Impacts of gender disparities in mental health and quality of life: A cross-sectional study of Brazilian physicians

Marcelo Gobbo Jr; Marina Silveira de Resende; Eduardo Cardoso Moura; Renata de Almeida Pedro; Isabelle Martins Santos

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0338365

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Impacts of gender disparities in mental health and quality of life: A cross-sectional study of Brazilian physicians

Marcelo Gobbo Jr ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcelo Gobbo Jr, Marina Silveira de Resende, Eduardo Cardoso Moura, Renata de Almeida Pedro, Isabelle Martins Santos

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

* E-mail: marcelog.artemcurant@parceiro.afya.com.br

Affiliation Afya Research Center, Afya, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7472-4464

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Marina Silveira de Resende ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcelo Gobbo Jr, Marina Silveira de Resende, Eduardo Cardoso Moura, Renata de Almeida Pedro, Isabelle Martins Santos

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliations Afya Research Center, Afya, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil, Afya Educação Médica, Afya, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
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Eduardo Cardoso Moura ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcelo Gobbo Jr, Marina Silveira de Resende, Eduardo Cardoso Moura, Renata de Almeida Pedro, Isabelle Martins Santos

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliations Afya Research Center, Afya, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas – EBAPE/FGV, FGV, São Paulo, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1708-5659

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Renata de Almeida Pedro ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcelo Gobbo Jr, Marina Silveira de Resende, Eduardo Cardoso Moura, Renata de Almeida Pedro, Isabelle Martins Santos

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Afya Research Center, Afya, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
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Isabelle Martins Santos

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcelo Gobbo Jr, Marina Silveira de Resende, Eduardo Cardoso Moura, Renata de Almeida Pedro, Isabelle Martins Santos

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Afya Research Center, Afya, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1919-658X

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Impacts of gender disparities in mental health and quality of life: A cross-sectional study of Brazilian physicians

Marcelo Gobbo Jr,
Marina Silveira de Resende,
Eduardo Cardoso Moura,
Renata de Almeida Pedro,
Isabelle Martins Santos

Published: January 12, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338365

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