Trastornos psicopatológicos y factores asociados según SRQ. Personas parroquia San Luis de Cumbe. Cuenca, 2020.

Abstract

Background: globally, mental disorders account for 12%. The SRQ test (self-report questionnaire) designed by the World Health Organization (WHO) allows the detection of mental health problems. Objective: to evaluate the psychopathological disorders and associated factors according to the SRQ in people from the San Luis de Cumbe Parish of the Cuenca Canton. Methods and materials: a cross-sectional quantitative research was carried out, with a universe of 6,582 inhabitants of the Parish of San Luis de Cumbe from which a sample of 364 people was taken with a confidence of 95%, margin of error of 5% and prevalence of 50%. The information was collected through a sociodemographic survey and the SRQ test. The data were analyzed using tables and graphs with the SPSS 25 test version statistical calculation program. To determine the association between the object of study and the associated factors, the OR was obtained with its 95% CI and the p value to determine statistical significance. Results: 19.2% of people presented depression, 40.7% anxiety, 13.2% psychosis, 6.6% epilepsy and 13.2% alcoholism, being a young adult is a risk factor with a p value = 0.041 and p = 0.034 for depression and anxiety. Conclusions: being an adult is a protective factor for psychosis and alcoholism, mestizo for anxiety, free union and artisan for epilepsy, while being a young adult and indigenous is a risk factor.