Transition to Adulthood for Extremely Preterm Survivors

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OBJECTIVE: To compare transition into adulthood of survivors born extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks' gestation) or extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1000 g) in the postsurfactant era with term-born controls.

METHODS: Prospective longitudinal cohort study of all EP/ELBW survivors born in the State of Victoria, Australia between January 1, 1991 and December 31, 1992 and matched term-born controls. Outcomes include educational attainment, employment, financial status, romantic partnering, living arrangements, parenthood, physical health and mental health, risk-taking behaviors, life satisfaction, and interpersonal relationships at 25 years.

RESULTS: Data were available from 165 EP/ELBW and 127 control participants. Overall, there was little evidence for differences between the EP/ELBW and control groups on most comparisons after adjustment for social risk and multiple births. However, compared with controls, the EP/ELBW group was more likely to have their main source of income from government (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.49, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.21-5.13; P = .01) and to have never moved out of the parental home (aOR 2.13, 95% CI 1.27-3.58; P = .01), and fewer had ever engaged in smoking (aOR 0.52, 95% CI 0.28-0.98; P = .04), binge drinking (aOR 0.41, 95% CI 0.18-0.93; P = .03), or street drugs (aOR 0.56, 95% CI 0.32-0.98; P = .04).

CONCLUSIONS: Aside from clinically important differences in main income source, leaving the parental home, and reduced risk-taking behavior, survivors born EP/ELBW in the era since surfactant was introduced are transitioning into adulthood similarly to term-born controls in some areas assessed but not all.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:153

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Pediatrics - 153(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pigdon, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Mainzer, Rheanna M [VerfasserIn]
Burnett, Alice C [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Peter J [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Gehan [VerfasserIn]
Patton, George C [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Wark, John D [VerfasserIn]
Garland, Suzanne M [VerfasserIn]
Albesher, Reem A [VerfasserIn]
Doyle, Lex W [VerfasserIn]
Cheong, Jeanie L Y [VerfasserIn]
Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 02.01.2024

Date Revised 02.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1542/peds.2022-060119

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NLM366151932