Maternal depression related to infant's wheezing

To cite this article: Lefevre F, Moreau D, Sémon E, Kalaboka S, Annesi‐Maesano I, Just J. Maternal depression related to infant’s wheezing. Pediatric Allergy Immunology 2011; 22: 608–613. Objective: To assess whether maternal psychological status is related to infant’s wheezing. Study design: In a case–control study conducted in Paris in cases aged less than 36 months suffering from wheezing and matched healthy controls, mothers filled a standardized questionnaire on child’s health and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y‐B and the Beck Depression Inventory short form. Cases underwent also routine clinical and biological assessments. The statistical analysis used the propensity score analysis to control for selection bias. Results: Hundred and thirty‐eight wheezers and hundred and nine controls participated in the study. After adjustment for confounders, maternal depressive symptoms at the period of the survey according to the Beck Inventory were more significantly found in the cases than in others (p