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Education Outcomes of Children Born Late Preterm: A Retrospective Whole-Population Cohort Study.
- Source :
- Maternal & Child Health Journal; May2022, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p1126-1141, 16p, 1 Diagram, 8 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background: Early life exposures can have an impact on a child's developmental trajectory and children born late preterm (34–36 weeks gestational age) are increasingly recognized to have health and developmental setbacks that extend into childhood. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess whether late preterm birth was associated with poorer developmental and educational outcomes in the early childhood period, after controlling for health and social factors. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using administrative databases housed at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, including all children born late preterm (34–36 weeks gestational age (GA)) and at full-term (39–41 weeks GA) between 2000 and 2005 in urban Manitoba (N = 28,100). Logistic regression was used to examine the association between gestational age (GA) and outcomes, after adjusting for covariates. Results: Adjusted analyses demonstrated that children born late preterm had a higher prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (aOR = 1.25, 95% CI [1.03, 1.51]), were more likely to be vulnerable in the language and cognitive (aOR = 1.29, 95% CI [1.06, 1.57]), communication and general knowledge (aOR = 1.24, 95% CI [1.01, 1.53]), and physical health and well-being (aOR = 1.27, 95% CI [1.04, 1.53]) domains of development at kindergarten, and were more likely to repeat kindergarten or grade 1 (aOR = 1.52, 95% CI [1.03, 2.25]) compared to children born at term. They did not differ in receipt of special education funding, in social maturity or emotional development at kindergarten, and in reading and numeracy assessments in the third grade. Conclusions: Given that the late preterm population makes up 75% of the preterm population, their poorer outcomes have implications at the population level. This study underscores the importance of recognizing the developmental vulnerability of this population and adequately accounting for the social differences between children born late preterm and at term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SPECIAL education
STATISTICS
PREMATURE infants
CONFIDENCE intervals
DURATION of pregnancy
HEALTH occupations students
CHILD development
RETROSPECTIVE studies
GESTATIONAL age
LANGUAGE & languages
COGNITION
HEALTH status indicators
SOCIAL factors
NEURAL development
ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder
COMMUNICATION
HEALTH
CHI-squared test
ODDS ratio
ENDOWMENTS
LOGISTIC regression analysis
SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics)
DATA analysis software
EDUCATIONAL outcomes
LONGITUDINAL method
READING
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10927875
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Maternal & Child Health Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156445742
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03403-8