Awad, A., Ahmed, M., Zaki, H., Salem, M. (2022). Maternal Depression and Its Relation to Mental Health Problems in children. test, 3(3), 7-16. doi: 10.21608/ejmr.2022.251449
Asmaa Omar Awad; Maha Emadeldin Ahmed; Hisham Salah Zaki; Marwa Rashad Salem. "Maternal Depression and Its Relation to Mental Health Problems in children". test, 3, 3, 2022, 7-16. doi: 10.21608/ejmr.2022.251449
Awad, A., Ahmed, M., Zaki, H., Salem, M. (2022). 'Maternal Depression and Its Relation to Mental Health Problems in children', test, 3(3), pp. 7-16. doi: 10.21608/ejmr.2022.251449
Awad, A., Ahmed, M., Zaki, H., Salem, M. Maternal Depression and Its Relation to Mental Health Problems in children. test, 2022; 3(3): 7-16. doi: 10.21608/ejmr.2022.251449

Maternal Depression and Its Relation to Mental Health Problems in children

Egyptian Journal of Medical Research
Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2022, Pages 7-16    PDF (465.21 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejmr.2022.251449
Authors
Asmaa Omar Awad1; Maha Emadeldin Ahmed1; Hisham Salah Zaki1; Marwa Rashad Salem2
1Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University
2Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine,Cairo University
Abstract
This work aimed at determining the relation between maternal depression and emotional & behavioral problems in children aged 1 ½ to 5 y in the Egyptian pediatric population. This exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted at the pediatric outpatient clinic, at Beni- Suef University Hospital, over a period twenty months from September 2016 to May 2018. The total number of participants who were at the first visit was 164 participants, they completed all the questionnaires, but 20 participants didn’t attend the next visit after two weeks from the first visit, so the total number that participated in the two visits was 143 participants .The current study reported that self-report screening for maternal depression is feasible in primary care settings. In our study the results showed that a large numbers of mothers have depression about 87.8 % of the participant mothers have depression in the first and the second interview. In conclusion, the current study revealed that maternal depression was significantly related to higher levels of internalizing, externalizing, and general psychopathology.
Keywords
maternal depression; emotional and behavioral problems in children
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