Maternal depression and childhood injury risk: A population-based cohort study in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To assess the association between different stages of maternal depression and injury risk in offspring aged 0-10 years.

Methods

Population-based cohort study of all live-born children in Denmark from 1 January 1997 until 31 December 2013 (n = 1,064,387). Main outcome measure was emergency department contacts with a main diagnosis of injury coded as DS00-DT98 (chapter XIX) according to the ICD-10. All information was obtained from Danish national registries.

Results

Maternal depression was associated with higher injury hazard in the offspring throughout childhood compared to offspring of mothers with no history of depression. The strongest association was seen for the first year of life. First-time maternal depression was most strongly associated with injury in th

SUBMITTER: Lyngsoe BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994683 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature