Mental health in young adults born extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight with contemporary neonatal intensive care

BACKGROUND: For infants born in the contemporary era of neonatal care, little is known about adult mental health outcomes of extremely preterm birth (EP; <28 weeks' gestation) or extremely low birthweight (ELBW; <1000 g). This study aimed to compare attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, mood, and substance use disorder prevalence in young adults born EP/ELBW and normal birthweight (NBW; >2499 g) controls, and to compare change in prevalence of mental health symptoms and disorders from 18 to 25 years.

METHODS: Participants were a prospective geographical cohort of 297 consecutive survivors born EP/ELBW during 1991-1992 and 260 NBW controls. At age 25 years, 174 EP/ELBW and 139 NBW participants completed the Adult ADHD Rating Scale, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised. Data from follow-up at 18 years were also utilized. Multiple imputation was used to account for attrition.

RESULTS: Mental health outcomes at 25 years were similar between groups: prevalence rates were ADHD 7% v. 5%; anxiety 32% v. 27%; mood 38% v. 35%; substance use 12% v. 14% in the EP/ELBW and NBW groups, respectively. In both groups, ADHD declined between 18 and 25 years [odds ratio (OR) per year = 0.87, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.79-0.95], and generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive episode became more common (OR 1.22, 95% CI 1.10-1.35 per year; OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.10-1.30 respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: This contemporary EP/ELBW cohort has comparable young adult mental health outcomes to controls, and similar patterns of change in mental health from late adolescence.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Psychological medicine - 53(2023), 11 vom: 04. Aug., Seite 5227-5234

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Burnett, Alice C [VerfasserIn]
Mainzer, Rheanna M [VerfasserIn]
Doyle, Lex W [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Katherine J [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Peter J [VerfasserIn]
Zannino, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Duff, Julianne [VerfasserIn]
Patton, George C [VerfasserIn]
Cheong, Jeanie L Y [VerfasserIn]
Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ADHD
Adult
Anxiety
Depression
Extremely preterm
Journal Article
Mental health
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.09.2023

Date Revised 18.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0033291722002276

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343863480