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ArticleBMC women's health2023

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

Sharmin Sultana, Faisal Muhammad, Abm Alauddin Chowdhury, Tasmia Tasnim, Md Imdadul Haque, Abul Hasan BakiBillah, Md Kamrul Hossain, Sanjana Zaman, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Moniruddin Chowdhury

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Article in BMC women's health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Correlation between maternal depression, anxiety, and stress and the children's oral health status and oral health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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Sharmin SultanaDepartment of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh. sharmin.rit@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-161X
Faisal MuhammadDepartment of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5785-1290
Abm Alauddin ChowdhuryDepartment of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9454-1435
Tasmia TasnimDepartment of Nutrition and Food Engineering, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8856-8172
Md Imdadul HaqueDepartment of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4822-9157
Abul Hasan BakiBillahDepartment of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0275-6536
Md Kamrul HossainDepartment of General Educational Development, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1917-8701
Sanjana ZamanDepartment of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8856-2352
Mohammad Delwer Hossain HawladerDepartment of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-6257
Moniruddin ChowdhuryDepartment of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Daffodil Smart City, Birulia, Savar, Dhaka, 1216, Bangladesh.
Daffodil International University · BDNorth South University · BD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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Feeding BehaviorMothersBangladeshChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansSchoolsBangladeshDepressive symptomsDhakaEating behaviorsMotherSchool-going children

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PMID37596580
PMCPMC10439587
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