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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Rodriguez, Violeta J.
• Matseke, Gladys
• Cook, Ryan
• Bellinger, Seanna
• Weiss, Stephen M.
• Alcaide, Maria L.
• Peltzer, Karl
• Patton, Doyle
• Lopez, Maria
• Jones, Deborah L.

Titel

Infant Development and Pre- and Post-partum Depression in Rural South African HIV-Infected Women

Ist Teil von

• AIDS and behavior, 2018-06, Vol.22 (6), p.1766-1774

Ort / Verlag

New York: Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• HIV-exposed infants born to depressed women may be at risk for adverse developmental outcomes. Half of HIV-infected women in rural South Africa (SA) may suffer from pregnancy-related depression. This pilot study examined the impact of depression in HIV-infected women in rural SA on infant development. Mother-infant dyads (N = 69) were recruited in rural SA. Demographics, HIV disclosure, depression, male involvement, and alcohol use at baseline (18.35 ± 5.47 weeks gestation) were assessed. Male involvement, depression, infant HIV serostatus and development were assessed 12 months postnatally. Half of the women (age = 29 ± 5) reported depression prenatally and one-third reported depression postnatally. In multivariable logistic regression, not cohabiting with their male partner, nondisclosure of HIV status, and postnatal depression predicted cognitive delay; decreased prenatal male involvement predicted delayed gross motor development ( p s < 0.05). Assessing pregnancy-related depression among HIV-infected women and infant development and increasing male involvement may reduce negative developmental outcomes among HIV-exposed or infected infants.