ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Depressive Symptoms in Fathers during the First Postpartum Year: The Influence of Severity of Preterm Birth, Parenting Stress and Partners' Depression.
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- What Makes Parents of Young Children Stressed? A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of support interventions for improving well-being outcomes in parents of preterm infants: an umbrella review protocol.JBI evidence synthesis · 2026Article
- Fathers at risk: Effects of threatened and actual preterm birth on the course of paternal peripartum depression and anxiety.PloS one · 2026Observational
- Postpartum Mental Health Problems in the Mothers of Very, Moderately and Late Preterm Infants During and After COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Comparison Study and Possible Risk Factors.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- A Compassion-Focused Approach to Support Parents After Preterm Birth.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Review
- Understanding and addressing mental health challenges of families admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Review
- Paternal and Maternal Speech at 3 Months Postpartum: An Exploratory Study on the Effect of Parental Role and Birth Weight.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Postpartum Depression in Fathers: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The posttraumatic growth of fathers of preterm infants: protocol for a qualitative study in China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Reliability and validity of the Chinese post-discharge coping difficulty scale-parent form in parents of premature infants: a multicenter cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Although preterm birth constitutes a risk factor for postpartum depressive symptomatology, perinatal depression (PND) has not been investigated extensively in fathers of very low (VLBW) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. This study explored paternal depression levels at 3, 9, and 12 months of infant corrected age, investigating also the predictive role played by the severity of prematurity, maternal and paternal PND levels, and parenting stress. We recruited 153 fathers of 33 ELBW, 42 VLBW, and 78 full-term (FT) infants, respectively. Depression was investigated by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and distress by the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form-PSI-SF (Total and subscales: Parental Distress, Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction, and Difficult Child). ELBW fathers showed a significant decrease (improvement) in EPDS, total PSI-SF, and Parental Distress mean scores after 3 months. Paternal EPDS scores at 12 months were significantly predicted by VLBW and FT infants' birth weight categories, fathers' EPDS scores at 3 and 9 months, Parent-Child Dysfunctional Interaction subscale at 3 months, and Difficult Child subscale at 9 months. This study strengthens the relevance of including early routine screening and parenting support for fathers in perinatal health services, with particular attention to fathers who might be more vulnerable to mental health difficulties due to severely preterm birth.
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