A comparative study of Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients having first episode of depression and healthy controls

Chauhan Beema; Rastogi Pali; Pal V.S; Lohokare Rajeev

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

A comparative study of Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients having first episode of depression and healthy controls

Chauhan Beema, Rastogi Pali, Pal V. S, Lohokare Rajeev

Abstract :

Background : Gender differences, age, education, marital status, socio-economic status, locality, culture are few factors which are implicated to have an impact on onset and progression of depressive disorders. There is a scarcity in literature for sociodemographic studies in context of basal thyroid functions occurring in patients of major depressive disorder. Our study focuses on various sociodemographic and clinical parameters of the patients suffering from depression. Methodology: The diagnosis of first episode of major depression was made using structured clinical interview based on ICD 10 (DCR) criteria. the patients were classified into mild, moderate, severe, very severe category on the basis of HAM-D scale. Results: The mean age of case group was 34.9 � 10.6 years while that of control group was 35.5 � 10 years. The case group had more married, rural background, other religion based, illiterate, low socioeconomic status, nuclear family subjects. Mean duration of illness of 4.24 � 2.45 months or almost 21-22 weeks. The mean age of onset was 32.6 � 11.90 years, HAM-D scores were 20.36 � 7.04, 63% of severe to very severe depression, 36% moderate depression and 1% mild depression patients. Females had majority of severe depression cases (52%). Married cases had most patients in the moderate to severe depression category (84.7%) while unmarried cases also had most samples in the severe depression category (39.3%). Conclusion: Knowing the clinical and socio-demographic variables helps in better understanding of depression and its management.