Mental health at work among emergency nursing professionals: a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Aim: to analyze the prevalence and association of suicidal ideation, predisposition to depression and job satisfaction with sociodemographic, occupational and suicide risk factors among the nursing professionals from the emergency sectors of the regional hospitals in Rio Grande do Norte. Method: this is a cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample that intentionally recruited 56 nurses and 91 nursing technicians (n = 147) from the public hospitals of the Network of Attention to Emergencies of the II, IV and VII Regional Units of Public Health of Rio Grande do Norte. Four questionnaires will be used for the interviews. The data will be analyzed in a descriptive, univariate and multivariate manner. Expected results: the focus is to identify suicidal ideation, depressive states, and job satisfaction and associated factors. In addition, multivariate models will be generated in order to analyze and graphically observe the clinical and epidemiological significance of the final products and their variables.