Maternal depression symptoms are highly prevalent among food-insecure households in Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15092697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seifu H Gebreyesus (0000-0001-7834-4696, Addis Ababa University, corresponding author), Bilal Shikur Endris (0000-0002-5321-1034, Addis Ababa University), C Hanlon (0000-0002-7937-3226, Addis Ababa University), B Lindtjørn (0000-0002-6267-6984, University of Bergen) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 849-856 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Health Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980017003056 |
| PMID | 29151371 |
| OpenAlex | W2769615613 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 36 |
Objective We aimed to evaluate the association between household food insecurity and maternal depression in Ethiopia. Design/Setting/Subjects In 2014, we conducted a cross-sectional study in southern Ethiopia, including 591 food-secure and 2500 food-insecure households. We measured depression status of women using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 validated for Ethiopia, with a cut-off of ≥5. We evaluated household-level food insecurity using a validated Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. We applied Bayesian modelling to evaluate the relationship between food insecurity and maternal depression accounting for other observed characteristics. Results Among the analytic sample, 80·8 (95 % CI 79·4, 82·2) % of women were living in food-insecure households. The overall prevalence of probable depression (mild and moderate forms) was 4·7 (95 % CI 4·1, 5·6) %. All individual depressive symptoms had a significantly higher prevalence in the food-insecure group, except for suicidal ideation (but small numbers; P P Conclusions The study documented a high burden of depression among women who lived in food-insecure households. Given this finding, we recommend integrating mental health in the livelihood programmes in areas suffering from food insecurity
Agriculture · Depression (economics · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Livelihood · Mental health · Psychiatry · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |