Journal
AIDS AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 24, Issue 8, Pages 2421-2429Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-02802-8
Keywords
Maternal mental health; HIV; AIDS; Child development; Suicidal ideation; Africa
Funding
- USAID-PEPFAR under the Orphans and Vulnerable Children Special Initiative
- MRC [MR/R010161/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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This study aimed to assess the association between suicidal ideation among mothers living with HIV in Zimbabwe and the cognitive development of their children. Participants were mother-child dyads recruited from two rural districts in Zimbabwe. Data were collected at baseline and 12 months follow-up. Suicidal ideation was assessed using item-10 from the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale. Mixed-effects linear regression was used to assess the association of child cognitive outcomes at follow-up (using the Mullen scales of early learning) with maternal suicidal ideation. Mothers with suicidal ideation at baseline (n = 171) tended to be younger, unmarried, experienced moderate to severe hunger, had elevated parental stress and depression symptoms compared with non-suicidal mothers (n = 391). At follow-up, emerging maternal suicidal ideation was associated with poorer child cognitive outcomes (adjusted mean difference - 6.1; 95% CI - 10.3 to - 1.8; p = 0.03). Suicidal ideation affects child cognitive development and should be addressed, particularly in HIV positive mothers.
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