Levels of depression in professional's physical education in public schools of Diadema/Niveis de depressao em professores de educacao fisica no municipio de Diadema--Sao Paulo

Introduction: knows-that depression is a prevalent disease in the modern world, including the class of educators which is pressed the search for results and targets. Objective: The objective of this work is to verify the levels of depression in professional's physical education in public schools of Diadema. Material and method: was used as a research instrument the Beck Inventory (BDI) (Gorenstein and Andrade, 1996). The questionnaire was applied to 23 physical education teachers of the public network of Diadem in the period March to October 2008. Results: As the analysis of results 9 teachers being 39%of the sample, have no evidences of depression, in this way, are considered within the normality; for depression mild to moderate 9 teachers being 39%of the sample showed this table;1 professor being 4%the sample showed a moderate to severe depression. In this study was not evidenced any cases of severe depression, but, 4 teachers being 17%of the sample may be denying a possible depression. Conclusion: our results we see that despite the professional physical education linked with the image of generation health and directly related to quality of life, that professionals are also subject to submit tables of depression. Key words: Depression, physical education teachers, Beck inventory. Introducao: Sabe-se que a depressao e uma doenca prevalente no mundo moderno, inclusive na classe de educadores a qual e pressionada a busca de resultados e metas. Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho e verificar os niveis de depressao em profissionais de educacao fisica em escolas da rede publica de Diadema. Material e metodo: Foi utilizado como instrumento de pesquisa o inventario de Beck (BDI) (Gorenstein e Andrade, 1996). O questionario foi aplicado a 23 professores de educacao fisica da rede publica de Diadema no periodo de marco a outubro de 2008. Resultados: Conforme a analise dos resultados 9 professores sendo 39% da amostra, nao possuem evidencia de depressao, desta forma, estao considerados dentro da normalidade; para depressao leve a moderada 9 professores sendo 39% da amostra evidenciaram este quadro; 1 professor sendo 4% da amostra evidenciou um quadro de depressao moderada a severa. Neste estudo nao ficou evidenciado nenhum caso de depressao severa, mas, 4 professores sendo 17% da amostra podem estar negando uma possivel depressao. Conclusao: Segundo nossos resultados verificamos que apesar do profissional de educacao fisica estar vinculado com a imagem de geracao