ArticleBMJ open2022
Determinants of depressive symptoms among postpartum mothers: a cross-sectional study in Ethiopia.
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- Global Prevalence of Perinatal Depression and Its Determinants Among Rural Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Depression and anxiety · 2024Pooled it
- Exploring the relationship between food insecurity and postpartum depression: A scoping review.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Article
- Predictors of depression among caregivers of children with malnutrition in Gedeo zone public hospitals, Southern Ethiopia: case-control study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Postpartum Depression among Women in Eastern Sudan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of maternal depression among mothers of children with undernutrition at comprehensive specialized hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia in 2023: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to assess the determinants of depressive symptoms among postpartum mothers.
designA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted.
settingTen randomly selected rural
participantsA random sample of 232 mothers with infants 5-10 months was included in this study. DATA ANALYSIS: Forward multivariable logistic regression analysis.
resultsThe factors significantly associated with increased odds of maternal postpartum depressive symptoms were: moderate (adjusted OR (AOR) 4.44, 95% CI 1.34 to 14.72) and severe (AOR 12.98, 95% CI 5.24 to 32.14) household food insecurity; infant underweight (AOR 2.99, 95% CI: 1.21 to 7.37) and infant acute respiratory infection (ARI) (AOR 7.0, 95% CI: 3.09 to 15.99). Maternal education, workload and age, household socioeconomic status, distance to the health facility, and child stunting, diarrhoea and fever were not significantly associated with postpartum depressive symptoms in adjusted logistic regression.
conclusionHousehold food insecurity, infant ARI and infant underweight had significant associations with postpartum depressive symptoms. Therefore, interventions that address infant nutrition and health and household food insecurity within the framework of the productive safety net programmes (PSNPs) as well as programmes focused on preventing, detecting and solving maternal mental health challenges may be helpful to improve maternal mental well-being and promote graduation from the PSNP.
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