SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS OF DEPRESSION AMONG FEMALES VISITING OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN DISTRICT GHIZAR, GILGIT-BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN: A PILOT STUDY
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS OF DEPRESSION AMONG FEMALES VISITING OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN DISTRICT GHIZAR, GILGIT-BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN: A PILOT STUDY
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OBJECTIVE: This pilot study was conducted to find out the socioeconomic factors leading to depression in married females of district Ghizar, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.METHODS: The study was conducted at District Headquarter Hospital Gahkuch, Ghizar from November 2015 to February 2016.Depression was diagnosed using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) criterion and socioeconomic status was assessed by a self-designed questionnaire.
Analysis was performed with SPSS version-23.RESULTS: Out of 73 females, 53 (72.6%) were depressed according to DSM-IV.
Majority of skittles ornament women were uneducated (n=23; 31.5%).Most females were married (n=50; 68.
5%) followed by divorced females (n=8; 11%).Sixty-one (83%) women had arranged marriage.Majority of women (n=43; 58.
9%) were housewives.Most females (n=37; 50.7%) had non-cordial relations with in-laws.
Domestic violence was reported by (n=41; 56.2%) women.Sixty-one (83.
5%) women had land ownership of some kind.Women who were married within the family lawn chairs 9 inches off the ground (OR 1.386, CI.
837-2.292), presence of depression in husband (OR 3.530, CI.
933-13.359), non-cordial relation of women with in-laws (OR 3.657, CI 1.
979-6.755) and domestic violence (OR 3.584, CI 0.
717-17.921) were significantly associated with depression.CONCLUSION: Majority of the females had no cordial relations with in-laws, more than half had history of domestic abuse.
Marriages outside family had inverse relation with depression.Depression in husband and bad relationship of women with in-laws were strong predictors for depression in married females of district Ghizar, Gilgit Baltistan.Small sample size and hospital-based study were the main limitations of the study.