Nastassja Koen1, Kirsty Brittain2, Kirsten A Donald3, Whitney Barnett2, Sheri Koopowitz1, Karen Maré1, Heather J Zar2, Dan J Stein1. 1. Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town. 2. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town. 3. Division of Developmental Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between maternal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and infant development in a South African birth cohort. METHOD: Data from the Drakenstein Child Health Study were analyzed. Maternal psychopathology was assessed using self-report and clinician-administered interviews; and 6-month infant development using the Bayley III Scales of Infant Development. Linear regression analyses explored associations between predictor and outcome variables. RESULTS: Data from 111 mothers and 112 infants (1 set of twins) were included. Most mothers (72%) reported lifetime trauma exposure; the lifetime prevalence of PTSD was 20%. Maternal PTSD was significantly associated with poorer fine motor and adaptive behavior - motor development; the latter remaining significant when adjusted for site, alcohol dependence, and infant head-circumference-for-age z score at birth. CONCLUSION: Maternal PTSD may be associated with impaired infant neurodevelopment. Further work in low- and middle-income populations may improve early childhood development in this context. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between maternal posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and infant development in a South African birth cohort. METHOD: Data from the Drakenstein Child Health Study were analyzed. Maternal psychopathology was assessed using self-report and clinician-administered interviews; and 6-month infant development using the Bayley III Scales of Infant Development. Linear regression analyses explored associations between predictor and outcome variables. RESULTS: Data from 111 mothers and 112 infants (1 set of twins) were included. Most mothers (72%) reported lifetime trauma exposure; the lifetime prevalence of PTSD was 20%. Maternal PTSD was significantly associated with poorer fine motor and adaptive behavior - motor development; the latter remaining significant when adjusted for site, alcohol dependence, and infant head-circumference-for-age z score at birth. CONCLUSION: Maternal PTSD may be associated with impaired infant neurodevelopment. Further work in low- and middle-income populations may improve early childhood development in this context. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).
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