Attention Problems in Very Preterm Children from Childhood to Adulthood: The Bavarian Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Breeman, Linda D.; Jaekel, Julia; Baumann, Nicole; Bartmann, Peter; Wolke, Dieter
Titel	Attention Problems in Very Preterm Children from Childhood to Adulthood: The Bavarian Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57 (2016) 2, S.132-140 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/jcpp.12456
Schlagwörter	Premature Infants; Body Weight; Attention Deficit Disorders; Adults; Longitudinal Studies; Children; Child Development; Parent Attitudes; Observation; Clinical Diagnosis; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Attention Span; Correlation; At Risk Persons; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühgeburt; Körpergewicht; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHS; Aufmerksamkeits-Defizit-Hyperaktivitäts-Störung; Aufmerksamkeitsstörung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Elternverhalten; Beobachtung; Korrelation; Risikogruppe; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	Background: Very preterm (VP; gestational age <32 weeks) and very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 grams) is related to attention problems in childhood and adulthood. The stability of these problems into adulthood is not known. Methods: The Bavarian Longitudinal Study is a prospective cohort study that followed 260 VP/VLBW and 229 term-born individuals from birth to adulthood. Data on attention were collected at 6, 8, and 26 years of age, using parent reports, expert behavior observations, and clinical ADHD diagnoses. Results: At each assessment, VP/VLBW individuals had significantly more attention problems, shorter attention span, and were more frequently diagnosed with ADHD than term-born comparisons. In both VP/VLBW and term-born individuals, overall, attention span increased and attention problems decreased from childhood to adulthood. Attention problems and attention span were more stable over time for VP/VLBW than term-born individuals. Similarly, ADHD diagnoses showed moderate stability from childhood to adulthood in VP/VLBW, but not in term-born individuals. However, when those with severe disabilities were excluded, differences between VP/VLBW and term-born individuals reduced. Conclusions: Despite improvement in attention regulation from childhood to adulthood, children born very preterm remained at increased risk for attention problems in adulthood. In contrast, term-born children with clinical attention problems outgrew these by adulthood. As inattentive behavior of VP/VLBW children may be overlooked by teachers, it may be necessary to raise awareness for school intervention programs that reduce attention problems in VP/VLBW children. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01