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UNSPECIFIED (1999) Health and behaviour problems at 8 weeks as predictors of behaviour problems at 8 months. ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD, 81 (2). pp. 166-168. ISSN 0003-9888.
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Abstract
Objective-To assess the value of health and behavioural problems at 8 weeks as predictors of behavioural problems at 8 months in a whole year birth cohort. Study design-Prospective birth cohort study.
Setting-The socially and ethnically diverse city of Coventry.
Main outcome-Parent reported behavioural problems at 8 months.
Method-Parent reported infant health and behaviour data were collected, using a validated questionnaire administered by the family health visitor at 8 weeks and 8 months, on 1541 infants participating in the Coventry cohort study. Sociodemographic data were collected at the health visitor's initial visit. Unadjusted relative risks (with 95% confidence intervals (CI)) of behaviour problems at 8 months by sociodemographic variables and health and behavioural problems at 8 weeks were estimated. Adjustment for confounding was made by logistic regression.
Results-Infants reported to have behavioural problems at 8 weeks had a significant risk of parent reported behavioural problems at 8 months (adjusted relative risk, 3.44; 95% CI, 1.95 to 6.09) after adjustment for other health outcomes and sociodemographic factors. Of infants with behavioural problems by 8 weeks of age, 19.1% were reported to have behavioural problems at 8 months.
Conclusions-Infants whose parents report behaviour problems by 8 weeks of age are at higher risk of behavioural problems at 8 months. However, despite the higher risk, the proportions of infants identified by behaviour at 8 weeks were too small for the early outcomes to be useful as predictors of behaviour at 8 months in the whole infant population.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD | ||||
Publisher: | BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP | ||||
ISSN: | 0003-9888 | ||||
Official Date: | August 1999 | ||||
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Volume: | 81 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 166-168 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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