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Infantile colic, prolonged crying and maternal postnatal depression
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Aim: To study if infant crying is associated with maternal postnatal depression. Methods: Data from 1015 mothers and their children participating in a prospective European multicentre study were analysed. Infantile colic and prolonged crying were defined as excessive crying as reported by the mothers 2 and 6 months after delivery, and at the same time the mothers completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Results: In cross‐sectional analyses, infant crying was associated with high EPDS scores both 2 (OR: 4.4; 95% CI: 2.4–8.2) and 6 months postpartum (OR: 10.8; 95% CI: 4.3–26.9). More than one‐third of the others of infants with prolonged crying had high EPDS scores 6 months postpartum. Longitudinal analyses showed that mothers of infants with colic had increased odds of having high EPDS scores 6 months after delivery even if crying had resolved (OR: 3.7; 95% CI: 1.4–10.1). Conclusion: Both infantile colic and prolonged crying were associated with high maternal depression scores. Most noteworthy, infantile colic at 2 months of age was associated with high maternal depression scores 4 months later.
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- Authors
- Vik, T., Grote, V., Escribano, J., Socha, J., Verduci, E., Fritsch, M., Carlier, C., Kries, R. V., Koletzko, B., & for the European Childhood Obesity Trial Study Group
- Venue
- Acta Paediatrica
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-07
- Volume
- 98
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1344-1348
- ISSN
- 0365-1436 (ISSN-L)
- 0803-5253
- 1651-2227
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- W2101862113
- Cited by
- 183
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 21.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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