COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS AND COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS AMONG STUDENTS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Abstract

Objetivo : Analisar se existe associação entre exposição à violência comunitária , fatores sociodemográficos e prevalência de transtornos mentais comuns entre estudantes e profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família ( ESF ) . Método : estudo epidemiológico , transversal , com sorteio aleatório simples . sample, carried out with 66 students and workers of an ESF, based on a sociodemographic and community violence questionnaire and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire SRQ-20. Descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were performed, adopting p<0.05 as a significance level. Results: The prevalence of common mental disorders was 60.60% and the respondents most likely to have these problems, at statistically significant levels, after the final adjustment model were working in the FHS as health professionals (OR=1, 46;CI 95%=1.08-1.97), indirect exposure (OR=2.23;CI 95%=1.55-3.39) and direct exposure (OR=2.95;CI 95%=1 .78-4.88) to community violence, race/color black (OR=1.52;CI 95%= 1.04-2.24) and living in the FHS area (OR=2.14;CI 95% = 1.40-3.27). Conclusion: Given the high prevalence of CMD among those surveyed, and exposure to community violence being the factors that most impacted this outcome, it is suggested that these individuals be embraced in an attempt to reduce damage caused by violence in the ESF and implement actions to promote mental health and CMD prevention in the workplace.