Zainab Saima, Fatmi Zafar, Kazi Ambreen
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2012 Mar;62(3):249-53.
To determine the risk factors for depression among married women belonging to low and high socioeconomic status in Karachi.
The study design was cross-sectional. The data was collected from 128 adult married women during July to September 2005. The women were selected from different socioeconomic classes from five hospitals/institutes in Karachi. The Centre for Epidemiology Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale was used to screen the subjects for depression and a structured questionnaire was used to identify the factors for depression.
According to the CES-D scale, 65% of the study population was found to be depressed. Among the women from high socioeconomic status, social conditions were identified as a significant factor for causing depression, whereas social relations, specifically relationship problems with husband, were the major factor for depression among women belonging to the low socioeconomic status.
The prevalence of depression among married women living in Karachi is high. However, underlying factors for causing depression vary among women belonging to low and high socioeconomic status.
确定卡拉奇市社会经济地位低和高的已婚女性中抑郁症的风险因素。
本研究采用横断面研究设计。2005年7月至9月期间，从卡拉奇市五家医院/机构的不同社会经济阶层选取了128名成年已婚女性收集数据。使用流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）对受试者进行抑郁症筛查，并使用结构化问卷确定抑郁症的相关因素。
根据CES-D量表，65%的研究人群被发现患有抑郁症。在社会经济地位高的女性中，社会状况被确定为导致抑郁症的重要因素，而社会关系，特别是与丈夫的关系问题，是社会经济地位低的女性患抑郁症的主要因素。
生活在卡拉奇市的已婚女性中抑郁症患病率很高。然而，导致抑郁症的潜在因素在社会经济地位低和高的女性中有所不同。
