Transtornos mentais comuns entre trabalhadores da zona urbana de Feira de Santana-BA

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.