Development of preterm infants and mothers' emotional indicators/ Desenvolvimento de bebes nascidos pre-termo e indicadores emocionais maternos

• Published in: Psicologia, reflexão e crítica Vol. 21; no. 1; p. 33
• Main Authors: De Fraga, Daniele Abruzzi, Linhares, Maria Beatriz Ma, Carvalho, Ana Emilia Vita, Ma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (JFRGS) 01.03.2008
• ISSN: 0102-7972; 1678-7153

The aim of this longitudinal study was to compare the developmental outcomes of preterm infants allocated into two different groups taking into account the presence (G1) or lack (G2) of mothers' anxiety and depression symptoms during the neonatal period of the babies. The sample was based on 32 preterm infants who had a psychological follow up from the NICU internship period the end of first year of life. Group 1 included 11 infants and mothers with clinical anxiety and depression symptoms and Group 2 included 21 infants and mothers without clinical symptoms (control group). The infants were assessed by the Denver-II Test and Infant Scale of Development and Behavior and the mothers by the Inventory State- Trait Anxiety and Beck Depression Inventory. The children of both groups showed indicators of development on the first year of life classified as normal, regardless of the anxiety and depression symptoms of their mothers. Keywords: Preterm; maternal anxiety; maternal depression. O objetivo do presente estudo longitudinal foi comparar o desenvolvimento de criancas nascidas pre-termo, em dois grupos diferenciados quanto a presenca (G1) ou ausencia (G2) de sintomas de ansiedade e depressao materna no periodo neonatal do bebe. A amostra foi composta por 32 criancas nascidas pre-termo, atendidas em seguimento psicologico desde a internacao na UTI Neonatal ate o final do primeiro ano de vida, sendo 11 do G1 e 21 do G2. Foram aplicados o Teste de Denver-II e a Escala do Desenvolvimento do Comportamento da Crianca com as criancas, e o Inventario de Ansiedade Traco-Estado e o Inventario de Depressao Beck com as maes. As criancas de ambos os grupos apresentaram indicadores de desenvolvimento no primeiro ano de vida classificados como Normal, independentemente da presenca de ansiedade e depressao materna. Palavras-chave: Pre-termo; ansiedade materna; depressao materna.