Fatores associados à desesperança moderada e/ou grave em mães com privação de liberdade

Abstract

The female Brazilian prison population is considered the fourth largest in the world. The unsanitary conditions of prison in Brazil are evidenced by the overcrowding of prisons and precarious sanitary and hygienic conditions, inadequate food and difficulties in medical, legal and educational assistance. In developed countries, it has been identified that women in deprivation of liberty suffer more physical and sexual abuse and physical and mental disorders than free women. The objective was to investigate the factors associated with moderate and/or severe hopelessness in mothers with deprivation of liberty. This is a cross-sectional study focused on the mental health of mothers in a situation of deprivation of liberty and was carried out in a Female Penal Complex located in a Penitentiary Complex located in the city of Salvador - BA. After data collection, the instruments were checked, inserted into a specific database and the information analyzed using the statistical software Stata version 12.0. Descriptive and inferential statistics were analyzed. Multivariate modeling was performed using Poisson Regression with robust variance, with a statistical significance level of 5%. There was a predominance of mothers aged 30 years or older, single, elementary school, self-employed, mild levels of hopelessness (45.1%), severe anxiety (42.3%) and minimal depression (40.0%). The prevalence of moderate/severe hopelessness was 18.3%, with a statistically significant association with the level of moderate/severe anxiety (PR=3.79), adjusted for education and occupation, associated with moderate or severe hopelessness in these women deprived of freedom. The frequency of anxiety symptoms was associated with symptoms of hopelessness and symptoms of depression were not associated with symptoms of hopelessness.