Cohort profile: Impact of Maternal and Paternal Mental Health - Assessing Concurrent Depression, Anxiety and Comorbidity in the Canadian Family (IMPACT study).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This paper describes a prospective cohort, Impact of Maternal and Paternal Mental Health: Assessing Concurrent Depression, Anxiety and Comorbidity in The Canadian Family (IMPACT) study, which followed maternal-paternal dyads and their children across the first 2 years post partum.

Participants

A total of 3217 cohabitating maternal-paternal dyads were recruited into the study from 2014 to 2018. Each dyad member separately completed online questionnaires at baseline (<3 weeks post partum) and again at 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months on a variety of measures, including mental health, parenting environment, family functioning and child health and development.

Findings to date

At baseline, the mean maternal age was 31.9±4.2 years and 33.8±5.0 years for fathers. Overa

SUBMITTER: Dennis CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008457 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature