Associations between maternal mental health and early child wheezing in a South African birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wheezing in early childhood is common and has been identified in high-income countries (HIC) as associated with maternal antenatal or postnatal psychosocial risk factors. However, the association between maternal mental health and childhood wheezing has not been well studied in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), such as South Africa.

Methods

A total of 1137 pregnant women over 18 year old, between 20 and 28 weeks' gestation, and attending either of two catchment area clinics were enrolled in a South African parent study, the Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS). Psychosocial risk factors including maternal depression, psychological distress, early adversity, and intimate partner violence (IPV), were measured antenatally and postnatally by validated questionn

SUBMITTER: MacGinty RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001799 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature