Asthma Severity and Control and Their Association With Perinatal Mental Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Growing evidence suggests asthma increases perinatal mental illness risk, but few studies have explored the impact of asthma severity and control. Our objective was to explore the association between asthma severity and control and perinatal mental illness risk and the impact of asthma exacerbations during pregnancy on postpartum mental illness risk.

Methods

This was a population-based retrospective cohort study of all women in Ontario, Canada, from 2005 to 2015 with a singleton live birth who used public drug insurance, excluding women with recent history of mental illness. We constructed modified Poisson regression models to assess the risk of perinatal mental illness, defined as a mood or anxiety, psychotic or substance use disorder, self-harm or other mental il

SUBMITTER: Aker AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8978216 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature