在COVID-19大流行期间出生的婴儿中发育迟缓的风险
Gerald F Giesbrecht1, Catherine Lebel2, Cindy-Lee Dennis3
1Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间出生的婴儿与以前出生的婴儿相比,在沟通和运动技能的发育延迟的风险略有增加. 建议进行持续的监测,以确保健康的儿童发育.
科学领域:
- 儿科 儿科 儿科
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19大流行改变了婴儿养育环境.
- 人们对早期儿童发育可能产生的负面影响存在担忧.
- 这项研究调查了流行病产生的婴儿的发育结果.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较COVID-19大流行期间出生的婴儿与以前出生的婴儿发育迟缓的风险.
- 确定流行病产生的婴儿受影响的特定发育领域.
- 为儿童发展提供潜在的干预和支持提供信息.
主要方法:
- 纵向研究比较了两个队列:大流行前 (2015-2018) 和大流行 (2020-2021) 的出生.
- 婴儿发育评估使用年龄和阶段问卷 (ASQ-3) 在产后1年.
- 收集了社会人口统计学,怀孕和抑郁症数据以进行共变量调整.
主要成果:
- 疫情期间出生的婴儿在沟通,总动力和个人-社会领域的ASQ-3分数较低.
- 在这些领域观察到,在流行病期间出生的婴儿中,对发育迟缓的查结果呈阳性的几率更高.
- 在发育查中注意到性别特异性差异.
结论:
- 虽然大多数流行病产生的婴儿的发育通常是正常的,但发育延迟风险存在小幅增加.
- 这些发现强调了需要继续监测流行病产生的婴儿的必要性.
- 这种监测将有助于确定最佳儿童发展所需的资源和干预措施.
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