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Name | Depression among women attending Outpatient department of rural health training center of medical college in Indore district, India. |
Description | Original article:-Community Medicine Aditya Suryabhan Berad* & Prabhakar Gangadhar Anwekar MD (Community Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Index Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh-452016,India.
Aims and objective of study:- To find the prevalence of depressive symptoms in women and to study various socio-demographic factors responsible for the depression. Material and Methods: The study was undertaken in the rural field practice area of the department of Community Medicine, Index Medical College Hospital and Research Center in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. 124 women from 15-45 years age group were interviewed using the Center for Epidemiological study-Depression scale (CES-D). Results: The prevalence of depression in women whose score was more than 16 on the CES-D scale was found to be 61.3%. The mean CES-D score for entire sample was 21.8 and was 31.04 for women scoring over 16 on the CES-D. A significantly higher rate of current depressive symptoms was observed in women of 15 to 35 years age group. Similarly a significantly higher rate of current depressive symptoms was observed in women from the nuclear family. Current depressive symptoms were significantly more common in women who had current medical and social problems as compared to women who did not. Conclusion: The prevalence of depressive symptoms reported in the study was comparable to past studies. Among the factors associated with current depressive symptoms, the important were age, type of family, current medical and social problems.
Keywords:-Depression,Women,CES-D. |
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