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Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction among Public-Sector Physicians in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Depression among physicians working in public healthcare in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Purpose Prevalence of depressive disorders has been
reported among physicians in a number of different settings.
The aim of the present study is to assess the prevalence
of self-reported depression and its associated factors
among physicians working in the public healthcare system
of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
Methods A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2009
to investigate individual and occupational dimensions of
depressive disorders in a group of physicians working at
several municipal healthcare units. The percentage of
physicians that self-reported a confirmed diagnosis of
depression by another physician was used as the prevalence
proportion; the Poisson regression univariate and multivariate
models were applied to study factors associated
with depression.
Results The response rate was 81.2 %, of which 12.0 %
reported depression confirmed by another physician.
Reports of RSI/WMSD (p\0.001) and passive work
(p\0.05) were positively and independently associated
with the outcome.
Conclusions Our data bring valuable information that
may help guide interventions and health-promoting activities
for physicians by indicating concrete measures to
change working conditions that affect mental health