Psychological Morbidity among Married Women of Reproductive Age Group Living In Rural Jammu: A Cross Sectional Study

摘要

"Background: Globally, one in three women will be afflicted by common mental disorders including depres-sion by the year 2020(WHO). The study was conducted to assess the prevalence of psychological morbid-ity and its relationship with various Sociodemographic factors among women of reproductive age group living in a rural area of Jammu dis-trict. Methods: This was a field-based cross-sectional study conducted in village Tanda of R.S.Pura Block, Jammu district. Using purposive sampling, 197 eligible women who agreed to participate were inter-viewed. Data was collected using a pretested Self Rating questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20). The data so collected was first entered into a master chart on Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and analyzed using it and SPSS 20 .0 software. Results: The mean age of the study participants was 32.27± 7.87years.the prevalence of psychi-atric morbidity was found to be 22.3% among the study population. A significant association of age at marriage and the presence of psy-chological morbidity was seen. 70.5% of those with psychological morbidity were married before the age of 21 years. Conclusion: There is an urgent need to develop women-friendly health policies to improve the mental health of Indian women.