Author:

• MARIANE SILVEIRA BARBOSA - BARBOSA, M. S. - <msb.mariane@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2422-7336

Co-author(s):

• Johne Filipe Oliveira de Freitas - de Freitas, J. F. O. - <johneoliver@hotmail.com, johne.freitas@funorte.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3653-4525
• Fábio Antônio Praes Filho - Praes Filho, F. A. - <fabio.praes@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7446-9002
• Lucinéia de Pinho - Pinho, L. - Montes Claros, MG - <lucineiapinho@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2947-5806
• Maria Fernanda Figueiredo Brito - Brito, M. F. F. - <nanda_sanfig@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6133-9855
• Luiza Augusta Rossi-Barbosa, - Rossi-Barbosa, L. A. - <luiza.rossi@unimontes.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7286-7733

Abstract:

Community Health Agents play a fundamental role in serving the population. Due to the complexity of functions and situations that are exposed they can present emotional problems. The aim of this article was to check the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and the association with sociodemographic and occupational factors among community health agents. It is cross-sectional and populational study which used a questionnaire about the sociodemographic, economic and occupational conditions and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Descriptive analyzes and multiple Poisson regression were performed with robust variation, considering a significance level of 5% (p

Keywords:

Anxiety, Community Health Workers, Occupational Health, Primary Health Care.

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