Parental psychological well-being and cognitive development of very low birth weight infants at 2 years

: Mira Huhtala, Riikka Korja, Liisa Lehtonen, Leena Haataja, Helena Lapinleimu, Petriina Munck, Päivi Rautava; the PIPARI Study Group

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

: 2011

: Acta Paediatrica

: ACTA PAEDIATRICA

: ACTA PAEDIATR

: 12

: 100

: 12

: 1555

: 1560

: 6

: 0803-5253

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02428.x

Conclusion: Even if the fathers of VLBW infants experienced depressive symptoms less often than the mothers, the ability of the fathers to cope was significantly associated with the cognitive development of the infant. In addition, the fathers reported more parenting stress if the infant had a cognitive delay. The mothers reported more parenting stress related to accepting the VLBW infant with cognitive delay.

Gynaecology and paediatrics