Mental distress of public school teachers

Authors

  • Maiza Vaz Tostes Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva – Curitiba (PR), Brasil.
  • Guilherme Souza Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva – Curitiba (PR), Brasil.
  • Marcelo José de Souza e Silva Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva – Curitiba (PR), Brasil.
  • Ricardo Rasmussen Petterle Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) – Curitiba (PR), Brasil.

Keywords:

Occupational health. Stress psychological. Teachers. Working conditions. Education.

Abstract

A cross-sectional study of mental suffering was carried out with 1.021 professors of the public education in Paraná. The Self-Report Questionnaire was utilized for minor psychic disorders, Beck’s anxiety and depression inventories, and a sociodemographic and self-reported morbidity questionnaire. The Chi-square, Exact of Fischer and the Kruskal-Wallis tests were used in the analysis of the obtained data. Minor psychic disorders were found in 75%, depression in 44% and anxiety in 70% of the people observed in the present study, with a significant association (p<0,05) of this symptoms with the female sex, other illness, the fact of taking work home and working with elementary school. Mental distress was present in a large portion of the sample studied, presenting relation with the working conditions.

Saúde em Debate v. 42 n.116, jan-mar, 2018

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Published

2018-03-31

How to Cite

1.
Tostes MV, Albuquerque GSC de, Silva MJ de S e, Petterle RR. Mental distress of public school teachers. Saúde debate [Internet]. 2018 Mar. 31 [cited 2025 Feb. 5];42(116 jan-mar):87-99. Available from: https://revista.saudeemdebate.org.br/sed/article/view/775

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 116 jan-mar (2018): Janeiro/Março

Section

Original Article