Common mental disorders in mothers of children attending out-patient malnutrition clinics in rural North-western Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Abdullahi, Aminu T; Farouk, Zubaida Ladan; Imam, Abdulazeez

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10227-8

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“…This contradicts prior literature conducted amongst caregivers of chronically ill children, where parents have been reported to experience deteriorating mental health [49][50][51]. A study from North-West Nigeria reported high rates of common mental health disorders amongst women of children attending out-patient malnutrition services [52]. However, chronic and acute illnesses will present different stressors, and there is a considerable literature gap on well-being responses to common childhood infections to compare our findings.…”

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Maternal mental well-being and recent child illnesses–A cross-sectional survey analysis from Jigawa State, Nigeria

Salako

Bakare²,

Colbourn³

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Child health indicators in Northern Nigeria remain low. The bidirectional association between child health and maternal well-being is also poorly understood. We aim to describe the association between recent child illness, socio-demographic factors and maternal mental well-being in Jigawa State, Nigeria. We analysed a cross-sectional household survey conducted in Kiyawa local government area, Jigawa State, from January 2020 to March 2020 amongst women aged 16–49 with at least one child under-5 years. We used two-stage random sampling. First, we used systematic random sampling of compounds, with the number of compounds based on the size of the community. The second stage used simple random sampling to select one eligible woman per compound. Mental well-being was assessed using the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Score (SWEMWBS). We used linear regression to estimate associations between recent child illness, care-seeking and socio-demographic factors, and mental well-being. Overall 1,661 eligible women were surveyed, and 8.5% had high mental well-being (metric score of 25.0–35.0) and 29.5% had low mental well-being (metric score of 7.0–17.9). Increasing wealth quintile (adj coeff: 1.53; 95% CI: 0.91–2.15) not being a subsistence farmer (highest adj coeff: 3.23; 95% CI: 2.31–4.15) and having a sick child in the last 2-weeks (adj coeff: 1.25; 95% CI: 0.73–1.77) were significantly associated with higher mental well-being. Higher levels of education and increasing woman’s age were significantly associated with lower mental well-being. Findings contradicted our working hypothesis that a recently sick child would be associated with lower mental well-being. We were surprised that education and late marriage, which are commonly attributed to women’s empowerment and autonomy, were not linked to better well-being here. Future work could focus on locally defined tools to measure well-being reflecting the norms and values of communities, ensuring solutions that are culturally acceptable and desirable to women with low mental well-being are initiated.

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Maternal mental well-being and recent child illnesses–A cross-sectional survey analysis from Jigawa State, Nigeria

Salako

Bakare²,

Colbourn³

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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“…Many African children with autism, more often boys than girls, are usually hidden away at home, and the prevalence is unknown, while only few clinicians have the skills or experience to identify the condition. Indeed, maternal and child mental health services have not been a priority, since child mortality and malnutrition are more urgent concerns [206,207].…”

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Mushroom Nutrition as Preventative Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa

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The defining characteristics of the traditional Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) cuisine have been the richness in indigenous foods and ingredients, herbs and spices, fermented foods and beverages, and healthy and whole ingredients used. It is crucial to safeguard the recognized benefits of mainstream traditional foods and ingredients, which gradually eroded in the last decades. Notwithstanding poverty, chronic hunger, malnutrition, and undernourishment in the region, traditional eating habits have been related to positive health outcomes and sustainability. The research prevailed dealing with food availability and access rather than the health, nutrition, and diet quality dimensions of food security based on what people consume per country and on the missing data related to nutrient composition of indigenous foods. As countries become more economically developed, they shift to “modern” occidental foods rich in saturated fats, salt, sugar, fizzy beverages, and sweeteners. As a result, there are increased incidences of previously unreported ailments due to an unbalanced diet. Protein-rich foods in dietary guidelines enhance only those of animal or plant sources, while rich protein sources such as mushrooms have been absent in these charts, even in developed countries. This article considers the valorization of traditional African foodstuffs and ingredients, enhancing the importance of establishing food-based dietary guidelines per country. The crux of this review highlights the potential of mushrooms, namely some underutilized in the SSA, which is the continent’s little exploited gold mine as one of the greatest untapped resources for feeding and providing income for Africa’s growing population, which could play a role in shielding Sub-Saharan Africans against the side effects of an unhealthy stylish diet.

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“…According to a WHO report, approximately 1 billion people suffer from mental disorders, costing the global economy $2.5 billion per year. The global distribution of mental health disorders disproportionately affects low-middle income settings, which bear a greater burden [6,10,11] Unfortunately, the female gender, which appears to be more vulnerable in low-resource settings, is the most affected [6,10,11]. The perinatal period (pregnancy and postnatal) has a greater mental disease burden, with the highest incidence occurring in the immediate postpartum period of a woman's life [7].…”

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Factors associated with common mental disorders among breastfeeding mothers in tertiary hospital nurseries in Nigeria

Alao¹,

Ibrahim²,

Iloh³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Background Several studies have shown that the impact of maternal mental health disorders on newborns’ well-being in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) are underreported, multi-dimensional and varies over time and differs from what is reported in high-income countries. We present the prevalence and risk factors associated with common mental disorders (CMDs) among breastfeeding mothers whose infants were admitted to Nigerian tertiary care facilities. Methods This was a national cross-sectional study involving mothers of hospitalised babies from eleven Nigerian tertiary hospitals. We used the WHO self-reporting Questionnaire 20 and an adapted WHO/UNICEF ten-step breastfeeding support package to assess mothers’ mental health and breastfeeding support. Results Only 895 of the 1,120 mothers recruited from eleven tertiary healthcare nurseries in six geopolitical zones of Nigeria had complete datasets for analysis. The participants’ mean age was 29.9 ± 6.2 years. One in four had CMDs; 24.0% (95% CI: 21.235, 26.937%). The ages of mothers, parity, gestational age at delivery, and length of hospital stay were comparable between mothers with and those without CMDs. Antenatal care at primary healthcare facilities (adjusted odds ratio [aOR:13], primary education [aOR:3.255] living in the south-southern region of the country [aOR 2.207], poor breastfeeding support [aOR:1.467], polygamous family settings [aOR:2.182], and a previous history of mental health disorders [aOR:4.684] were significantly associated with CMDs. In contrast, those from the middle and lower socioeconomic classes were less likely to develop CMDs, with [aOR:0.532] and [aOR:0.493], respectively. Conclusion In Nigeria, the prevalence of CMDs is relatively high among breastfeeding mothers with infants admitted to a tertiary care facility. Prior history of mental illness, polygamous households, mothers living in the southern region and low or no educational attainment have a greater risk of developing CMDs. This study provides evidence for assessing and tailoring interventions to CMDs among breastfeeding mothers in neonatal nurseries in LMIC.

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Common mental disorders in mothers of children attending out-patient malnutrition clinics in rural North-western Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 11 publications

References 36 publications

Maternal mental well-being and recent child illnesses–A cross-sectional survey analysis from Jigawa State, Nigeria

Maternal mental well-being and recent child illnesses–A cross-sectional survey analysis from Jigawa State, Nigeria

Mushroom Nutrition as Preventative Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa

Factors associated with common mental disorders among breastfeeding mothers in tertiary hospital nurseries in Nigeria

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