title: Depression among physicians working in public healthcare in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil, adavila@medicina.ufmg.br.
authors.forename: Ada Avila
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Assunção
authors.forename: Carla Jorge
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Hugo Alejandro Cano
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Prais
authors.forename: Tânia Maria
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: de Araújo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D017150:Public Sector; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*