%0 Journal Article
%T Auto-relato de diagn¨®stico m¨¦dico de asma e transtornos mentais comuns entre funcion¨˘rios de uma universidade no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: estudo Pr¨®-Sa¨˛de
%A Nogueira
%A Katia T.
%A Lopes
%A Claudia S.
%A Faerstein
%A Eduardo
%J Cadernos de Sa¨˛de P¨˛blica
%D 2007
%I Escola Nacional de Sa¨˛de P¨˛blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0102-311X2007000700014
%X this study investigates the association between history of asthma and common mental disorders among employees at a public university in the state of rio de janeiro, brazil. phase 1 cross-sectional data from a cohort study (the pr¨®-sa¨˛de study) were collected from 4,030 employees. asthma was ascertained by self-reported medical diagnosis, and the occurrence of common mental disorders was based on the general health questionnaire (ghq-12). generalized linear models were used to calculate prevalence rates. asthma prevalence was 11% (444), of whom 39.7% (176) presented common mental disorders. history of asthma was associated with higher income (p = 0.01) and female gender (p = 0.01). the analysis adjusted by gender, age, and per capita income revealed an association between asthma and common mental disorders (pr = 1.37; 95%ci: 1.22-1.55). employees with less than 10 years since their asthma diagnosis showed a higher prevalence of common mental disorders (pr = 1.88; 95%ci: 1.32-2.70). these findings suggest that multidisciplinary teams should consider emotional aspects of asthma patients, especially those recently diagnosed.
%K asthma
%K mental disorders
%K cohort studies
%K questionnaires.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2007000700014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en