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Maternal Anxiety and Depression and Development of Prematurely Born Infants in the First Year of Life

2008; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s1138741600004601

1988-2904

Ana Emília Vita Carvalho, Francisco Eulógio Martinez, Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares,

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

The purpose of this study was: (a) to assess and to compare anxiety and depression symptoms in mothers of pre-term neonates during hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, after discharge, and at the end of the infants' first year of life; and (b) to assess the child's development at 12 months of chronological corrected age (CCA). Thirty-six mothers, with no psychiatric antecedents assessed with the SCID-NP, were evaluated by STAI and BDI. The infants were assessed with Bayley-II Scales. There was a significant decrease in clinical symptoms of state-anxiety in mothers (p = .008), comparing the period during hospitalization and after discharge of the infants. Clinical symptoms of anxiety and depression were observed in 20% of the mothers at the end of the infants' first year of age. The majority of the infants exhibited normal development on Bayley-II at 12 months CCA; however, 25% of the infants displayed cognitive problems and 40% motor problems. The mothers' anxiety and depression symptoms decreased at the end of the first year of life of the pre-term infants and the children showed predominately normal development at this phase.