Post by rabia373 on Mar 10, 2024 23:53:59 GMT -6
Published in:Society , USP Online Highlight A disorder associated with life in big cities affects inhabitants of distant regions, as a study shows. Disorder associated with life in big cities affects inhabitants of distant regions, study shows It is common to associate depression with everyday life in big cities. Violence, stress, intense traffic and a fast-paced lifestyle, among other reasons, are almost always cited as possible causes of this mental disorder. However, a study carried out by professor and nurse Edinilza Ribeiro dos Santos in the cities of Coari and Tefé, in the interior of the state of Amazonas, shows that in inhabitants, aged or over, has depression. The risk factors associated with depressive disorder in the study population were: low levels of education and income, alcohol use, absence or little social support from family and friends, stress and having other physical illnesses. The research results were published in an article in PLoS ONE.
Magazine , in its March edition. “We carried out a prevalence study in the two municipalities and found that the risk factors for depressive disorder are similar to those observed in previous studies carried out in large urban centers”, says the researcher, who is a professor at the State University of Amazonas (UEA). In total, , people living in the two cities were interviewed. These interviews were carried out by ten prev Whatsapp Number List iously trained professionals, for around a year, between and Photo: Edinilza Ribeiro dos Santos Study on depression was carried out in the cities of Coari and Tefé, in Amazonas | Photo: Edinilza Ribeiro dos Santos According to the researcher, at the time this research began, there were no studies in the literature that showed statistics on depression in the northern region of the country. In her doctoral thesis Prevalence of episodes of major depression in areas covered by the family health strategy in two municipalities of Amazonas , defended at the Department of Preventive.
Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of USP (FMUSP), shows that almost % of the population of the two cities are registered in the basic health care services of the two cities and it was from these records that people were invited to participate in the research. “This aspect made our work easier and the interviewees were selected through a draw”, she says, remembering that the objective of her study was “to quantify cases of depression”. Among the people most affected by depression are women and young people. The highest prevalence of depression in women is observed in other locations inside and outside Brazil, whereas in relation to age there is no linearity between the results of studies carried out in different places, showing that other factors can influence, for more or less, the occurrence of depression according to age groups “Perhaps in the population of my research, younger people are more predisposed to depressive disorders due to high unemployment in the region and the consequent lack.
Magazine , in its March edition. “We carried out a prevalence study in the two municipalities and found that the risk factors for depressive disorder are similar to those observed in previous studies carried out in large urban centers”, says the researcher, who is a professor at the State University of Amazonas (UEA). In total, , people living in the two cities were interviewed. These interviews were carried out by ten prev Whatsapp Number List iously trained professionals, for around a year, between and Photo: Edinilza Ribeiro dos Santos Study on depression was carried out in the cities of Coari and Tefé, in Amazonas | Photo: Edinilza Ribeiro dos Santos According to the researcher, at the time this research began, there were no studies in the literature that showed statistics on depression in the northern region of the country. In her doctoral thesis Prevalence of episodes of major depression in areas covered by the family health strategy in two municipalities of Amazonas , defended at the Department of Preventive.
Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of USP (FMUSP), shows that almost % of the population of the two cities are registered in the basic health care services of the two cities and it was from these records that people were invited to participate in the research. “This aspect made our work easier and the interviewees were selected through a draw”, she says, remembering that the objective of her study was “to quantify cases of depression”. Among the people most affected by depression are women and young people. The highest prevalence of depression in women is observed in other locations inside and outside Brazil, whereas in relation to age there is no linearity between the results of studies carried out in different places, showing that other factors can influence, for more or less, the occurrence of depression according to age groups “Perhaps in the population of my research, younger people are more predisposed to depressive disorders due to high unemployment in the region and the consequent lack.