Treatment of maternal depression in low-income women: a feasibility study from Kilifi, Kenya

Notiar, A, Jidong, DE ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5034-0335, Hawa, F, Lunat, F, Shah, S, Bassett, P and Edge, D, 2021. Treatment of maternal depression in low-income women: a feasibility study from Kilifi, Kenya. International Journal of Clinical Practice. ISSN 1368-5031

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Abstract

Aims of the study: To test the feasibility of a group psychosocial intervention called Learning Through Play (LTP) plus Culturally adapted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CaCBT) for depressed Kenyan mothers with children aged 0-36 months.

Methods used to conduct the study: This study was a single-arm mixed methods feasibility study to test an integrated parenting intervention for maternal depression in a low-income rural area of Fumbini village in Kilifi District of Kenya. Women between the ages of 18 and 45 years with children up to three years were screened for depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Those scoring above 10 on PHQ-9 were interviewed using the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R) to confirm the diagnosis of depression. Assessments were carried out at baseline and at the end of the intervention (3 months), followed by qualitative interviews with 12 women. Qualitative interviews were analysed using thematic analysis from a socio-constructionist theoretical lens.

Results of the study: The LTP Plus was both feasible and acceptable with high satisfaction among the participants. Qualitative results showed that the women perceived the intervention as beneficial in reducing the symptoms of depression, coping with stress and negative emotions. The results also indicated a reduction in scores on PHQ-9, GAD-7 with an increase in perceived social support, health-related quality of life and an improvement in mothers' knowledge about child development at the end of the intervention.

Conclusions drawn from the study and clinical implications: This study represents the first feasibility research on integrated parenting intervention in Kenya. The results indicated that culturally adapted LTP plus CaCBT is feasible and acceptable in a low-income setting of Kenya. There is now a need to study the clinical and cost-effectiveness of LTP plus CaCBT in an appropriately powered larger randomised control trial, with a longer follow-up period.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Clinical Practice
Creators:	Notiar, A., Jidong, D.E., Hawa, F., Lunat, F., Shah, S., Bassett, P. and Edge, D.
Publisher:	Wiley
Date:	13 September 2021
ISSN:	1368-5031
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1111/ijcp.14862 DOI 1471487 Other
Rights:	This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi:10.1111/ijcp.14862.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	20 Sep 2021 09:25
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2022 03:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/44211

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