title: Minor psychiatric disorders among nurses university faculties.
abstract: This cross-sectional study addresses 130 nursing faculty members in federal universities from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It investigated the psychological demands and decision latitude (the Demand-Control Model by Karasek) and their association with Minor Psychological Disorders (MPDs). The Brazilian versions of the Self-Report-Questionnaire-20 and the Job Stress Scale were used. MPDs were prevalent in 20% of the studied individuals. After adjusting for potential confounders, the chances of participants presenting mental disorders were higher in the quadrant 'active strain jobs' (OR=14.23, 95% CI 1.55 to 130.73), followed by the 'high strain jobs' quadrant (OR=10.05, 95% CI 1.23 to 82.44), compared to nursing professors classified in the 'low strain jobs' quadrant. We conclude that high psychological demands and low control over work can cause disorders in nursing professors, among them, MPDs.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. jupetritavares@gmail.com
authors.forename: Juliana Petri
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: Carmem Lúcia Colomé
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Magnago
authors.forename: Roselaine Ruviaro
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Zanini
authors.forename: Liana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lautert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D012720:Severity of Illness Index