Prevalence of common mental disorders in primary health care/Prevalência de transtorno mental comum na atenção primária

• Published in: Acta paulista de enfermagem Vol. 27; no. 3; p. 200
• Main Authors: Lucchese, Roselma, de Sousa, Kamilla, Bonfin, Sarah do Prado, Vera, Ivânia, Santana, Fabiana Ribeiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sao Paulo Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem 01-05-2014
• ISSN: 0103-2100; 1982-0194

This study aims to assess the prevalence of common mental disorder and its related factors in primary health care. Cross-sectional study with 607 individuals in a primary health care service. The instrument of the study was the Self Reporting Questionnaire 20. Out of the interviewed subjects, 31.47% showed greater probability of occurrence of a common mental disorder. The following predictive variables were associated with a lower probability of occurrence of common mental disorder: sex, being single, being a student or a worker with signed labor, having higher education levels and income over four times the minimum wage. The variables associated with a higher probability of occurrence of a common mental disorder were being self-employed, housewife, with children, having lower education level and low income.