Is very low infant birth weight a predictor for a five-year course of depression in parents? A latent growth curve model
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Is very low infant birth weight a predictor for a five-year course of depression in parents? A latent growth curve model. / Barkmann, Claus; Helle, Nadine; Bindt, Carola.
In: J AFFECT DISORDERS, Vol. 229, 15.03.2018, p. 415-420.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Is very low infant birth weight a predictor for a five-year course of depression in parents? A latent growth curve model
AU - Barkmann, Claus
AU - Helle, Nadine
AU - Bindt, Carola
N1 - Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/3/15
Y1 - 2018/3/15
N2 - BACKGROUND: A very low birth weight (VLBW) is considered as a significant risk factor for early-onset developmental problems in infants, but is also discussed as a potential risk factor for the development of depressive symptoms in affected parents.METHODS: In this study, the 5-year courses of maternal and paternal depression with VLBW and term born infants (n = 250 families) are modeled and predicted by factors existing at the time of birth.RESULTS: The dyadic trajectories of depression could be best described by five classes (I no depression, II minor maternal depression, III increasing dyadic depression, IV significant maternal depression, V highly depressed mothers). VLBW was a significant predictor for the course of parental depression - even under control of preexisting psychiatric disorders and other confounders. Interaction effects and a dose-response relationship were not existent.LIMITATIONS: Class IV and V had to be merged for the prediction analysis, a missing bias could not be ruled out, and families with a low birth weight (between 2500 and 1500g) were not included.CONCLUSIONS: The results are well in line with what is known from studies so far, suggesting that maternal and paternal trajectories of depression show distinctable patterns which are associated with a VLBW. An early screening of mothers and fathers of a VLBW infant seems reasonable to prevent the development of a depression in parents and further difficulties for the child.
AB - BACKGROUND: A very low birth weight (VLBW) is considered as a significant risk factor for early-onset developmental problems in infants, but is also discussed as a potential risk factor for the development of depressive symptoms in affected parents.METHODS: In this study, the 5-year courses of maternal and paternal depression with VLBW and term born infants (n = 250 families) are modeled and predicted by factors existing at the time of birth.RESULTS: The dyadic trajectories of depression could be best described by five classes (I no depression, II minor maternal depression, III increasing dyadic depression, IV significant maternal depression, V highly depressed mothers). VLBW was a significant predictor for the course of parental depression - even under control of preexisting psychiatric disorders and other confounders. Interaction effects and a dose-response relationship were not existent.LIMITATIONS: Class IV and V had to be merged for the prediction analysis, a missing bias could not be ruled out, and families with a low birth weight (between 2500 and 1500g) were not included.CONCLUSIONS: The results are well in line with what is known from studies so far, suggesting that maternal and paternal trajectories of depression show distinctable patterns which are associated with a VLBW. An early screening of mothers and fathers of a VLBW infant seems reasonable to prevent the development of a depression in parents and further difficulties for the child.
KW - Adult
KW - Depression
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Infant, Newborn
KW - Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
KW - Male
KW - Parents
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.020
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 29331702
VL - 229
SP - 415
EP - 420
JO - J AFFECT DISORDERS
JF - J AFFECT DISORDERS
SN - 0165-0327
ER -