Maternal depression and child development at 3 years of age: a longitudinal study in a Brazilian child development promotion program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We tested the hypothesis that children of non-depressed mothers perform better in a developmental test at 3 years than children of depressed mothers.

Method

Longitudinal analysis from a trial to assess the impact of a child development promotion program in 30 Brazilian municipalities. Mothers and children were appraised at first-year post-partum, 1 and 3 years after enrollment. Child development was assessed through the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ3) and maternal depression through the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Crude and adjusted beta coefficients were obtained by linear regression before and after multiple imputation.

Results

In total, 2098 mother/child dyads were included and 8.2% of the mothers had persistent depressive symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Santos IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10920190 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature