PROJECT GUIDE:
DR.REKHA RACHEL PHILIP
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
GOVT.MEDICAL COLLEGE
TRIVANDRUM
SUBMITTED BY:
LITTY THOMAS
ARUSHMA.M.K.
MANJULA.K.P.
(2005MBBS)
BACK GROUND
Depression-a common and serious psychiatric disease in the present century WHO World Health Report 2001 suggest that by the year 2020 depression is projected to reach 2nd place in the ranking of DALY’s calculated for all ages and both sexes. Today depression already the 2nd cause of DALY’s in the age group 15-44 for both sex combined.
OBJECTIVE
To find out the risk factors of depression among males and females of age group 15-30
METHOD
We did a case control study with 30 cases [aged 15-30] diagnosed as depression in the department of psychiatry MCH TVM and compared with age matched 60 controls. Our study variables includes ; OCP,sedatives,thyroid disorders,family h/o of mental illness, family h/o of suicide, family h/o of alcoholism, childhood trauma, bad childhood experience,substance abuse, sex abuse, cancer, stressful events.
RESULTS
We got statistically significant association with depression for the following variables; sedatives[adjusted odd’s 5.174], family h/o suicide [adjusted odd’s3.5] , family h/o alcoholism[ adjusted odd’s 4.73] , child hood trauma [adjusted odd’s 3.087], sex abuse[ adjusted odd’s 4.364]
CONCLUSION
Thus we conclude that the above-mentioned variables show positive association with the development of depression.