Emotional regulation and psychomotor development after threatening preterm labor: a prospective study

Autor: Ana García-Blanco, Pablo Navalón, David Hervás, Laura Campos-Berga, Vicente Diago, Rosa Sahuquillo-Leal, Alba Moreno-Giménez, Máximo Vento
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 31:473-481
ISSN: 1435-165X
1018-8827
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-021-01733-6
Popis: A threatened preterm labor (TPL) represents an adverse prenatal event that may affect fetal neurodevelopment, even in absence of prematurity. Indeed, late-preterm infants, without neurological complications, also exhibit neurodevelopment impairment with psychomotor delay as well as emotional regulation disturbances, considered early manifestations of neuropsychiatric disorders. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of TPL on infant’s psychomotor development and temperament. This prospective cohort study recruited mothers who suffered from a TPL and a control group of mothers without TPL and full-term gestation (n = 61). TPL infants were classified into three groups depending on delivery time: Full-Term (n = 37), Late-Preterm (n = 66), and Very-Preterm (n = 38). Neurodevelopmental assessment was performed at 6 months using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires for psychomotor development and the Infant Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised for temperament. After controlling for potential cofounders (multiple pregnancy and in vitro fertilization), Full-Term TPL infants, relative to the control group, exhibited development delay in Communication (p = 0.044) and Personal-social domains (p = 0.005) as well as temperament disturbances with higher Negative Affect (p = 0.013), lower Positive Affect (p = 0.010), and worse Emotional Regulation (p
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