Minor psychiatric disorders among nurses university faculties

Authors

  • Juliana Petri Tavares Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Roselaine Ruviaro Zanini Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Departamento de Estatística
  • Liana Lautert Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000100023

Keywords:

Nursing, Occupational Health, Mental Disorders, Faculty, Work

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.

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Published

2012-02-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Minor psychiatric disorders among nurses university faculties . (2012). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 20(1), 175-182. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000100023