of£¿cmd was 25.2%. the characteristics statistically associated to cmd, in the final model of analysis, were: female (pr=3.04; 2.34-3.95), low education level (pr=2.02; 1.57-2.60), low monthly income (pr=1.78; 1.12-2.84), absence of leisure activities (pr=1.35; 1.10-1.66), and work with high psychological demand (pr=1.45; 1.14-1.84). conclusion: association between cmd and several sociodemographic characteristics have been evidenced. special attention must be given to these characteristics in order to promote worker's mental health.
%K common mental disorders
%K workers
%K srq 20
%K mental health.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0303-76572011000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en