Maternal postpartum depressive symptoms partially mediate the association between preterm birth and mental and behavioral disorders in children.

ABSTRACT: Preterm birth has been linked with postpartum depressive (PPD) disorders and high symptom levels, but evidence remains conflicting and limited in quality. It remains unclear whether PPD symptoms of mothers with preterm babies were already elevated before childbirth, and whether PPD symptoms mediate/aggravate the effect of preterm birth on child mental disorders. We examined whether preterm birth associated with maternal PPD symptoms, depressive symptoms trajectories from antenatal to postpartum stage, and whether PPD symptoms mediated/aggravated associations between preterm birth and child mental disorders. Mothers of preterm (n = 125) and term-born (n = 3033) children of the Prediction and Prevention of Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction study reported depressive symptoms fo

SUBMITTER: Girchenko P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8766431 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature