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- Title
Prevalence of depression in servers of the National Institute of Social Security.
- Authors
Fonseca Missiatto, Leandro Aparecido; Biasotto Feitosa, Fabio; Menéndez Rodríguez, Tomás Daniel; Simões de Mathis, Maria Alice
- Abstract
Depression is the fastest growing mental disorder in the world, and has an impact on the collective health policies of the countries. This study deals with a survey conducted with 132 government employee of the National Institute of Social Security of the State of Rondônia, whose objective was to verify the prevalence of depression in this sample. A socioeconomic questionnaire developed by the researchers and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 was used as instruments. The results show that the prevalence of depression in this group was higher in the government employee of the interior of the State, with high schooling and who are still studying. This information can contribute to the elaboration of specific mental health policies for the context of the INSS / RO employees.
- Subjects
RONDONIA (Brazil : State); SOCIAL security; MENTAL health policy; CIVIL service; DISEASE prevalence
- Publication
SMAD Revista Electronica Salud Mental, Alcohol y Drogas, 2019, Vol 15, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1806-6976
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2019.000423