Common Mental Disorders and Contemporary Factors: 1982 Birth Cohort

• Main Authors: Lenice de Castro Muniz de Quadros (Author), Luciana de Avila Quevedo (Author), Helen Denise Gonçalves (Author), Bernardo Lessa Horta (Author), Janaína Vieira dos Santos Motta (Author), Denise Petrucci Gigante (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the association between common mental disorders and socio-demographic variables, smoking habits and stressful events among the 30-year-old members of a 1982 cohort. Method: Mental disorder was analyzed by the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). Poisson regression was used to analyze the unadjusted and adjusted associations. Results: Low level of education and stressful events increased the prevalence of mental disorders for both genders. Lower income for women and unemployment for men also remained associated with CMD. Conclusion: It was possible to describe the association between contemporary factors and mental disorders in a young population, to which prevention and control measures, through public policies proposed to the areas of Primary Care, Mental Health and Education, can represent a better quality of life and health.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0162