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To Compare Sociodemographic Profile, Attitude, Coping Strategies and Psychiatric Morbidity among Rural and Urban Menopausal Women


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1 Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
2 Department of Psychiatry, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital Faridkot, Punjab, India
3 Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
 

Objective:In our study, 95 Urban and 56 rural populations of menopausal women were subjected to SCL 80 scale to determine psychiatric morbidity.

Material and Methods: Assessment was made using ATM scale, MRS scale and their coping strategies were noted. Data was statistically analyzed.

Results: The rural women were found to succumb 1.4 times more to physical and mental exhaustion after menopause than urban women (P<0.042). Percentage scores of the urban respondents were significantly more concerned how their husbands would feel about them after menopause (χ2 =8.35, p<0.004). Statistically significant (p<0.011) urban women (5.47) show more depressive symptoms than rural women (3.08) and statistically significant (p<0.019) urban (2.33) than rural women (1.25) had more of anger hostility symptoms.

Conclusion: Emotionally stable, literacy, medical knowledge about menopause, good social support was among predominant markers for positive outcome.


Keywords

SCL (Symptom Check List-80), ATM (Attitude Towards Menopause), Menopause Rating Scale (MRS), Coping Stratigies, Anger Hostility, Psychiatric Morbidity.
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Authors

M. Singla
Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
A. Sharma
Department of Psychiatry, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital Faridkot, Punjab, India
C. Samuel
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
J. George
Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Abstract


Objective:In our study, 95 Urban and 56 rural populations of menopausal women were subjected to SCL 80 scale to determine psychiatric morbidity.

Material and Methods: Assessment was made using ATM scale, MRS scale and their coping strategies were noted. Data was statistically analyzed.

Results: The rural women were found to succumb 1.4 times more to physical and mental exhaustion after menopause than urban women (P<0.042). Percentage scores of the urban respondents were significantly more concerned how their husbands would feel about them after menopause (χ2 =8.35, p<0.004). Statistically significant (p<0.011) urban women (5.47) show more depressive symptoms than rural women (3.08) and statistically significant (p<0.019) urban (2.33) than rural women (1.25) had more of anger hostility symptoms.

Conclusion: Emotionally stable, literacy, medical knowledge about menopause, good social support was among predominant markers for positive outcome.


Keywords


SCL (Symptom Check List-80), ATM (Attitude Towards Menopause), Menopause Rating Scale (MRS), Coping Stratigies, Anger Hostility, Psychiatric Morbidity.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds%2F2016%2F83545