Low birth weight young adults: quality of life, academic achievements and social functioning

Odberg, Morten Duus; Elgen, Irene Bircow

doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02096.x

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“…There are few longitudinal studies of mental health in young people with low birthweight when they have entered adult life. Our VLBW group had similar background characteristics as the controls regarding educational level, substance use and being married or cohabitating, similarities also found by others . Individuals in the VLBW group, especially those born SGA, were more often unemployed or were studying, as has been shown in other studies of participants assessed at young adulthood .…”

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Self‐reported mental health and cortisol activity at 27‐28 years of age in individuals born with very low birthweight

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Self‐reported mental health and cortisol activity at 27‐28 years of age in individuals born with very low birthweight

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“…The difference in the unadjusted OR of college attendance between a low birthweight and normal birthweight groups was similar in magnitude to our findings. However, the difference was not statistically significant . After full adjustment for a variety of covariates, there was no evidence of a difference between 17‐year‐old SGA and AGA individuals in the probability of having less than 11 years of schooling or vocational school attendance .…”

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confidence: 78%

A longitudinal study of cognitive and educational outcomes of those born small for gestational age

Garcy

2017

Acta Paediatrica

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AimThis study examined the long‐term cognitive and educational outcomes of being born small for gestational age (SGA) and assessed whether the family's attitude towards education modified the effect of being born SGA on educational attainment.MethodsWe used anonymised data on 9598 individuals from the Stockholm Birth Cohort. This study focused on babies born in 1953 in the Stockholm metropolitan area, who were followed up for 50 years, and included educational data at the age of 13 and 48. Ordinary least squares regression analyses, modification analyses and logistic regression analyses were conducted.ResultsThe findings suggested that individuals who were born SGA (n = 798) had lower mean verbal, spatial and numerical test scores than those born appropriate for gestational age (AGA) (n = 7364) and large for gestational age (n = 1436). The SGA/AGA differences were small, but statistically significant, and the effects of being born SGA on the test scores was modified by the family's attitude towards education. The findings also suggested that attaining higher education was largely, but not entirely, explained by the family's attitude towards education.ConclusionThe detrimental effects of being born SGA were limited on cognitive and educational outcomes, but may have been reduced by positive family attitudes.

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“…On SPPA-R, the VLBW young adults reported lower self- esteem on athletic performance than controls. Others have demonstrated less physical activity among adolescents and young adults born at very low birth weight [20,45], and that men born very preterm reported lower physical functioning than full-term controls [26]. Except for lower scores in relation to mental health and athletic performance, other domains of QoL and self-esteem did not differ significantly from controls.…”

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“…In a large follow-up study, young adults born SGA at term did not differ from controls in life satisfaction [25]. Studies on self-esteem in low birth weight populations in adulthood have so far generated inconsistent results [1,20,21,26,27]. …”

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Mental health, quality of life and social relations in young adults born with low birth weight

Lund

Vik

Lydersen

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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

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BackgroundBeing born with low birth weight may have an impact on different aspects of mental health, psychosocial functioning and well-being; however results from studies in young adulthood have so far yielded mixed findings. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term impact in young adulthood on self-reported mental health, health-related quality of life, self-esteem and social relations by investigating differences between two low birth weight groups and a control group.MethodsIn a follow-up at 20 years of age, 43 preterm VLBW (birth weight ≤ 1500 g), 55 term SGA (birth weight < 10th percentile) and 74 control subjects completed the Adult Self-Report (ASR) of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment, the Adult Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ), the Short Form 36 Health Survey, the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents-Revised, and the Wechsler Adult Intelligent Scale III assessment.ResultsThe VLBW and SGA groups reported significantly more mental health problems than controls. The VLBW group predominantly had internalizing problems, and the non-significant association with ASR Total score was reduced by the Intelligence Quotient (IQ). The SGA group had increased scores on both internalizing and externalizing problems, and the association with ASR Total score remained significant after adjusting for IQ in this group. Both low birth weight groups reported less interaction with friends and lower quality of life related to mental health domains than controls. Self-esteem scores were lower than in the control group for athletic competence (VLBW) and social acceptance (SGA).ConclusionOur findings suggest that self-reported mental health and well-being in young adulthood may be adversely affected by low birth weight, irrespective of whether this is the result of premature birth or being born SGA at term.

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Low birth weight young adults: quality of life, academic achievements and social functioning

Abstract: Except a somewhat higher rate of school dropouts, the overall outcome of school performance, QOL and social functioning in the LBW young adults was comparable to that of the NBW control group.

Cited by 12 publications

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Self‐reported mental health and cortisol activity at 27‐28 years of age in individuals born with very low birthweight

Self‐reported mental health and cortisol activity at 27‐28 years of age in individuals born with very low birthweight

A longitudinal study of cognitive and educational outcomes of those born small for gestational age

Mental health, quality of life and social relations in young adults born with low birth weight

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