A Comparative Study of Physical, Mental, Psychological Stress among Elderly Household Female Population in India and Nepal

Pages: 352-355
Rajkumari Meena1, Satyendra Kumar Thakur2, and Prabhat Kumar Mishra3 (Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi1,
Department of Psychology, Zakir Hussian Delhi College University of Delhi, Delhi2, and Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations of Education, NCERT New Delhi3)

The present study examined the physical, mental, psychological stress among elderly household female population in India and Nepal. In this research Random sampling technique was used. 50-50 elderly household female population selected randomly from both countries India and Nepal. All 100 elderly household female participants completed her questionnaire of five domain of Adult Stress-o-Meter V (1). Descriptive Statistics was used for statistical analysis. In India74% household female was emotionally disturbed but manageable, 18% (moderate level), 2% (severe) and 6% was emotionally normal. In Nepal 78% household female emotionally disturbed but manageable, 12% emotionally normal and 10% moderate level.