ArticleBMJ open2022
Postnatal maternal depressive symptoms and behavioural outcomes in term-born and preterm-born toddlers: a longitudinal UK community cohort study.
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- A group psychological intervention for postnatal depression in British mothers of South Asian origin - the ROSHNI-2 RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Trial
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- From microbes to milestones: Gut bacterial abundances and functional pathways associate with neurodevelopment following preterm birth.Gut microbiology · 2026Article
- Neonatal brain structure, cognitively stimulating parenting and behavioural outcomes in preschool children with congenital heart disease and controls.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Exploring factors influencing mother-infant interaction trajectories post-NICU discharge in low-birth-weight infants during COVID-19 in China: a longitudinal qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Does Infant Temperament Moderate the Relationship between Very Low Birth Weight and Behavioral Problems Over Six years?Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Optimal presence: enhancing parent integration to maximize neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2024Review
- Clinical, socio-demographic, and parental correlates of early autism traits in a community cohort of toddlers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Maternal depressive symptoms, neonatal white matter, and toddler social-emotional development.Translational psychiatry · 2022Article
- Maternal Interaction With Infants Among Women at Elevated Risk for Postpartum Depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo 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
participantsData 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
resultsHigher maternal EPDS scores were associated with toddlers' higher CBCL (B=0.93, 95% CI 0.43 to 1.44, p<0.001, f
conclusionsOur findings indicate that children whose mothers reported increased depressive symptoms in the early postnatal period, including subclinical symptoms, exhibit more parent-reported behavioural problems in toddlerhood. These associations were independent of gestational age. Further research is needed to confirm the clinical significance of these findings.
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