Abstract
Background: Psychiatric disorders are more prevalent among women than men worldwide. The lifetime risk of depression and dysthymia are twice as common in women as men. Rural women usually undergoes more stressful situations and also scores more on stress scale than that of urban and slum population. Objectives: The research objectives of this study are: 1) To find out the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among the study population. 2) To compare the disorders among the rural and slum female population. 3) To find out the influence of existing socio-demographic factors on psychiatric disorders. Method: This is a community-based study, which is also cross sectional and descriptive in nature. The sample for the main study constituted 366 randomly selected respondents. A two-staged screening procedure was carried in the study. First, the total population was studied by screening test-Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) to divide the sample into 'screen positive' and 'screen negative' subjects. In the second stage, full assessment of a mixture of all 'screen positive' and 25% 'screen negative' was carried out by structured clinical interview for diagnosis (SCID-NP). Later SCID filled by the respondents was assessed by consultant psychiatrists by using DSMIV in order to put exact clinical diagnosis. Stress was scored according to Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (PSLE). The total duration of the study was from July 2010 to June 2011. Results: Higher prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was found among rural sample (22.8%) than slum (10.90%) population. Regarding pattern of psychiatric disorders among rural sample (22.8%) than slum (10.9%) population.See the PDF for the rest of the abstract.
Highlights
Psychiahic disorders are more prevalent among women than men worldwide
The main objective of the study was to find out the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among rural and slum female population and compare it
Disorders (46.7%), Somatoform Disorder (18.3%), Generahzed Anxiety Disorder (16.7%) showed higher prevalence rate.Among slum respondents Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (54.5%), Depressive Disorders (45.5%), Generaltzed Anxiety
Summary
Psychiahic disorders are more prevalent among women than men worldwide. The lifetime risk of depression and dysthymia are twice as cofllmon in women as men. Rural women usually undergoes more stressfrrl situations and scores more on stress scale than that of urban and slum population. 2) To compare the disorders among the rural and slum female population. The total population was studied by screening test * Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) to divide the sample into 'screen positive' and 'screen negative' subjects. Full assessment of a mixture of all 'screen positive' and 25Yo 'screen negative' was carried out by structured clinical interview for diagnosis (SCID- NP). Results: Higher prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was found among rural sample Q2.8%)than slum (l).g}%)population. Regarding pattern of psychiatric disorders among rurallopulation, Depressive Disorders (46.7%), Somatoform Disorder (18.3%), and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (16.7%) showed higher prevalence rate. Among slum respondents PTSD (54.5%), Depressive Disorders (45.5%), Generalized Anxiety Disorders and Substance Misuse (18.1%) showed higher prevalence rate. Conclusion: Due attention should be given to the female population specially in rural areas regarding diagnosis and teatrnent ofmental disorders
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