title: [Association between mental disorders and work-related psychosocial factors in teachers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the association between work-related psychosocial factors and the prevalence of mental disorders among pre-school and elementary school teachers.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was undertaken with 1,024 teachers from municipal public schools and from the ten largest private schools in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia State (Northeastern Brazil) in 2001. The main independent variable was based on the demand-control model, which classifies individuals according to their job pressures. The dependent variable was the incidence of mental disorders as evaluated by a self-reporting questionnaire. The measure of frequency was prevalence, and the measure of association was the prevalence ratio. A logistic regression model was used as the main statistical technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a 44% prevalence of mental disorders among teachers. Evidence suggests that these were associated with work-related demands and control issues, after controlling for confounding variables such as sex, geographic region and social support. The prevalence of mental disorders among high-strain teachers was 1.5 times greater than that among low-strain teachers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of mental disorders was high among teachers of the municipality. There was evidence that this was associated with job demands.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Avenida Sete de Setembro 2022, 40080-004 Salvador, BA, Brazil. lauroporto@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Lauro Antonio
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Porto
authors.forename: Fernando Martins
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Nelson Fernandes de
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Annibal Muniz
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Silvany Neto
authors.forename: Tânia Maria de
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Eduardo José Farias Borges Dos
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: Núria Serre
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Delcor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012574:Schools; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology