Prevalência de sintomas de ansiedade e depressão em profissionais do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU) em Cajazeiras - PB.

Abstract

Depression and anxiety are mental disorders commonly found in contemporary societies. Because they aim to provide pre-hospital care and assistance regardless of the locus of occurrence in an agile and technical manner, the professionals of the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) are considered empirically as more susceptible to developing psychic symptoms. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the prevalence of anxious and depressive symptoms in the multidisciplinary team of SAMU in Cajazeiras-PB, correlating them with sociodemographic factors. It was a descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative and analytical study, in which the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (EHAD) and a sociodemographic questionnaire were applied to the multidisciplinary team in question. The sample was chosen by convenience and had 28 participants. As a result, 25% of respondents had anxiety symptoms and 7.1% had depressive symptoms associated with anxiety symptoms. There was a predominance of anxious symptoms in women, nursing professionals, and regulatory assistants with a workload greater than 40 hours per week, monthly income less than 05 minimum wages, and length of service at SAMU greater than 05 years. The presence of associated anxious and depressive symptoms was associated with excessive working hours and licit drug use. Given the data, it is suggested to carry out further studies with this population, with larger samples and in different locations, because only with further research in this area it will be possible to rethink the work process and develop public policies aimed at welfare and recovering from those who are in psychological distress.