Association between maternal antenatal depression and infant development: a hospital-based prospective cohort study

Table 2 Antenatal and postnatal maternal depression and infant development

Maternal depression/infant development	Median (IQR), n (%)
Maternal depression
Antenatal EPDS^a
Total score	1 (0–3)
≤8	145 (94.2)
≥9	9 (5.8)
Postnatal EPDS^b
Total score	3 (1–6)
≤8	133 (86.4)
≥9	21 (13.6)
Infant development^c
BSID-II mental development index (MDI)	90 (88–94)
BSID-II psychomotor development index (PDI)	88 (82–97)

BSID-II Bayley Scales of Infant Development II, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
^aMaternal depression between the second and the third trimesters (23–35 gestational weeks)
^bMaternal depression after delivery (1–4 months)
^cInfant development at 6 months (from 5 months and 16 days to 6 months and 15 days after birth)

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