Parental mental health, socioeconomic position and the risk of asthma in children-a nationwide Danish register study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental mental illness affects child health. However, less is known about the impact of different severities of maternal depression and anxiety as well as other mental health conditions. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of different severities of maternal and paternal mental health conditions on child asthma.

Methods

This nationwide, register-based cohort study included all children in Denmark born from 2000 to 2014. Exposure was parental mental health conditions categorized in three severities: minor (treated at primary care settings), moderate (all ICD-10 F-diagnoses given at psychiatric hospital) and severe (diagnoses of severe mental illness). The children were followed from their third to sixth birthday. Child asthma was identified by pr

SUBMITTER: Heuckendorff S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8807069 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature