ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2019
Maternal depression and primary healthcare use for children: a population-based cohort study in Denmark.
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- Maternal antenatal mental health and its associations with perinatal outcomes and the use of healthcare services in children from the NINFEA birth cohort study.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Children of parents with different severities of mental health conditions have higher risk of somatic morbidity: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Maternal perinatal depression and health services utilisation in the first 2 years of life: a cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Socioeconomic position and prediagnostic health care contacts in children with cancer in Denmark: a nationwide register study.BMC cancer · 2021Article
- Parental mental health conditions and use of healthcare services in children the first year of life- a register-based, nationwide study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Maternal depression and non-specific health complaints in the offspring: a cross-sectional study in Danish primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2021Article
- Maternal depression and primary healthcare use for children.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundDepression is a common mental illness worldwide. The offspring of a mother with depression has higher risk of developing mental and physical illness.
aimThis study aimed to investigate the association between the timing of maternal depression and the use of primary health care for the offspring. DESIGN AND
settingA population-based birth cohort study in Danish primary care using Danish national registers.
methodAll Danish children born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2013 (
resultsMaternal depression was associated with a higher use of primary health care for all three categories of depression. The strongest association was found for children of a mother with recent depression; they had 16% more contacts than children of a non-depressed mother (adjusted IRR = 1.16, 95% CI = 1.15 to 1.17), and 19-24% more positive infectious-related tests were found in this group.
conclusionExposure to maternal depression was associated with a significantly higher use of primary health care for the offspring for all exposure categories. These findings reveal that healthcare use is higher for the offspring exposed to maternal depression, even several years after expected remission. The higher ratio of positive tests indicates that exposed children are ill with infectious disease more often.
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