Association between depressive symptoms of mothers and eating behaviors of school-going children in Urban Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health

Research

Md. Kamrul Hossain¹  Tasmia Tasnim²  Sharmin Sultana³  Sanjana Zaman³  ABM Alauddin Chowdhury³  Md. Imdadul Haque³  Abul Hasan BakiBillah⁴  Faisal Muhammad⁵  Moniruddin Chowdhury⁶  Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader⁷ 

[1] Department of General Educational Development, Daffodil International University, 1216, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Nutrition and Food Engineering, Daffodil International University, 1216, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, 1216, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, 1216, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Health Economics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS), 1216, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, 1216, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Public & Community Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Frontier University Garowe, Puntland, Somalia;Otu Institute of Research and Training, Kano, Nigeria;Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, 1216, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Faculty of Medicine, AIMST University, 08100, Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia;Department of Public Health, North South University, 1229, Dhaka, Bangladesh;

关键词: Depressive symptoms;    Mother;    Eating behaviors;    School-going children;    Dhaka;    Bangladesh;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12905-023-02584-w

 received in 2022-11-04, accepted in 2023-08-01,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association between depressive symptoms among mothers and the eating behaviors of their school-going children in Urban Bangladesh.Materials and methodsThis analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in the context of the urban area of Bangladesh. A multistage sampling technique was applied to select 324 children’s mothers in Dhaka City. Data were collected from both city corporation settings in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Semi-structured questionnaires were used in this study. We estimated the depressive symptoms among mothers using the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. We examined the association of mothers of school-going children’s socio-demographic variables and eating behaviors of school-going children with their mother’s depression by using chi-square and evaluating the impact of these variables on mothers’ depression through univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression.ResultsIn our study, 57.7% of the mothers of school-going children had depressive symptoms, and 42.3% had no depressive symptoms. The study explored that consuming fewer vegetables (AOR = 0.237, 95% CI: 0.099–0.569), taking fewer fruits (AOR = 0.177, 95% CI: 0.093–0.337), and interestingly, taking fast food less than 4 days per week (AOR = 3.024, 95% CI: 1.517–6.031) were significantly associated with mothers’ depressive symptoms.ConclusionMothers with depressive symptoms of school-going children in Dhaka city are alarmingly high as a grave concern. The eating behaviors of children are associated with their mothers’ depressive symptoms. With an aim to build rigorous awareness on depression and child’s healthy eating behaviors, it is imperative to arrange health education and awareness related programs.

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