Maternal childhood and lifetime traumatic life events and infant bronchiolitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Viral bronchiolitis is a common respiratory infection that often affects term, otherwise healthy infants. A small literature suggests maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with bronchiolitis. However, the association between maternal exposure to lifetime traumatic stress, including traumatic events occurring in childhood or throughout the life course, and bronchiolitis has not been studied previously.

Objectives

To investigate the association between maternal exposure to total lifetime and childhood traumatic stress events and infant bronchiolitis.

Methods

We studied mother-infant dyads enrolled in a prospective prenatal cohort, recruited 2006-2011, and Tennessee Medicaid. During pregnancy, we assessed maternal lifetime exposure to types of traumat

SUBMITTER: Adgent MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660418 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature