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Volume 19, Issue 2 (Suppl)

Int J Emerg Ment Health, an open access journal

ISSN: 1522-4821

Mental Health 2017

June 21-23, 2017

Mental Health and Human Resilience

June 21-23, 2017 London, UK

International Conference on

Int J Emerg Ment Health 2017, 19:2(Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C1-009

Are the married women living in slums safe and mentally healthy at home? A cross sectional study from

Bangalore, India

Deiveegan C

, Ramakrishna G B

and

Johnson P

Velammal Medical College and Hospital, India

St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, India

Statement of the Problem:

Ever married women who reside in informal settlements like slums experience numerous stressors in life,

including intimate partner violence (IPV), which affects their mental health globally. So this study was undertaken with the objective

of estimating the prevalence of IPV and psychiatric morbidity and factors associated with the same among ever married women aged

18-60 years residing in an urban slum of Bangalore.

Methodology & Theoretical Orientation:

This cross sectional study was conducted in an urban slum in Bengaluru city, India. 300

women selected using systematic random sampling were interviewed using standard data collection tools viz. M.I.N.I screen, M.I.N.I

Plus, Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) and Family interview for Genetic Studies (FIGS).

Findings:

The mean (SD) age of the participants was 32.37 (8.78) years. Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity was 30% (CI±5.19).

Most common morbidities were depression and generalized anxiety disorders. IPV (adj OR=2.06, p=0.02) was an independent

predictor of psychiatric morbidity. Alcohol dependence and having <4 family members were also found to be significantly associated

with psychiatric morbidity. The lifetime prevalence of IPV was 67.3% (CI±5.31). Age>25 years (adj OR=6.08, p<0.01) and alcohol

dependent spouse (adj OR=58.6, p<0.01) were significantly associated with IPV.

Conclusion & Significance:

Intimate partner violence significantly affects mental health of married women. Alcohol dependence

among husbands has also been found to be intricated with the women’s mental health. Similar studies in different settings and follow

up studies would enable us to identify other risk factors which could be aimed at in controlling the rising burden of psychiatric

morbidity among married women.