Prevalência e fatores associados a sintomas depressivos em adultos do sul do Brasil: Estudo transversal de base populacional

Translated title of the contribution: Prevalence of depressive symptons and associated factors among southern Brazilian adults: Cross-sectional population-based study

Airton José Rombaldi, Marcelo Cozzensa da Silva, Fernando Kratz Gazalle, Mario Renato Azevedo, Pedro Curi Hallal

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Abstract

To identify the prevalence of depressive symptoms and examine associated factors in a Southern Brazilian adult population, a cross-sectional population-based study was carried out, including 972 subjects, men and women, aged 20 to 69 years, living in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. The sampling strategy relied on the census tracts of the city as primary sampling units and households as the secondary units. The questionnaire included socio-demographic, behavioral and nutritional variables. The prevalence of sadness, anxiety, loss of energy, lack of will to do things, thinking about the past, and wishing to stay at home were 29.4%, 57.6%, 37.4%, 40.4%, 33.8%, and 54.3%, respectively. Female gender, older ages, smokers and obese individuals showed association with depressive symptoms. Population-based studies using longitudinal designs may help to clarify the relationship between biopsychosocial variables and depressive symptoms.

Translated title of the contributionPrevalence of depressive symptons and associated factors among southern Brazilian adults: Cross-sectional population-based study
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)620-629
Number of pages10
JournalRevista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cross-sectional studies
  • Depressive symptoms
  • Epidemiology
  • Mental health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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