Minor psychic disorders in nursing workers at a psychiatric hospital

• Main Authors: Elias Barbosa de Oliveira (Author), Silvia Regina Carvalho de Souza da Silva (Author), Alcilea Barbosa de Sora (Author), Tatiane Souza de Oliveira (Author), Raphael Lopes Valério (Author), Lucas Barbosa Santos Dias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SciELO, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1980-220X; 10.1590/s1980-220x2018031903543
• Keywords: Psychiatric Nursing; Mental Disorders; Stress Psychological; Occupational Health; Mental Health; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Nursing; RT1-120; Mental healing; RZ400-408; Education (General); L7-991
• Source: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, Vol 54 (2020)

Abstract Objective: To describe the frequency of suspicion of minor psychic disorders and their symptoms in nursing workers at a psychiatric hospital. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out in 2018 with nursing workers at a psychiatric hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data were collected by using an instrument with sociodemographic, work, and health variables. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 was used to verify minor psychic disorders. Results: Ninety workers participated in the study. The frequency of minor psychic disorders in the sample was equal to 32.2%. The questions that showed the highest frequencies of affirmative answers were: "Do you feel nervous, tense, or worried?" (51.1%), "Dou you often have headaches?" (41.1%), "Is your daily working suffering?" (37.8%), "Do you have uncomfortable feelings in your stomach?" (36.7%), "Do you find it difficult to enjoy your daily activities?" (27.8%), and "Are you unable to play a useful part in life?" (22.2%). Conclusion: The predominance of symptoms of reduced vital energy and somatization suggest stress and risk of mental disorders.