@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with depressive symptoms in community health agents",
journal="PsychTech & health journal",
year="2023",
author="Barbosa, Mariane Silveira and Santos, Gustavo Ribeiro dos and Moreira, Kênia Souto and Brito, Maria Figueiredo and Rossi-Barbosa, Luiza",
volume="7",
number="1",
pages="30-40",
abstract="The objective of the present study was to answer the question, &quot;What are the factors associated with the prevalence of depressive symptoms in community health agents&quot;. This cross-sectional, quantitative, and analytical study used a Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 to check the depressive symptoms and a questionnaire on the socio-demographic and occupational conditions. A Poisson multiple regression with robust variance was performed, considering a significance level of 5% (p <.05). Six hundred seventy-three community health agents participated in the study. The depressive symptoms prevalence was 19.0% (N = 128). There was an association with females (RP:1.09; IC:1.03-1.05), working time as a community health agent over six years (RP:1.12; IC:1.06-1.17), job dissatisfaction (RP:1.13; IC:1.07-1.19) and the variable being religious (RP:.90; IC:.84-.97) as a protection factor. There was high depressive symptoms prevalence among the community health agents associated with socio-demographic factors.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="2184-1004",
doi="10.26580/PTHJ.art56-2023",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.26580/PTHJ.art56-2023"
}