A Study of Depression among Caregivers of Individuals with Intellectual Disability – A cross sectional study
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Caregivers of children with intellectually disability experiences high level of emotional, financial and physical stress. The aim of this study is to assess the risk of depression among caregivers of individuals with intellectually disability. Methods: A cross sectional study was done on caregivers of intellectually disabled individuals who has attended Psychiatry outpatient, Department of Government Medical College. 60 patients diagnosed with ID were included by systematic random sampling method. Objective data was collected in a special proforma. Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to assess risk of depression among caregivers of Individuals with Intellectually Disabled. MS Excel sheet and SPSS were used for data entering and statistical analysis. Results: On PHQ-9 scale, 71.7% of caregivers had depression out of which, 26.6% shows minimal symptoms of depression, 20% had mild depression, while 13.4% had moderately severe depression and 11.6 % had major severe depression while 28.3% of caregivers had no depression. Depression was more common in females (36.6%) than males (35%). Conclusion: The prevalence of depression among caregivers of Individual with intellectually disabled was higher in this study. The risk of depression was higher in female caregivers as compared to male caregivers.
Authors and Affiliations
Pradeep Shankarrao Bodke, Umesh Bapuji Atram, Sainath Lachmanna Maidapwad
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- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.6.1.2019.62-68
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