A study on awareness of depression amongst patients attending a rural health centre in Kancheepuram, Tamilnadu, India.
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 0
Abstract
Introduction :Depression has turned out to be one of the most important public health concerns of today. WHO statistics concluded that mental disorders affect at least 25% of the individuals once in their lives of which depression is the most common, Depression was ranked as the fourth leading cause of global disease burden and expected to reach second place in the ranking of disability adjusted life years calculated for all ages by the year 2020.Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted amongst patients attending the outpatient department of rural health centre of SRM medical college & RC at kancheepuram. Data were collected between January to March 2017 for a period of about 2months in the rural health centre. Results: Of the 150 participants who participated in the study 57 (38%) were males and 93 (62%) were males. About 52% of the study subjects were aware of the disease called depression and about 36% of the subjects admitted that they were not aware of the disease called depression. Most of the individuals (44%) believed that depression is a result of god’s wrath due committing sins in the past and 21.8% of the individuals did not have any idea if depression is a result of god’s wrath. About 52.5% of the individuals felt that depression needs medical attention 37.5% felt that it does not require any treatment.Conclusion: Depression happens to be one of the important causes of DALY across the globe and Asian countries are one of the significant contributors of the world’s burden of depression. Information dissemination strategies specifically targeting the people living in rural areas should be devised and implemented for the betterment of knowledge and awareness regarding depression.
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Vijayakrishnan G, Pradeep M. V. M
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