Predictors of depressive symptoms among nurses of intensive care unit

Abstract

Abstract Objectives: To identify the prevalence and analyze the existence of predictive factors of depressive symptomatology among nurses from intensive care unit. Methods: A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed with 91 intensive care nurses. Two instruments were used for data collection performed in July 2014: a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory (version I). Fisher's exact test was used to analyze the existence of associations between depressive symptomatology and categorical variables. Results: Eleven percent of the sample presented with depressive symptomatology. Of the variables studied, none was significantly associated with depressive symptomatology (p-value ≥ 0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of depressive symptomatology corresponded to 11%. None of the variables showed a significant association with depressive symptomatology.

Keywords

• Enfermeiras e enfermeiros
• Unidades de terapia intensiva
• Estresse psicológico
• Transtorno depressivo
• Prevalência