Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Aug;35(7):768-77. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp109. Epub 2009 Dec 2.
The aims of this study were to describe the mental health of parents of children born very preterm and examine relations between parental mental health and early social-emotional development in very preterm and term born children.
Participants were 177 children born very preterm and 69 children term born and their parents. At 2 year's corrected age for the children, parental mental health was assessed using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), and child social-emotional development assessed using the Infant-Toddler Social-Emotional Assessment (ITSEA) and a structured parent-child interaction paradigm.
Twenty-six per cent of parents of children born very preterm and 12% of parents of term born children reported clinically significant mental health problems. Parental mental health problems were associated with increased risk for dysregulation in very preterm and term children.
Findings highlight the need to identify and support parents of children born very preterm with mental health difficulties.
本研究旨在描述极早产儿父母的心理健康状况，并探讨极早产儿和足月产儿童的父母心理健康与早期社会情感发展之间的关系。
研究对象为 177 名极早产儿和 69 名足月产儿童及其父母。在儿童 2 年校正年龄时，使用一般健康问卷（GHQ-28）评估父母的心理健康状况，使用婴儿-学步儿社会情感评估（ITSEA）和结构化的亲子互动范式评估儿童的社会情感发展。
26%的极早产儿父母和 12%的足月产儿童父母报告存在临床显著的心理健康问题。父母的心理健康问题与极早产儿和足月产儿童的失调风险增加有关。
研究结果强调了需要识别和支持极早产儿父母的心理健康问题。
