Association between depression and work stress in nursing professionals with technical education level
Edilaine Cristina da Silva Gherardi-Donato1, Lucilene Cardoso1, Carla Araújo Bastos Teixeira1
1Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, BR.
Objective:
to analize the relationship between depression and work stress in nursing professionals with technical education level of a teaching hospital in a city of the state of São Paulo.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study was carried out with 310 nursing technicians and nursing assistants, randomly selected. The outcome analyzed was the report of depression and its relationship with high levels of work stress, measured using the Job Stress Scale. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were performed.
Results:
the prevalence of depression in this study was 20%, and it was more expressive in females, aged over 40 years, living without a partner and in smokers. The chance of depression was twice as high among professionals showing high levels of work stress, even after multiple regression adjusting.
Conclusion:
depressive symptoms were strongly associated with high stress levels among nursing assistants and nursing technicians, evidencing a problem to be considered along with the planning of specific intervention programs for this population, as well as the need for better cases management by the supervisors.
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