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Karen Amaral Tavares Pinheiro - Universidade Católica de Pelotas

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un<strong>de</strong>rwent prenatal follow-up, and the inclusion criteria inclu<strong>de</strong>d the following specifications:<br />

more than 18 years old, living in the urban area, not taking anti<strong>de</strong>pressants or mood regulators<br />

and capable of un<strong>de</strong>rstanding and completing the neuropsychiatric questionnaires in the<br />

postpartum period. Between 60 to 90 days after <strong>de</strong>livery, the women were re-interviewed at<br />

home and provi<strong>de</strong>d blood for NGF, BDNF, and IL-6 <strong>de</strong>termination and saliva for cortisol<br />

analyses. Cortisol was measured using salivary levels in both mothers and infants. In the 4 th<br />

month of life, infants were evaluated for neurobiological - motor <strong>de</strong>velopment. All women<br />

answered a confi<strong>de</strong>ntial self-administered questionnaire that inclu<strong>de</strong>d questions about<br />

socioeconomic conditions, age, previous psychiatric treatment, use of psychoactive drugs in<br />

the past, previous suici<strong>de</strong> attempts, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, living with the<br />

father and the type of <strong>de</strong>livery.<br />

PPADs (<strong>de</strong>pression, hypomanic/manic and mixed episo<strong>de</strong>) and anxiety disor<strong>de</strong>rs were<br />

assessed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI Portuguese - version<br />

5.0 Plus) (29). MINI is a short structured interview that is compatible with DSM-IV criteria. It<br />

establishes a dichotomic variable for the presence or absence of PPAD.<br />

Stressful life events (SLEs) were assessed by means of six questions obtained from<br />

life events and coping scales (30). The women were questioned in the postpartum period<br />

about the following issues during the gestational period: the <strong>de</strong>ath of someone in the family,<br />

grave sickness, a change of address, unemployment, disengagement and the risk of abortion.<br />

The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) was used to evaluate the infants’<br />

neurobiological -motor <strong>de</strong>velopment (31). The AIMS, which is an observational assessment<br />

scale, is <strong>de</strong>signed to measure gross motor maturation in infants from birth through<br />

in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt walking (18 months). Based on the literature, 58 items were generated and<br />

organized into four positions: prone, supine, sitting and standing. Each item <strong>de</strong>scribes three<br />

aspects of motor performance: weight-bearing, posture and antigravity movements. Each

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