極めて低出生体重の乳児の青春期から若年期への移行:通常の出生体重のコントロールと比較
Saroj Saigal1, Barbara Stoskopf, David Streiner
1Department of Pediatrics, and School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. saigal@mcmaster.ca
JAMA
|February 10, 2006
まとめ
極端に低出生体重 (ELBW) の若い成人は,通常の出生体重 (NBW) の同級生と同様,成人におけるマイルストーンを達成します. ELBWの生存者のほとんどは,比較可能な教育と人生の成果を実証し,成人期への移行に成功しています.
科学分野:
- 発達小児科 発達小児科
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 大人時代の社会学
背景:
- 成功した成人の伝統的な指標には,教育,雇用,独立生活,結婚,親権などがあります.
- 極端に低出生体重 (ELBW) の生存者は,成人期への移行において課題に直面することがあります.
- ELBWと正常出生体重 (NBW) の個人を比較すると,長期的な発達経路の洞察が得られます.
研究 の 目的:
- ELBWとNBWの若い成人の間で成人の移行マーカーの達成を比較する.
- これらのマーカーが両方のグループで達成される年齢を決定する.
- ELBW.で生まれた人の長期的な結果を評価する.
主な方法:
- カナダのオンタリオ州で,前向きな,人口ベースの,縦断的な研究が行われました.
- 166 ELBW (501-1000g出生体重) と145人の社会統計学的にマッチしたNBWの参加者を評価した.
- 検証されたアンケートは,22歳から25歳までの年齢で,対面面談を通じて実施されました.
主要な成果:
- 高校卒業率は (82%のELBW対87%のNBW) に似ている.
- 総合的な教育レベル,雇用,自立生活,結婚,親権率などにおいて大きな差異は認められませんでした.
- ELBWの人の割合はより高く,雇用も学校も行っていないが,障害者を除外するとこの差は減少した.
結論:
- 元ELBWの幼児のほとんどは,成人期に成功しています.
- ELBWの生存者は,若い成人期にNBWの同級生と同等の機能的成果を示しています.
- ELBWに関連した人生の初期における課題は,長期的な成人発達を著しく妨げるようには見えない.
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