Maternal depression and child development: Evidence from São Paulo’s Western Region Cohort Study

Brentani, Alexandra; Fink, Günther

doi:10.1590/1806-9282.62.06.524

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“…The heterogeneity between the studies regarding the measurement and categorization of maternal depression and child's age at exposure in the outcome made it impossible to demonstrate a combined estimate of the effects in meta-analysis, which could better explain the results. Regarding the quality of the selected studies, most presented a good performance in the evaluation performed, and only two 9,19 obtained scores below 10 points, out of a total of 15.…”

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“…Studies that met the inclusion criteria for this review were published between 2007 and 2019. From the total, five were carried out in middle-income countries [15][16][17][18][19] , four of them in Brazil and one in Mexico. Eleven were developed in high-income countries 9,12,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] , six of them conducted in the United States, two in Australia, two in the United Kingdom and one in Spain.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Regarding the design, in studies developed in middle-income countries, two were longitudinal 15,18 and three cross-sectional 16,17,19 . In high-income countries, six of the studies found were longitudinal [20][21][22][23]26,28 , one control case 9 and four cross-sectional 12,24,25,27 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In two of them, in addition to CES-D, other scales were used, depending on the moment of measurement: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) 18 and Depression Scale of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Short Form (CIDI-SF) 21 . EPDS was used uniquely in two other surveys 15,19 . For the evaluation of maternal depressive symptoms and anxiety, two studies used the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale -21 Items (DASS-21) 26,27 and one study evaluated them with two instruments separately: Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI) for depressive symptoms and The State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) to assess trait and state of anxiety 8 .…”

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“…Only two studies used different instruments: one used the weight for age index (W/A) 15 and the other, the weight for length index (W/L) 16 of the children. In most studies, anthropometric measurements were performed by trained interviewers, but two studies do not report the method 9,19 and, in one study, the measurements were taken from medical records 25 .…”

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Systematic review: Symptoms of parental depression and anxiety and offspring overweight

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the existing literature on the association between parents’ depression and anxiety and their influence on their children’s weight during childhood, identifying possible mechanisms involved in this association. METHODS: A systematic search of the literature was conducted in the PubMed, PsycINFO and SciELO databases, using the following descriptors: (maternal OR mother* OR parent* OR paternal OR father) AND (“common mental disorder” OR “mental health” OR “mental disorder” OR “depressive disorder” OR depress* OR anxiety OR “anxiety disorder”) AND (child* OR pediatric OR offspring) AND (overweight OR obes* OR “body mass index” OR BMI). A total of 1,187 articles were found after peer selection. RESULTS: In total, 16 articles that met the inclusion criteria were selected for the review. Most of them investigated depressive symptoms and only three, symptoms of maternal anxiety. The evaluated studies suggested a positive association between symptoms of maternal depression and higher risk of childhood obesity. The results diverged according to the chronicity of depressive symptoms (episodic or recurrent depression) and income of the investigated country (high or middle income). Mechanisms were identified passing by quality of parenthood, affecting behaviors related to physical activity and child-feeding, as mediators of the association. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude there is evidence of a positive relationship between the occurrence of maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety and childhood obesity. It is emphasized the need for a better understanding on the effect of depressive symptoms and the contextual factors involved in this relationship so that effective intervention strategies can be implemented.

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confidence: 99%