Common Mental Disorders: socio-demographic and
               pharmacotherapy profile

Gomes, Viviane Ferrari; Miguel, Tatiana Longo Borges; Miasso, Adriana Inocenti

doi:10.1590/0104-1169.2990.2355

Original Articles • Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem 21 (06) • Nov-Dec 2013 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.2990.2355 linkcopy

Common Mental Disorders: socio-demographic and pharmacotherapy profile¹

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: this study reports an association between Common Mental Disorders and the socio-demographic and pharmacotherapy profiles of 106 patients cared for by a Primary Health Care unit in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil.

METHOD: this is a cross-sectional descriptive exploratory study with a quantitative approach. Structured interviews and validated instruments were used to collect data. The Statistical Package for Social Science was used for analysis.

RESULTS: The prevalence of Common Mental Disorders was 50%. An association was found between Common Mental Disorders and the variables occupation, family income, number of prescribed medications and number of pills taken a day. Greater therapy non-adherence was observed among those who tested positive for Common Mental Disorders.

CONCLUSION: this study's results show the importance of health professionals working in PHC to be able to detect needs of a psychological nature among their patients and to support the implementation of actions to prevent the worsening of Common Mental Disorders.

Mental Disorders; Primary Health Care; Medication Adherence; Mental Health; Drug Utilization

Variables	Presence of Common Mental Disorders				Total		P-value
	No		Yes		Total
	n	%	n	%	N	%
Sex							0,36
Female	45	47.9	49	52.1	94	100
Male	08	66.7	04	33.3	12	100
Age							0.68
20 to 30 years	14	60.9	09	39.1	23	100
31 to 40 years	16	51.6	15	48.4	31	100
41 to 50 years	14	45.2	17	54.8	31	100
51 to 60 years	06	50.0	06	50.0	12	100
Above 60 years	03	33.3	06	66.7	09	100
Education							0.06
Illiterate	-	-	01	100	01	100
Incomplete primary or secondary school	15	46.9	17	53.1	32	100
Complete secondary school	10	62.5	06	37.5	16	100
Incomplete high school	06	27.3	16	72.7	22	100
Complete high school	20	64.5	11	35.5	31	100
Bachelor's degree	01	100	-	-	01	100
Literate	01	33.3	02	66.7	03	100
Marital status							0.08
Single	12	52.2	11	47.8	23	100
Married	31	62.0	19	38.0	50	100
Widowed	02	22.2	07	77.8	09	100
Cohabitant	05	35.7	09	64.3	14	100
Divorced	03	30.0	07	70.0	10	100
Religion							0.42
None	03	42.9	04	57.1	07	100
Catholic	37	51.4	35	48.6	72	100
Evangelical	13	54.2	11	45.8	24	100
Other	-	-	03	100	03	100
Occupation							0.01*
Unemployed	06	35.3	11	64.7	17	100
Irregular informal jobs	02	40.0	03	60.0	05	100
Regular informal jobs	11	40.7	16	59.3	27	100
Regular formal job	33	67.3	16	32.7	49	100
On leave	-	-	01	100	01	100
Retired	01	14.3	06	85.7	07	100
Family monthly income							0.05*
None	05	71.4	02	28.6	07	100
< 1 time MW	01	20.0	04	80.0	05	100
1-3 times MW	22	40.0	33	60.0	55	100
3-5 times MW	19	59.4	13	40.6	32	100
< 5 times MW	06	85.7	01	14.3	07	100

Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System	Common Mental Disorders				Total
	No		Yes		Total
	n	%	n	%	N	%
Drugs for Peptic Ulcer (A02B)	06	14.0	11	12.4	17	12.9
Drugs used in diabetes (A10)	06	14.0	10	11.2	16	12.1
Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system (C09)	05	11.6	08	9.0	13	9.8
Diuretics (C03)	04	9.3	07	7.9	11	8.3
Antidepressants (N06A)	01	2.3	10	11.2	11	8.3
Lipid modifying agents (C10A)	03	7.0	07	7.9	10	7.6
Beta blocking agents (C07A)	01	2.3	08	9.0	09	6.8
Anxiolytics (N05B)	01	2.3	05	5.6	06	4.5
Thyroid therapy (H03)	02	4.7	03	3.4	05	3.8
Others*	14	32.6	20	22.5	34	25.8
Total	43	100	89	100	132	100

Variables	Presence of Common Mental Disorders				Total		p-value
	No		Yes		Total		p-value
	n	%	n	%	N	%
Use of medications							0.05*
Yes	16	37.2	27.0	62.8	43	100
No	37	58.7	26.0	41.3	63	100
Number of types of medications							0.034*
Up to 2	07	31.8	15.0	68.2	22	100
3 or more	08	38.1	13.0	61.9	21	100
Number of pills a day							0.036*
Up to 2	05	33.3	10	66.7	15	100
3 or more	10	35.7	18	64.3	28	100

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Minimum Wage (MW) = R$ 545.00 (2011) P < 0.05 (variables associated with Common Mental Disorders)

Common Mental Disorders: socio-demographic and pharmacotherapy profile1

Abstract

Common Mental Disorders: socio-demographic and pharmacotherapy profile¹