Depression among women of reproductive age in rural Bangladesh is linked to food security, diets and nutrition.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the relationship between screening positive for depression and several indicators of the food and nutrition environment in Bangladesh.

Design

We used cross-sectional data from the Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition (FAARM) trial in Bangladesh to examine the association of depression in non-peripartum (NPW) and peripartum women (PW) with food and nutrition security using multivariable logistic regression and dominance analysis.

Setting

Rural north-eastern Bangladesh.

Participants

Women of reproductive age.

Results

Of 2599 women, 40 % were pregnant or up to 1 year postpartum, while 60 % were not peripartum. Overall, 20 % of women screened positive for major depression. In the dominance analysis, indicators of fo

SUBMITTER: Sparling TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7058425 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature