Depression and suicide risk among nursing professionals: an integrative review

Abstract

Objective: Discussing the factors associated with major depression and suicide risk among nursing professionals. Method: An integrative review in PubMed/MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO and BDENF databases, between 2003 and2015. Results: 20 published articles were selected, mostly from between 2012 and 2014, with significant production in Brazil. Nursing professionals are vulnerable to depression when young, married, performing night work and having several jobs, and when they have a high level of education, low family income, work overload, high stress, insufficient autonomy and a sense of professional insecurity and conflict in the family and work relationship. Suicide risk was correlated with the presence of symptoms of depression, high levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal accomplishment; characteristics of Burnout Syndrome. Conclusion: Suicide risk among nursing professionals is associated with symptoms of depression and correlated with Burnout Syndrome, which can affect work performance.

Minor psychic disorders in nursing workers at a psychiatric hospital

“…A higher level of education increases the chances of better opportunities in life, in addition to influencing aspirations and self-esteem, subjective factors that can motivate people to take attitudes and lead to the adoption of health-protective behaviors (12) . Concerning age group, mental health problems, such as depression, affect a higher number of people in the group of younger nursing professionals in comparison with older workers, whose cognitive, emotional, and physical maturity provides them with confidence to solve problems and cope with adversities (13) .…”

“…in 51.1% of the participants ( Table 2). This is a prevalent complaint in several studies with healthcare professionals that applied the SRQ-20 (4,(8)(9)13) . It is important to consider the relevance of the symptoms shown by the workers which, in addition to pointing out to distress, can interfere with the working process, especially when the adverse effects on patients receiving nursing care are taken into account.…”

O trabalho e o estado de humor de funcionários de uma universidade pública

“…Outrossim, aspectos referentes ao espaço físico e às relações no ambiente de trabalho podem ser potenciais mediadores de tais resultados. Outros fatores, tais quais a satisfação com o trabalho e o clima organizacional, podem influenciar nos estados de humor e nos demais âmbitos da saúde mental dos trabalhadores 14,15 .…”

“…Portanto, o humor, caracterizado como uma experiência interna de como se encontra o tônus afetivo do sujeito em um dado momento, pode ser considerado como um relevante indicador do bem-estar psicológico 8 . Embora diversos autores tenham investigado o estado de humor nos mais diferentes agrupamentos de pessoas [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] , sobretudo entre atletas, nota-se uma lacuna na literatura acerca de estudos que investiguem o estado de humor dos trabalhadores em exercício, sinalizando a relevância do presente estudo.…”

Mental status and suicide probability of young people: A cross-sectional study

“…With the suicide prevention work performed by professionals, the risk factors will be reduced, protective factors will be strengthened and thus reveal the healthy behaviors of youngsters. 16,17 After a literature review, it has been determined that there are insufficient studies analyzing the relation between mental symptoms and suicide variables and that problematic behaviors seen during one's youth increase the rates of suicide. Considering that young individuals who have sought a psychiatric clinic due to mental problems comprise a risk group, our study aimed to analyze the mental symptom levels of these patients and to prevent suicide by determining preventive and protective mental health studies accordingly.…”