Poor access to health services for depression treatment in Brazil



Título del documento: Poor access to health services for depression treatment in Brazil
Revista: Revista de saude publica
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Número de sistema: 000535616
ISSN: 0034-8910
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi, Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte. Brasil
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Volumen: 57
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Resumen en inglés OBJECTIVE To analyze the factors associated with poor access to health services for the depression treatment in Brazil. METHODS This study used data from the Brazilian National Survey of Health, conducted in the years 2019 and 2020. The sample consisted of 8,332 individuals with a self-reported diagnosis of depression, and poor access to healthcare was identified from the question “what is the main reason for you to not visit the physician/health service regularly for your depression?” From which poor access was identified by the affirmative answer reporting distance of health services or difficulties with transportation; waiting time at the health service; financial difficulties; opening hours of the health service; Not being able to schedule a consultation via health insurance; does not know who to look for or where to go, among others. Sociodemographic aspects and health conditions were analyzed. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was performed using Poisson Regression. RESULTS The prevalence of poor access to health services for depression treatment was 14.9% (95%CI: 13.6–16.2), relating to individuals aged 15–29 years (PR = 1.52) and 30-59 years old (PR = 1.22), without education (PR = 1.43), who rate their health as regular/poor/very poor (PR = 1.26), who have some limitation in their usual activities (PR = 2.71), who had the last consultation within 6 months of less than 2 years (PR = 2.63) and for more than 2 years (PR = 2.25) and who do not undergo psychotherapy (PR = 4.28). CONCLUSION Poor access to health services for depression treatment was associated with individual factors and health conditions.
Disciplinas: Medicina,
Medicina
Palabras clave: Psiquiatría,
Salud pública
Keyword: Psychiatry,
Public health
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