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Maternal psychosocial factors around delivery on development of 2‐year‐old children: A prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Chuang ChaoHua,
Liao HuaFang,
Hsieh WuShiun,
Jeng SuhFang,
Su YiNing,
Chen PauChung
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01887.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , vitality , child development , confounding , cohort , prospective cohort study , cohort study , pediatrics , psychiatry , philosophy , theology , surgery , pathology
Aim: To explore whether maternal psychosocial factors around delivery are related to development of 2‐year‐old children. Methods: Pregnant women going to the hospital for delivery were recruited, and their children were observed at 24 months. A total of 186 mother–child dyads completed the measurement. Self‐report data of maternal psychosocial factors around delivery were selected from the Taiwanese version of the short‐form 36. The Comprehensive Developmental Inventory for Infants and Toddlers was completed by interviewers and the main care givers for the child at 2 years old. Results: Using the multiple linear regression analysis and adjusting for potential confounders, maternal vitality around delivery was found to have a significantly positive relationship with the whole Comprehensive Developmental Inventory for Infants and Toddlers ( P = 0.005) and self‐help development ( P = 0.001), but work stress had a significantly negative relationship with motor development (seldom, P = 0.050; always, P = 0.048). Conclusions: Maternal vitality around delivery was beneficial to a child's self‐help development, while work stress seemed to be an adverse effect on child's motor development in later life. It is important to improve the psychosocial health of pregnant women.