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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 2 Prevalence of common mental disorders according to sociodemographic variables and lifestyle habits

From: Factors associated with common mental disorders among female nursing professionals in primary health care

Variables (N)

n (%)

Common mental disorders

n (P%)

PR

p value

Sociodemographic

 Age (444)*

  Up to 40 years

280 (63.1)

45 (16.2)

1.00

 

  40 or more

164 (36.9)

26 (16.6)

1.02

.93

 Race/skin color (445)*

  White

93 (20.9)

12 (13.5)

1.00

 

  Non-white

352 (79.1)

58 (16.9)

1.25

.44

 Marital status (449)*

  With partner

236 (52.6)

41 (18.0)

1.00

 

  Without partner

213 (47.4)

30 (14.4)

0.80

.31

 Children (448)*

  No

175 (39.1)

28 (16.4)

1.00

 

  Yes

273 (60.9)

43 (16.3)

0.99

.98

Lifestyle habits

 Leisure activity practice (445)*

  Yes

373 (83.8)

48 (13.0)

1.00

 

  No

72 (16.2)

23 (34.8)

2.68

< .01

 Physical activity practice (401)*

  Yes

154 (38.4)

15 (9.9)

1.00

 

  No

247 (61.6)

37 (15.5)

1.57

.11

 Alcohol consumption (394)*

  No

234 (59.4)

32 (14.2)

1.00

 

  Yes

160 (40.6)

26 (16.8)

1.18

.48

 Smoking (443)*

  Non-smoking

428 (96.6)

67 (16.0)

1.00

 

  Current smoker

15 (3.4)

1 (8.3)

0.52

.82**

  1. *Variables with missing values
  2. **Fisher’s exact test