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Association Between Depressive Symptoms of Mothers and Eating Behaviors of School-Going Children in Urban Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.author Sultana, Sharmin
dc.contributor.author Muhammad, Faisal
dc.contributor.author Chowdhury, ABM Alauddin
dc.contributor.author Tasnim, Tasmia
dc.contributor.author Haque, Md. Imdadul
dc.contributor.author BakiBillah, Abul Hasan
dc.contributor.author Hossain, Md. Kamrul
dc.contributor.author Zaman, Sanjana
dc.contributor.author Hawlader, Mohammad Delwer Hossain
dc.contributor.author Chowdhury, Moniruddin
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-28T10:10:16Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-28T10:10:16Z
dc.date.issued 2023-08-18
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd:8080/handle/123456789/12190
dc.description.abstract Objective This 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 methods This 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. Results In 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. Conclusion Mothers 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. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher BioMed Central Ltd en_US
dc.subject Depression, mental en_US
dc.subject Mother en_US
dc.subject Eating behaviors en_US
dc.subject Children en_US
dc.title Association Between Depressive Symptoms of Mothers and Eating Behaviors of School-Going Children in Urban Bangladesh en_US
dc.title.alternative A Cross-Sectional Study en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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