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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 179-187Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq054
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anxiety; cardiology; depression; mental health; motherhood
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [N01-ES-85433] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [1 UO1 NS 047537-01] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective To examine the relationship between the severity of infants' congenital heart defects (CHD) and their mothers' symptoms of depression and anxiety from pregnancy to 18 months postpartum. Methods Mothers of infants with mild, moderate, or severe CHD (n = 162) and mothers (n = 44 400) within the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study were assessed with an eight-item short version (SCL-8) of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 at the 30th week of gestation and at 6 and 18 months postpartum. Results Only the postpartum mental health trajectory of mothers of infants with severe CHD deviated from the mental health trajectory of the cohort at 6 and 18 months postpartum, showing significantly elevated levels of depression and anxiety symptoms. Conclusions The results elucidate the relationship between infants' CHD severity and maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety, possibly identifying a specifically vulnerable patient dyad in need of postoperative interventions.
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