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Infantile colic, prolonged crying and maternal postnatal depression |
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| Authors: | Torstein Vik Veit Grote Joauqín Escribano Jerzy Socha Elvira Verduci Michaela Fritsch Clotilde Carlier Rüdiger von Kries Berthold Koletzko for the European Childhood Obesity Trial Study Group |
| Institution: | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany; Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany; Pediatric Unit, School of Medicine, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain; Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Pediatrics, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Italy; UniversitéLibre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Colic Depression Infant Maternal Postnatal |