Prenatal Ultrasound Screening Effects on Maternal Representations and Infant Interaction

A clinical study of 38 pregnant women assessed the psychological and behavioral effects of false positive ultrasound soft marker screenings. The research, led by Sylvie Viaux‐Savelon of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, measured anxiety, depression, maternal representations, and mother-infant interactions at multiple points from the third trimester to two months postpartum. Data likely includes psychological scale scores and behavioral coding from videotaped interactions.

Use Cases

• Predicting mother-infant interaction quality based on maternal depression and representation scores from the third trimester.
• Analyzing the longitudinal trajectory of anxiety and depression scores in mothers following a false positive prenatal screening.
• Modeling the relationship between maternal intrusive behavior and infant avoidance in dyadic interactions.
• Comparing psychological outcomes between a case group with false positive soft markers and a matched control group.

Strengths

• Study design includes a matched control group of 19 women for comparison.
• Longitudinal data collected at three time points: third trimester, within one week postpartum, and two months postpartum.
• Mother-infant interactions were coded blindly using the standardized Coding Interactive Behavior (CIB) scales.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The sample size of 19 cases and 19 controls is relatively small for broad generalization.

Provenance

Source

Sylvie Viaux‐Savelon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Collection Method

Prospective case-control study derived from a group of 244 women undergoing ultrasound screening.

Time Range

Data collection occurred during pregnancy and up to two months postpartum; specific years are unknown.