Maternal post-traumatic stress and depression symptoms and outcomes after NICU discharge in a low-income sample: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Having a preterm newborn and the experience of staying in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has the potential to impact a mother's mental health and overall quality of life. However, currently there are few studies that have examined the association of acute post-traumatic stress (PTS) and depression symptoms and infant and maternal outcomes in low-income populations.

Design/ methods

In a cross-sectional study, we examined adjusted associations between positive screens for PTS and depression using the Perinatal Post-traumatic stress Questionnaire (PPQ) and the Patient Health-Questionnaire 2 (PHQ-2) with outcomes using unconditional logistic and linear regression models.

Results

One hundred sixty-nine parents answered the questionnaire with 150 complet

SUBMITTER: Gateau K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7802207 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature