Infantile colic, prolonged crying and maternal postnatal depression

Aim:  To study if infant crying is associated with maternal postnatal depression. Methods:  Data from 1015 mothers and their children participating in a prospective European multicentre study were analysed. Infantile colic and prolonged crying were defined as excessive crying as reported by the moth...

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Published in:Acta Paediatrica 2009-08, Vol.98 (8), p.1344-1348
Main Authors: Vik, Torstein, Grote, Veit, Escribano, Joauqín, Socha, Jerzy, Verduci, Elvira, Fritsch, Michaela, Carlier, Clotilde, Kries, Rüdiger von, Koletzko, Berthold
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Colic
Cross-Sectional Studies
Crying - psychology
Depression
Depression, Postpartum - epidemiology
Depression, Postpartum - etiology
Female
General aspects
Humans
Infant
Infant Behavior
Logistic Models
Longitudinal Studies
Maternal
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Mood disorders
Mothers - psychology
Postnatal
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Risk Factors
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Summary:Aim:  To study if infant crying is associated with maternal postnatal depression. Methods:  Data from 1015 mothers and their children participating in a prospective European multicentre study were analysed. Infantile colic and prolonged crying were defined as excessive crying as reported by the mothers 2 and 6 months after delivery, and at the same time the mothers completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Results:  In cross‐sectional analyses, infant crying was associated with high EPDS scores both 2 (OR: 4.4; 95% CI: 2.4–8.2) and 6 months postpartum (OR: 10.8; 95% CI: 4.3–26.9). More than one‐third of the others of infants with prolonged crying had high EPDS scores 6 months postpartum. Longitudinal analyses showed that mothers of infants with colic had increased odds of having high EPDS scores 6 months after delivery even if crying had resolved (OR: 3.7; 95% CI: 1.4–10.1). Conclusion: Both infantile colic and prolonged crying were associated with high maternal depression scores. Most noteworthy, infantile colic at 2 months of age was associated with high maternal depression scores
 4 months later.
ISSN:0803-5253
1651-2227
DOI:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01317.x