Study of demographic profile of psychiatric patients of rural Maharashtra
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: Mental disorders comprise a broad range of problems, with different symptoms. However, they are generally characterized by some combination of abnormal thoughts, emotions, behavior and relationships with others. Mental disorders are not randomly distributed throughout a population, but rather subgroups differ in the frequency of various disorders. Knowledge of this uneven distribution can be used to investigate causative factors and to lay the groundwork for programs of prevention and control. Aims and Objective: To study the demographic profile psychiatric patients of rural area of Maharashtra Materials and Method: The present study was conducted in nine PHCs selected in the rural area. All the patients were screened for psychiatric morbidity. And demographic details of them were studied in detail. Result: The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in the present study was 42.4%. Maximum individuals were of young age and female. The study did not show any statistically significant relationship between psychiatric morbidity and education and religion; its prevalence was more in uneducated individuals and Hindus. Psychiatric morbidity was seen to be more prevalent among those who were unemployed (92.92%) and it was statically significant. And also in singles (58.96%) with significant statistical difference as compared to married individuals (41.06%). Conclusion: The factors which contribute to the development of psychiatric morbidity were lower age, female sex, illiteracy, unemployment and single marital status.
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Pradeep Bodke, Rama Bhosle
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