pdf: Feeling distressed during pregnancy associated with asthma symptoms during childhood

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Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health

(CCCEH) reported links between prenatal maternal demoralization and

childhood asthma-like symptoms assessed prospectively using the

Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Instrument-Demoralization Scale

(PERI-D). This scale is a validated indicator of emotional well-being

and burden of stress among minority and immigrant populations. Prenatal

demoralization scores were significantly higher among mothers of

transient (wheeze before age 3) and persistent wheezers (wheeze from 3

months to age 5) when compared to children without reported wheeze at

age 5. While somewhat similar findings have been reported in

non-minority populations, this study is the first to report an

association between a stress indicator and wheeze in minority

populations....

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