Pediatric gastrointestinal disorders and relationship between mother and son

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the possible association between FGIDs in children≥4 years old and maternal/infantscoping skills during the 1 months of life.49 couples mother have been subjected to a psychological eval-uation after the childbirth and during the first months of infant’slifewiththeuseofthesespecifictests:EdinburghPostnatalDepres-sion Scale (EPDS), the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), the Italianquestionnaires on temperament (QUIT) and the Emotional Avail-ability Scales (EAS). At 4 year of age, the same mother have beeninterviewed about infant’s gastrointestinal symptoms to diagnoseFIGDs according to Roma III criteria.Of the 49 children (27 male and 22 female), 11 present FIGDs(prevalence of 22.4%) and functional constipation was the mostdiagnosed disease (prevalence of 8.2%). No relationship was found between maternal attachment, postnatal depression and emotional availability and FIGDs at 4 years. There is a statisticallyrelevant relationship between infants positive emotions orien-tated character and absence of FIGDs in 4 years children (t=2.062;p=0.045).These data do not suggest a strong relationship between poor coping parental skills and FGIDs in childhood. Intervention on parents might not play an important role for modulation of functional symptoms in offspring