Parent Mental Health From Preterm Birth Through the NICU Stay.
OBJECTIVES: Preterm birth and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission are not only extremely stressful for the infant itself but can also impact parental mental health. This Dutch national prospective cohort study aimed to describe the trajectory of parental mental health following preterm bir...
| Publicado en: | Pediatrics Vol. 158; no. 3; pp. 1 - 2 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Academy of Pediatrics
Sep2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=196601460&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 196601460 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00314005 PDT jtl: Pediatrics issn: 00314005 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2026 vid: 158 iid: 3 pid: 1659 pub: American Academy of Pediatrics place: Elk Grove Village, Illinois artinfo: ui: 196601460 196601460 196601460 10.1542/peds.2026-076477 196601460 ppf: 1 ppct: 1 formats: tig: atl: Parent Mental Health From Preterm Birth Through the NICU Stay. aug: au: Muller, Kirsten S. van Oers, Hedy A. Meesters, Naomi J. Obermann-Borst, Sylvia A. Aarnoudse-Moens, Cornelieke S. H. Tataranno, Maria Luisa Lopriore, Enrico Raets, Marlou M. A. van Ganzewinkel, Christ-Jan Dijk, Peter H. van den Akker, Chris H. P. de Boode, Willem P. Schuerman, Frank A. B. A. van Kaam, Anton H. Reiss, Irwin K. M. Simons, Sinno H. P. van den Bosch, Gerbrich E. Haverman, Lotte affil: Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Emma Children's Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychosocial Care, Amsterdam, the Netherlands sug: subj: Parents Psychosocial Factors Mental Health Childbirth, Premature Psychosocial Factors Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Infant, Hospitalized Psychosocial Factors Stress, Psychological Depression Etiology Human Netherlands Male Female Adult Prospective Studies Questionnaires Gestational Age Mothers Fathers Multicenter Studies Infant, Newborn Funding Source Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Mann-Whitney U Test Chi Square Test Fisher's Exact Test Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Confidence Intervals Depression Checklists Scales Parent-Child Relations Life Change Events Adaptation, Psychological Adult: 19-44 years Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month Male Female ab: OBJECTIVES: Preterm birth and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission are not only extremely stressful for the infant itself but can also impact parental mental health. This Dutch national prospective cohort study aimed to describe the trajectory of parental mental health following preterm birth (<29 weeks of gestation) and identify contributing factors for mothers and fathers separately. METHODS: As part of the "Happiness for the Improvement of Premature and Parental Outcome" study, parents completed questionnaires on posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms at 3 time points up to term-equivalent age. To determine potential contributing factors, additional questionnaires were completed to capture prenatal psychosocial history, family and birth-related factors, postnatal stressors, and protective factors. Data were analyzed using unstructured mixed-effects models and generalized least squares. RESULTS : Questionnaires were completed by 217 of 385 families (of 259/446 children). Clinically elevated posttraumatic stress symptoms peaked at term-equivalent age, affecting 35.1% of mothers and 16.4% of fathers. Clinically elevated depressive symptoms peaked at 1 to 2 weeks after birth in mothers (39.5%) and at term-equivalent age in fathers (24.3%). For both parents, prenatal psychosocial history and NICU-related parental stress were significant contributors to parental mental health. More neonatal stress exposure, having fewer children, and perceived social support were additional factors for fathers' mental health only. CONCLUSIONS: These findings illustrate the impact of preterm birth and NICU admission on parental mental health. Identification of shared and parent-specific risk factors is important to identify parents with the highest risk for adverse outcomes and provides opportunities for early interventions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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