Psychosocial developmental trajectory of a cohort of young adults born very preterm and/or with a very low birth weight in the Netherlands

Autor: Sylvia M. van der Pal, Heleen Maurice-Stam, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Aleid G. van Wassenaer-Leemhuis, Gijsbert H. W. Verrips
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2509-8020
50769642
DOI: 10.1186/s41687-019-0106-5
Popis: Abstract Background The achievement of age-specific developmental milestones in youth is of great importance to the adjustment in adult life. Young adults who were born preterm, might go through a different developmental trajectory and transition into adulthood than their peers. This study aimed to compare the psychosocial developmental trajectory of young adults who were born preterm with peers from the general population. Young adults from the POPS (Project On Preterm and Small for gestational age infants) cohort study, born in 1983 in the Netherlands, completed online the Course of Life Questionnaire (CoLQ - achievement of psychosocial developmental milestones) at 28 years of age. Analysis of variance by group, age and gender was performed to test differences on the CoLQ scale scores between the POPS-group and 211 peers (25–30 years) from the general population (Ref-group). Differences on item level, representing the achievement of individual milestones, were analyzed with logistic regression analyses by group, age and gender. Results The POPS-group (n = 300, 32,3% biased response) scored significantly lower than the Ref-group on the scales Psychosexual Development (effect size − 0.26, p
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