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

Leijon, Ingemar; Bladh, Marie; Finnström, Orvar; Gäddlin, Per-Olof; Nelson, Nina; Hammar, Mats; Theodorsson, Elvar; Sydsjö, Gunilla

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“…Interestingly, former very preterm/very low birthweight (VP/VLBW) adults perceived their relations with partners and family and their experience of work and education as similar to those in the former term control group, while they had lower ratings in their relationships with friends [42]. The self-reported mental health was comparable between former preterm and term infants [43]. A study from Switzerland showed no difference in the health related quality of life (HRQoL) of former preterm infants compared to term counterparts, even though they did tend to have more chronic diseases [44].…”

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Neonatal Outcome and Treatment Perspectives of Preterm Infants at the Border of Viability

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Decision-making at the border of viability remains challenging for the expectant parents and the medical team. The preterm infant is dependent on others making the decision that will impact them for a lifetime in hopefully their best interest. Besides survival and survival without neurodevelopmental impairment, other relevant outcome measures, such as the quality of life of former preterm infants and the impact on family life, need to be integrated into prenatal counselling. Recommendations and national guidelines continue to rely on arbitrarily set gestational age limits at which treatment is not recommended, can be considered and it is recommended. These guidelines neglect other individual prognostic outcome factors like antenatal steroids, birth weight and gender. Besides individual factors, centre-specific factors like perinatal treatment intensity and the attitude of healthcare professionals significantly determine the futures of these infants at the border of viability. A more comprehensive approach regarding treatment recommendations and relevant outcome measures is necessary.

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Neonatal Outcome and Treatment Perspectives of Preterm Infants at the Border of Viability

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“…A regional Swedish cohort of 56 adults born with very low birthweight (VLBW) reported their self‐rated mental health at 27‐28 years of age. This showed that it was comparable with 55 controls with a normal birthweight 2 . The study by Leijon et al found that VLBW females had higher morning salivary cortisol concentrations than the controls, but no significant associations were found between those concentrations and the adult self‐reported scales.…”

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2020

Acta Paediatrica

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investigated the impact that using a hospital dog for animal-assisted complementary therapy had on 50 children aged 3-18 in a paediatric surgical ward of a Swedish tertiary hospital. The mean age of the children who took part inthe study, which ran from 2016 to 2017, was 12 years. The result showed that the children's well-being increased and that they said that their hospital stay was improved by receiving animal-assisted therapy.

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Sex differences in the effects of prematurity and/or low birthweight on neurodevelopmental outcomes: systematic review and meta-analyses

Christians,

Ahmadzadeh-Seddeighi,

Bilal

et al. 2023

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Background Premature birth and/or low birthweight have long-lasting effects on cognition. The purpose of the present systematic review is to examine whether the effects of prematurity and/or low birth weight on neurodevelopmental outcomes differ between males and females. Methods Web of Science, Scopus, and Ovid MEDLINE were searched for studies of humans born premature and/or of low birthweight, where neurodevelopmental phenotypes were measured at 1 year of age or older. Studies must have reported outcomes in such a way that it was possible to assess whether effects were greater in one sex than the other. Risk of bias was assessed using both the Newcastle–Ottawa scale and the National Institutes of Health Quality assessment tool for observational cohort and cross-sectional studies. Results Seventy-five studies were included for descriptive synthesis, although only 24 presented data in a way that could be extracted for meta-analyses. Meta-analyses found that severe and moderate prematurity/low birthweight impaired cognitive function, and severe prematurity/low birthweight also increased internalizing problem scores. Moderate, but not severe, prematurity/low birthweight significantly increased externalizing problem scores. In no case did effects of prematurity/low birthweight differ between males and females. Heterogeneity among studies was generally high and significant, although age at assessment was not a significant moderator of effect. Descriptive synthesis did not identify an obvious excess or deficiency of male-biased or female-biased effects for any trait category. Individual study quality was generally good, and we found no evidence of publication bias. Conclusions We found no evidence that the sexes differ in their susceptibility to the effects of severe or moderate prematurity/low birthweight on cognitive function, internalizing traits or externalizing traits. Result heterogeneity tended to be high, but this reflects that one sex is not consistently more affected than the other. Frequently stated generalizations that one sex is more susceptible to prenatal adversity should be re-evaluated.

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

Abstract: Acta Paediatrica. 2020;109:948-958. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/apa

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Neonatal Outcome and Treatment Perspectives of Preterm Infants at the Border of Viability

Neonatal Outcome and Treatment Perspectives of Preterm Infants at the Border of Viability

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Sex differences in the effects of prematurity and/or low birthweight on neurodevelopmental outcomes: systematic review and meta-analyses

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