Association Between Maternal Depression and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Their Primary School-Age Daughters: A Birth Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although maternal depression is associated with adverse outcomes in women and children, its relationship with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in offspring is less well-characterized. We examined the association between prenatal and postpartum maternal depression and LUTS in primary school-age daughters.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Subjects and setting

The sample comprised 7148 mother-daughter dyads from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

Method

Mothers completed questionnaires about depressive symptoms at 18 and 32 weeks' gestation and 21 months postpartum and their children's LUTS (urinary urgency, nocturia, and daytime and nighttime wetting) at 6, 7, and 9 years of age. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to

SUBMITTER: Cunningham SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10794027 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Feb 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature