CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE CENTER FOR THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF DEPRESSION (CES-D) AND MATERNAL IRON DEFICIENCY WITH AND WITHOUT ANEMIA IN BANGLADESH
Open Access
Author:
Hudak, Amy Lauren
Area of Honors:
Nutritional Sciences
Degree:
Bachelor of Science
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Laura E Murray-Kolb, Thesis Supervisor Dr. Ronald Albert Markle, Thesis Honors Advisor Jill Patterson, Faculty Reader
Keywords:
CES-D maternal iron deficiency anemia and depression infant development Bangladesh
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to determine the factor structure of the Center for the Epidemiological Study of Depression (CES-D) questionnaire among childbearing mothers in rural Bangladesh with the purpose of drawing conclusions about the relationship between maternal iron deficiency anemia, infant nutritional status and depressive symptomatology.
