Factors associated with depression: sex differences between residents of Quilombo communities
| Autor: | Sabrina Martins Barroso, Ana Paula Melo, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 503-514 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1415-790X 1980-5497 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/1980-5497201500020017 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: The Quilombola population is subject to numerous sources of social vulnerability, but few studies investigate their physical or mental health conditions.OBJECTIVES: To investigate the factors associated with depression in men and women, separately.METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional population-based study with 764 randomly selected participants from five quilombo communities in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. The cutoff point for depression was ≥ 10 points, assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire score (PHQ-9), and the presence of five or more symptoms. We estimated the prevalence ratio with 95% confidence intervals using Poisson regression models with robust estimators stratified by gender.RESULTS: Among men, factors associated with depression were previous diagnosis of chronic illnesses, poor/very poor health self-assessment, and poor access to health services. Among women, the associated factors were previous diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, poor/very poor health self-perception, history of tobacco smoking, and self-declaration of race as not black.CONCLUSION: Factors associated with depression differ between men and women and must be considered in interventions to fight depression within this population. |
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