Maternal psychosocial factors around delivery on development of 2-year-old children: A prospective cohort study.
OBJECTIVE
To explore whether maternal psychosocial factors around delivery are related to development of 2-year-old children.


METHODS
Pregnant women going to the hospital for delivery were recruited, and their children were observed at 24 months. A total of 186 mother-child dyads completed the measurement. Self-report data of maternal psychosocial factors around delivery were selected from the Taiwanese version of the short-form 36. The Comprehensive Developmental Inventory for Infants and Toddlers was completed by interviewers and the main care givers for the child at 2 years old.


RESULTS
Using the multiple linear regression analysis and adjusting for potential confounders, maternal vitality around delivery was found to have a significantly positive relationship with the whole Comprehensive Developmental Inventory for Infants and Toddlers (P = 0.005) and self-help development (P = 0.001), but work stress had a significantly negative relationship with motor development (seldom, P = 0.050; always, P = 0.048).


CONCLUSIONS
Maternal vitality around delivery was beneficial to a child's self-help development, while work stress seemed to be an adverse effect on child's motor development in later life. It is important to improve the psychosocial health of pregnant women.
Department of Nursing, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan County, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chao-Hua
CH
Chuang
Hua-Fang
HF
Liao
Wu-Shiun
WS
Hsieh
Suh-Fang
SF
Jeng
Yi-Ning
YN
Su
Pau-Chung
PC
Chen
D002657:Child Development; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan