Bipolar disorder: Impact of anthropometric and socio-demographic variables among females
Sukhman Kaur1 , Ginjinder Kaur2* and Rajnish Raj3
1,2*Department of Human Genetics Punjabi University, Patiala - 147002 (India) 1Email- sukhman_rs21@pbi.ac.in 2*Email- ginjinder_hg@pbi.ac.in 3Govt. Medical College & Rajindra Hospital, (Dept. of Psychiatry), Patiala - 147001 (India) 3Email- drrajnishraj03@gmail.com Corresponding Author: Ginjinder Kaur, Assistant Professor, Punjabi University, (Dept. of Human Genetics), Patiala, (Punjab), (India) Contact no.- +91 9216142474 Email- ginjinder_hg@pbi.ac.in
ABSTRACT
Bipolar Disorder is a chronic brain disorder which involves repeated episodes of manic and depressive episodes separated by period of normal moods. The present study explores the relationship between socio-demographic and anthropometric variables with bipolar disorder as there has been a paucity of literature about the role of these variables in the population of Punjab (India). A cross-sectional study was conducted among 101 female cases diagnosed with bipolar disorder and 103 female controls. The information was collected regarding the demographic variables, psycho-social variables, anthropometric variables and the clinical variables via a self-prepared information sheet and statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences Ver. 26.