Open AccessPrevalence of depression and its association with sociodemographic factors in postmenopausal women in an urban resettlement colony of Delhi
Author(s) -
Pooja Ahlawat,
Mongjam Meghachandra Singh,
Suneela Garg,
YM Mala
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/jmh.jmh_66_18
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , menopause , medicine , demography , socioeconomic status , quality of life (healthcare) , population , environmental health , nursing , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
Menopause is defined as the time of cessation of ovarian function resulting in permanent amenorrhea. Menopause is associated with various symptoms such as physical, vasomotor, sexual, and psychological symptoms. Depression is a common symptom in postmenopausal women as menopause is associated with the end of the fertile period of a women's life. Menopause is an important subject to study as due to increase in life expectancy and improved health care delivery number of postmenopausal women is significantly increasing.