Background Preterm birth does not only affect infants but also represents an unexpected
and traumatic event for parents. There are few reports on parenting stress during early …

Objective Previous studies suggest that maternal postpartum mental health issues may have
an impact on parenting and child development in preterm infants, but have often not …

Objective To measure levels of parenting stress and postnatal depression in mothers of very
preterm infants in comparison with mothers of infants born at term is the objective of this …

Background: Perinatal depression (PND) in mothers and fathers of very low and extremely
low birth weight (VLBW and ELBW) infants has not been studied extensively. In particular …

Objective Mothers of infants born very preterm (VPT) are at high risk of mental health
difficulties. However, less is known about the course of fathers' depressive and anxiety …

Objective To examine trajectories of psychological distress in mothers of children born very
preterm (VPT,< 30 weeks gestation) and full term from 2 to 13 years after the birth, and …

Objective Mothers of children born very preterm (VP) are at increased risk of developing
postnatal depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. However, mental health …

Introduction: Moderate preterm infants, born between 320/7 and 336/7 weeks, represent a
significant number of preterm-born infants; however, they remain a poorly studied group …

Objective To examine levels of parenting stress in mothers of preterm and term infants when
the children were 2 years old; to determine the trajectory of stress over three time periods …

Objective: Animal studies have shown sex differences in the impact of prenatal maternal
stress on the offspring. The aim of this prospective case-control study was to assess the …