Association between maternal depression and wheezing in preschool children

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess whether maternal depression was associatedwith recurrent wheezing attacks in preschool children. A case-control studywas conducted involving 51 preschool children who were hospitalized dueto wheezing attacks and 50 age-matched healthy subjects. Sociodemographiccharacteristics of the children and their mothers were investigated. The Beckdepression inventory was administered to the mothers. In the case group, theanthropometric measurements were determined to be significantly lower thanin the control group (p