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Attention problems in very preterm children from childhood to adulthood : the Bavarian longitudinal study
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Breeman, Linda D., Jaekel, Julia, Baumann, Nicole, Bartmann, Peter and Wolke, Dieter (2016) Attention problems in very preterm children from childhood to adulthood : the Bavarian longitudinal study. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, 57 (2). pp. 132-140. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12456 ISSN 0021-9630.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12456
Abstract
Background:
Very preterm (VP; gestational age <32 weeks) and very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 grams) is related to attention problems in childhood and adulthood. The stability of these problems into adulthood is not known.
Methods:
The Bavarian Longitudinal Study is a prospective cohort study that followed 260 VP/VLBW and 229 term-born individuals from birth to adulthood. Data on attention were collected at 6, 8, and 26 years of age, using parent reports, expert behavior observations, and clinical ADHD diagnoses.
Results:
At each assessment, VP/VLBW individuals had significantly more attention problems, shorter attention span, and were more frequently diagnosed with ADHD than term-born comparisons. In both VP/VLBW and term-born individuals, overall, attention span increased and attention problems decreased from childhood to adulthood. Attention problems and attention span were more stable over time for VP/VLBW than term-born individuals. Similarly, ADHD diagnoses showed moderate stability from childhood to adulthood in VP/VLBW, but not in term-born individuals. However, when those with severe disabilities were excluded, differences between VP/VLBW and term-born individuals reduced.
Conclusions:
Despite improvement in attention regulation from childhood to adulthood, children born very preterm remained at increased risk for attention problems in adulthood. In contrast, term-born children with clinical attention problems outgrew these by adulthood. As inattentive behavior of VP/VLBW children may be overlooked by teachers, it may be necessary to raise awareness for school intervention programs that reduce attention problems in VP/VLBW children.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Alternative Title: | Preterm children’s attention problems into adulthood | ||||||||
Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Premature infants -- Development, Attention-deficit-disordered children, Attention-deficit-disordered adults | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of child psychology and psychiatry | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0021-9630 | ||||||||
Official Date: | February 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 57 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 21 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 132-140 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/jcpp.12456 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Description: | Supplementary material included |
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Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 December 2015 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 August 2016 |
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