title: Common Mental Disorders in Primary Health Care Units: Associated Factors and Impact on Quality of Life.
abstract: Considering the high worldwide prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs), characterizing the association between CMD and quality of life (QoL) constitute a valuable measure to gauge patient's functional impairment due to CMD symptoms.
  
  
  
  To investigate factors associated with the incidence of CMD and its impact on the QoL in primary health care (PHC) patients.
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional study completed in a municipality in Brazil. Standardized tools included the Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 to detect CMDs and the WHOQOL-brief to assess QoL, in addition to a sociodemographic and treatment-related questionnaire.
  
  
  
  A total of 41.4% of the patients met cutoff scores for a CMD, and the presence of a CMD was associated with female gender and marital status. Patients with CMDs had lower QoL scores than patients who were negative for a CMD.
  
  
  
  CMDs are highly prevalent in PHC settings and affect patients' QoL. The high frequency of CMD in those that seek care through PHC necessitate incorporating mental health services into the range of available services.
authors.affiliation: Tatiana Longo Borges, RN, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Centro Universitário Estácio UniSeb, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil tatilborges@usp.br.
authors.forename: Tatiana Longo
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: Adriana Inocenti Miasso, RN, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana Inocenti
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Miasso
authors.affiliation: Emilene Reisdofer, RN, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Emilene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reisdofer
authors.affiliation: Manoel Antonio dos Santos, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Manoel Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Kelly Graziani Giacchero Vedana, RN, PhD, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kelly Graziani Giacchero
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Vedana
authors.affiliation: Kathleen Mary Hegadoren, RN, PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Kathleen Mary
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hegadoren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: common mental disorders; primary health care; psychotropic drugs; quality of life