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ArticleBMC psychiatry2020

Newborn Behavioral Observation, maternal stress, depressive symptoms and the mother-infant relationship: results from the Northern Babies Longitudinal Study (NorBaby).

Ragnhild Sørensen Høifødt, Dag Nordahl, Inger Pauline Landsem, Gábor Csifcsák, Agnes Bohne, Gerit Pfuhl, Kamilla Rognmo, Hanne C Braarud, Arnold Goksøyr, Vibeke Moe and 2 more

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02538497 (The Northern Babies Longitudinal Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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The Northern Babies Longitudinal Study: Predicting Postpartum Depression and Improving Parent-infant Interaction With The Newborn Behavioral Observation

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of TromsoRan2015 to 2018Enrolled350ConditionsDepression, PostpartumArmsThe Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO), Routine care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ragnhild Sørensen HøifødtDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. ragnhild.s.hoifodt@uit.no.ORCID 0000-0002-6807-8715
Dag NordahlDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Inger Pauline LandsemDivision of Child and Adolescent Health, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Gábor CsifcsákDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Agnes BohneDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Gerit PfuhlDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Kamilla RognmoDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Hanne C BraarudDepartment of Social Science, Faculty of Health and Social Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
Arnold GoksøyrDepartment of Social Science, Faculty of Health and Social Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
Vibeke MoeDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Kari SlinningRegional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health East and South, Oslo, Norway.
Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson WangDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
UiT The Arctic University of Norway · NOUniversity Hospital of North Norway · NOWestern Norway University of Applied Sciences · NOCenter for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway · NOUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

UiT The Arctic University of Norway (publication charge) IN-1096130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFamilies can experience the postpartum period as overwhelming and many report a special need for support. The Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO) aims to promote a positive parent-infant relationship by sensitising parents to the infant's signals. This article evaluates the NBO as a universal preventive intervention within the regular well-baby clinic service on measures of maternal depressive symptoms, parental stress, the mother-infant relationship and satisfaction/benefit of the postpartum follow-up.

methodsThis investigation is part of a larger longitudinal study comprising 220 women and 130 of their partners recruited between 2015 and 2017. The study had a non-randomised cluster-controlled design with 6 measurement points. This article is based on a sample of 196 women using data from T1 (gestational weeks 13-39), T4 (5-15 weeks postpartum) and T5 (3-9 months postpartum). Participants were allocated to a group receiving the NBO (n = 82) and a care as usual comparison group (n = 114). We measured maternal depressive symptoms and parental stress using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). The mother-infant relationship was assessed with the Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (PRFQ), the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale (MPAS) and the Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (MCQ). Participants also answered questions about satisfaction/benefit of the postpartum follow-up.

resultsA Mann-Whitney U test indicated that participants in the NBO-group learned significantly more than the comparison group from the follow-up about the baby's signals in relation to sleep/sleep patterns, social interaction and crying/fuzziness. Multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA) and repeated measures ANCOVA found no significant differences between the groups for the mother-infant relationship domain and few differences in depressive symptoms and parental stress. The repeated measures ANCOVA found that participants in the NBO-group scored slightly higher on parental stress, although the difference was small.

conclusionsThe results indicate that the NBO-group learned more than the comparison group about reading their child's signals in important everyday situations. However, the benefits of the NBO were limited for depressive symptoms, parental stress and self-reported mother-infant relationship. The study sample was generally well-functioning, and the results indicate that the benefits of the NBO may be limited within a well-functioning sample.

trial registrationClinicalTrials, NCT02538497, Registered 2 September 2015.

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Depression, PostpartumMothersBehavior Observation TechniquesChildDepressionFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLongitudinal StudiesMother-Child RelationsParentingInterventionMother-infant relationshipNewborn behavioral observationParenting stressPostpartum depression

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PMID32539729
PMCPMC7294655
OpenAlexW3035025547

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