title: [Psychomotor development in offspring of mothers with post partum depression].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Postpartum depression (PPD) has adverse effects on psychomotor development of the offspring.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the relationship between PPD and psychomotor development in children aged 18 months, consulting in primary care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study with 360 infants and their mothers. Children had their psychomotor evaluation at l8 months and mothers completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at 4 and 12 weeks postpartum. The prevalence of both PPD and psychomotor alteration was estimated. The association between PPD and psychomotor alteration, including confounding variables, was estimated through logistic multiple regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of PPD and psychomotor alteration was 29 and 16%, respectively Mothers with PPD had twice the probability of having an offspring with psychomotor alteration (Odds ratio = 2.0, confidence intervals = 1.07-3.68). This probability was significantly higher among single mothers or those with an unstable partner.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PPD has a detrimental impact on psychomotor development of children.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
authors.forename: Loreto
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Podestá L
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Legüe C
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bustos
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barría P
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult