Prevalência de transtornos mentais comuns e fatores associados em estudantes ingressantes do campus Pelotas - IFSUL

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate, prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) and related factors in freshmen students from do Instituto Federal Sul-rio-grandense Campus Pelotas. In this selection were randomized 255 subjects were considered for the analysis 240 questionnaires. Students answered a questionnaire with several questions related to health, family, socioeconomic status. To measure the prevalence of common mental disorders was used the Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20). To measure the level of physical activity, we used the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) in its short format. The input and data analysis was performed in SPSS 21.0 software EpiInfo 6.04d and Stata 12. A prevalence of 11.3%, higher in female and found associations with sex, status of parents and physical activite were found. These results point to the need for preventive mental health work in high schools and higher education.