The relationship between under-five child death and maternal mental distress in Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a community based comparative cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health
Girma Temam ShifaAlemayehu Worku Yalew

Abstract

Knowledge of the association between child death and maternal mental distress may help to understand the indirect impact of reduction of under-five mortality on maternal mental wellbeing. This will further have a positive impact on the development of the nation. Depression is associated substantially with reduced quality of life and functional capacity of women. Although studies in the country assessed the magnitude of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) among postpartum mothers, those assessing the association between child death and maternal mental distress are lacking. Therefore, this study examined the association between child death and maternal mental distress. We conducted a comparative cross-sectional study in 2014 on a total of 356 mothers who lost their children and 712 mothers with alive children. We measured CMD symptoms using the World Health Organization's (WHO's) self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ-20). A cut-off score of ≥6 was taken as an indicator of mental distress. To determine the relationship between child death and maternal mental distress, we conducted weighted conditional logistic regression analysis with mental distress coded as a binary outcome. Mothers who lost children had significantly higher rate of menta...Continue Reading

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