Maternal anxiety about a child's diabetes risk in the TEDDY study: the potential role of life stress, postpartum depression, and risk perception - UTU Research Portal

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Maternal anxiety about a child's diabetes risk in the TEDDY study: the potential role of life stress, postpartum depression, and risk perception

Authors: Roth R, Lynch K, Lernmark B, Baxter J, Simell T, Smith L, Swartling U, Ziegler AG, Johnson SB

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

Publication year: 2015

Journal: Pediatric Diabetes

Journal name in source: PEDIATRIC DIABETES

Journal acronym: PEDIATR DIABETES

Volume: 16

Issue: 4

First page : 287

Last page: 298

Number of pages: 12

ISSN: 1399-543X

eISSN: 1399-5448

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pedi.12168

Abstract

ConclusionHeightened maternal anxiety in response to the news that a child is at increased risk for T1D is common. Mothers who have experienced recent negative LE, who experience PD and who accurately understand their child's risk may be particularly vulnerable to high levels of anxiety. The findings reported here need to be confirmed in future prospective studies.