Saúde Psíquica dos Profissionais de Saúde em Hospitais Públicos

Abstract

Objectives: Analysing the level of psychic health in health workers from public hospitals in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive, traverse cohort (stratified proportional) study of a sample of 95 health workers; a socio-demographic and work-based questionnaire and the Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GGHQ) were used. Results: 82 % of the subjects were female, 60 % were married, 81 % catholic, 48 % were aged more than 45, 73 % had a workload of 40 hours per week and 63 % worked at other places. 64 % presented a good level of overall psychic health, the psychic health of 31 % of them was becoming affected and 5% were in extreme danger. Conclusions: The need for preventative action should be stressed, even with psychically healthy professionals, being, to avoid future damage or more serious worsening of these workers' psychic health.