Postnatal maternal depressive symptoms and behavioural outcomes in term-born and preterm-born toddlers: a longitudinal UK community cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association between maternal depressive symptoms in the immediate postnatal period and offspring's behavioural outcomes in a large cohort of term-born and preterm-born toddlers.

Design and participants

Data were drawn from the Developing Human Connectome Project. Maternal postnatal depressive symptoms were assessed at term-equivalent age, and children's outcomes were evaluated at a median corrected age of 18.4 months (range 17.3-24.3).

Exposure and outcomes

Preterm birth was defined as <37 weeks completed gestation. Maternal depressive symptoms were assessed with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Toddlers' outcome measures were parent-rated Child Behaviour Checklist 1^1/2-5 Total (CBCL) and Quantitative Checklist for

SUBMITTER: Kleine I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9438072 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature