epidemiological study on common mental disorders among married women in rural puducherry
| Autor: | Krithiga Sivakumar, Vishnu Sundar Ramachandran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | International journal of health sciences. :11078-11090 |
| ISSN: | 2550-696X 2550-6978 |
| Popis: | Context/Background: Common Mental Disorders, are non psychotic affective disorders (depressive and anxiety disorders). These disorders predominantly occur in women, is a serious public health problem. Majority of these are either undiagnosed or not satisfactorily treated. In most of the low- and middle-income countries, the idea of primary care for mental health is yet to be understood. Aims/Objectives: We undertook this study to estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders among ever married women in rural Puducherry, and to assess the associated risk factors Methodology: This cross-sectional study included 900 ever- married women in Bahour - a rural Puducherry between March 2015 and May 2016. Subjects were interviewed with semi-structured questionnaire & General health Questionnaire-12 using Bimodal scoring. Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression was done. p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Prevalence of common mental disorders was 11.4%. Age < 20 years, being Widowed/divorced/separated, being Pre obese women/obese, having adverse pregnancy outcome and physical abuse were identified as risk factors. Conclusions: The preliminary estimate prevalence of this disorder which was found to be high. Further research is needed to identify various other factors that influence the mental health of women. |
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