Miyuki Mori, Toshie Nishigori, Yuka Ogata, Taeko Suzuki, Akiko Sato, Tsuyoshi Murata, Hyo Kyozuka, Akiko Yamaguchi, Hirohito Metoki, Yoshie Shinohara, Toshifumi Takahashi, Kosei Shinoki, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Keiya Fujimori, Seiji Yasumura, Koichi Hashimoto, Aya Goto, Hidekazu Nishigori
Maternal prenatal psychological distress, including depression and anxiety, may affect offspring's motor/cognitive development. However, research findings have been inconsistent. We used a dataset from the Japan Environment and Children's Study to evaluate associations between maternal six-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) scores and motor/cognitive development among offspring at two years of age. Their offspring's motor/cognitive development was assessed using the Kyoto Scale of Psychological Development 2001...
January 18, 2023: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease