Open AccessEVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PATIENT EDUCATION TO COPE UP DEPRESSION IN MENOPAUSAL STAGE
Author(s) -
Ganapathy Sankar U,
R Monisha,
Christopher Amalraj Vallaba Doss,
Palanivel Rubavathi Marimuthu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i5.37102
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , affect (linguistics) , rating scale , medicine , clinical psychology , stage (stratigraphy) , significant difference , psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , paleontology , communication , biology , economics , macroeconomics
Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the impact of education to combat depression in the menopausal stage.
Methods: Twenty menopausal women, aged 50–55 years were recruited through convenience sampling procedure from Kancheepuram. Zung self-rating depression scale was administered to all the participants.
Results: It revealed that there was a statistical difference in post-test after education on depression (t=13.413; p= 0.00) on menopausal women.
Conclusion: Depression is the common psychological symptoms that affect the women at menopausal age. The severity is due to a lack of knowledge about the symptoms and a lack of awareness to cope with the psychological symptoms.