TY - JOUR
T1 - The first three years
T2 - The association of early postpartum depressive symptoms with infant and toddler development
AU - Glasser, Saralee
AU - Uziel, Moshe
AU - Wagman, Shir
AU - Zaworbach, Hani
AU - Ferber, Yona
AU - Levinson, Daphna
AU - Lerner-Geva, Liat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
PY - 2024/3/1
Y1 - 2024/3/1
N2 - Background: The influence of postpartum depression (PPD) on child development has been a source of professional interest and practical relevance. Objective: This study investigated the association of early PPD symptoms with developmental domains. Design and method: This historical cohort study included 574,282 children attending Mother Child Healthcare Centers in Israel from January 1, 2014 to July 31, 2020, who underwent at least one developmental screening examination by public health nurses up to age 36 months, and whose mothers completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) postnatally. Developmental milestone tasks included four domains: fine and gross motor, language/communication, and social/behavioral. Results: The rate of failure to complete age-appropriate tasks was higher among children whose mothers had scored ≥ 10 on the EPDS on the majority of tasks in every domain. Discussion: This large population-based study has demonstrated the association between early maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and failure to meet developmental milestones across domains, until three years. Recommendations for practice focus on the mother, the child, and health policy.
AB - Background: The influence of postpartum depression (PPD) on child development has been a source of professional interest and practical relevance. Objective: This study investigated the association of early PPD symptoms with developmental domains. Design and method: This historical cohort study included 574,282 children attending Mother Child Healthcare Centers in Israel from January 1, 2014 to July 31, 2020, who underwent at least one developmental screening examination by public health nurses up to age 36 months, and whose mothers completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) postnatally. Developmental milestone tasks included four domains: fine and gross motor, language/communication, and social/behavioral. Results: The rate of failure to complete age-appropriate tasks was higher among children whose mothers had scored ≥ 10 on the EPDS on the majority of tasks in every domain. Discussion: This large population-based study has demonstrated the association between early maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and failure to meet developmental milestones across domains, until three years. Recommendations for practice focus on the mother, the child, and health policy.
KW - Postpartum depression
KW - fine motor development
KW - gross motor development
KW - language/communication development
KW - social/behavioral development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85180264551&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/phn.13272
DO - 10.1111/phn.13272
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C2 - 38131107
AN - SCOPUS:85180264551
SN - 0737-1209
VL - 41
SP - 274
EP - 286
JO - Public Health Nursing
JF - Public Health Nursing
IS - 2
ER -