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AIM: To determine the effect of early childhood stimulation with undernourished children and their mothers on maternal depression. METHODS: Mothers of 139 undernourished children (weight for age or =40 visits and mothers receiving 25-39 visits benefited significantly from the intervention (b = -1.84, 95% CI -2.97 to -0.72, and b = -1.06, 95% CI -2.02 to -0.11, respectively) while mothers receiving <25 visits did not benefit. At follow up, maternal depression was significantly negatively correlated with children's developmental quotient for boys only. CONCLUSIONS: A home visiting intervention with mothers of undernourished children, with a primary aim of improving child development, had significant benefits for maternal depression. Higher levels of maternal depression were associated with poorer developmental levels for boys only.
Helen Baker‐Henningham (Wed,) studied this question.
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