1Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Saveetha Medical College
2Postgraduate, Department of Community Medicine, Saveetha Medical College
3Final Year Undergraduate Student, Saveetha Medical College
4Junior Resident, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Prashanth Rajendran Department of Community Medicine, Saveetha Medical College, Email: drprashanthrajendran@gmail.com
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
Currently in India, no national health program serves and promotes the specific health needs of postmenopausal women.
To determine the prevalence of depression and to assess the level of depression among the post-menopausal women in the field practice area of Saveetha Medical College Hospital-Thirumazhisai, Tamil Nadu.
A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from May 2017 to July 2017. The sample size was calculated as 171. Data was collected using a structured interview schedule among postmenopausal women. Data was entered and analyzed by using IBM SPSS software version 19.
The mean age of the study participants was 54.8 years and their average age of attaining menopause was 49.7 years. It was found that 75% of the women were found to be normal with no symptoms of depression and 22% of the postmenopausal women have mild grade of depression and 4% were found to have moderate grade of depression.
The health care services should pay more attention towards women's health in post-menopausal period.
Postmenopausal women, Depression, South India
