Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Safety Climate Among Brazilian Healthcare Workers

Ismael Barros Esmero's dataset contains survey responses from 330 healthcare workers at a public hospital in Southern Brazil. The data includes biosocial, occupational, and health variables, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) scores, and Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) responses. The cross-sectional study analyzes the relationship between mental health symptoms and patient safety climate perceptions.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between mental health symptoms and patient safety climate perceptions based on DASS-21 and SAQ scores.
• Investigating the influence of biosocial and occupational factors on mental health outcomes among healthcare workers.
• Modeling the association between negative safety climate and specific health conditions like stress, weight gain, and suspected alcoholism.
• Conducting comparative studies on mental health prevalence in high-stress occupational settings.

Strengths

• Includes data from 330 healthcare worker participants.
• Contains validated psychological assessment scores from the DASS-21 and SAQ instruments.
• Provides specific correlation coefficients (e.g., r=-0.210 for depression) and prevalence rates (e.g., 72.10% normal depression symptoms).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single hospital in Southern Brazil, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Ismael Barros Esmero via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey using questionnaires administered to hospital workers.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 16:24:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Brazil.