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Very Preterm Birth Influences Parental Mental Health and Family Outcomes Seven Years after Birth

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Treyvaud, Karli, Lee, Katherine J., Doyle, Lex W., Anderson, Peter J.·2014·The Journal of Pediatrics

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Objective To evaluate the long-term influence of very preterm birth on parental mental health, family functioning, and parenting stress at age 2 and 7 years.Study design Participants were 183 children born very preterm (<30 weeks gestation; n = 148 families) and 69 term-born children (n = 66 families). When children were age 7 years, parents were assessed based on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Family Assessment Device, the Parenting Stress Index, and the Social Support Questionnaire. Similar measures were evaluated at age 2 years.Results When the children were age 7 years, parents of the very preterm-born children were more likely to report moderate to severe anxiety symptoms (P = .03), higher levels of depression symptoms (P = .03), poorer family functioning (P < .05), and higher levels of parenting stress (P < .001) compared with parents of the children born at term. Group differences in parenting stress and family functioning persisted after adjustment for social risk and child neurodevelopmental disability. There was strong evidence of a relationship between family functioning and parent-related stress at age 2 and 7 years (P < .001), but little evidence that parental mental health problems at 2 years were predictive of anxiety (P = .15) or depression (P = .28) at 7 years for parents of very preterm children.Conclusion These findings demonstrate that very preterm birth has a negative influence on parent and family functioning at 7 years after birth, which for some families is consistent with their functioning at 2 years. These results have implications for the support required by parents of very preterm children.

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  • Two studies found higher stress in mothers of VPT and EPT infants compared with mothers of FT infants seven years after birth.

    “Similarly, two studies found higher stress in mothers of VPT and EPT vs. mothers of FT seven years after birth (Linden et al., 2015; Treyvaud et al., 2014).”

    From Parental stress and mental health outcomes following very preterm birth: A systematic review of recent findings (2024) · cites this paper as Treyvaud et al., 2014

    The Results > Parenting Stress section reports higher parenting stress among parents of very preterm children than parents of term children at seven years. The Results section says 90% of questionnaire respondents were mothers, but the analysis reports parents rather than a mothers-only comparison; it also does not report a separate result for extremely preterm (EPT) children. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Stress remained higher in parents of EPT infants compared with parents of FT infants even after controlling for social risk and child neurocognitive disability.

    “The latter showed that stress remained higher in parents of EPT vs. FT even after controlling for social risk and child neurocognitive disability (Treyvaud et al., 2014).”

    From Parental stress and mental health outcomes following very preterm birth: A systematic review of recent findings (2024) · cites this paper as Treyvaud et al., 2014

    The Results (Parenting Stress; page unavailable) say that higher parenting stress in the very-preterm group persisted after adjustment for social risk and child neurodevelopmental disability. The Methods (page unavailable) define the study group as children born before 30 weeks’ gestation or weighing under 1250 g, not specifically extremely preterm (EPT) infants. The paper also adjusts for neurodevelopmental disability, which is broader than neurocognitive disability. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Parenting stress following preterm birth is mainly caused by the children's difficulties and the parent-infant interactions.

    “This is in line with earlier findings that parenting stress following preterm birth is mainly caused by the children ' s difficulties and the parent-infant interactions (Treyvaud et al., 2014).”

    From Parental stress and mental health outcomes following very preterm birth: A systematic review of recent findings (2024) · cites this paper as Treyvaud et al., 2014

    The Discussion (page unavailable) suggests that child characteristics were the primary sources of parenting stress in the study’s very-preterm group. The Methods include parent–child interaction as one component of a stress measure, but the paper does not identify interactions as a main cause of stress. The claim also states causation more firmly than the Discussion’s tentative interpretation warrants. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Parents of ELBW infants were 2.5 times more likely to have clinical anxiety than parents of FT at 7 and 13 years (n=159).

    “What is more, still in a population of ELBW, another study reported by two groups of authors found that parents were 2.5 times more likely of having clinical anxiety as parents of FT at 7 and 13 years (Treyvaud et al., 2014; Yaari et al., 2019) ( n = 159).”

    From Parental stress and mental health outcomes following very preterm birth: A systematic review of recent findings (2024) · cites this paper as Treyvaud et al., 2014

    The Discussion reports that clinically significant anxiety was 2.5 times more common among parents of very preterm children than among parents of term-born children at seven years. The Methods define the study group by gestation under 30 weeks or birth weight under 1250 g, not exclusively ELBW, and the paper does not report a 13-year assessment. The Results give 148 very preterm families and 66 term families available for analysis, not n=159. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • One study showed higher anxiety symptoms 13 years after birth.

    “although one study showed higher symptoms 13 years after birth (Akkus et al., 2021; Linden et al., 2015; Treyvaud et al., 2014)”

    From Parental stress and mental health outcomes following very preterm birth: A systematic review of recent findings (2024) · cites this paper as Treyvaud et al., 2014

    The Results (‘Parental mental health and social support at seven years’) report more moderate-to-severe anxiety symptoms among parents of very preterm children than among parents of term-born children. But this study assessed parents seven years after birth, not 13 years after birth. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Treyvaud, K., Lee, K. J., Doyle, L. W., & Anderson, P. J.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Royal Women's Hospital (AU)
Corresponding author
Treyvaud, Karli
Venue
The Journal of Pediatrics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-03
Volume
164
Issue
3
Pages
515-521
ISSN
0022-3476 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2055723303
Cited by
213
References
46
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FWCI
9.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Pediatrics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD058056, R01HD058056)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
very preterm birth, parental mental health, parental anxiety, parental depression, family functioning, parental stress, social support, long-term outcomes, term-born children, neurodevelopmental disorders, parental support needs
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Mental Disorders, Child, Developmental Disabilities, Child, Preschool, Depression, Family Relations, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Male, Mental Health, Parents, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support, Stress, Psychological, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight

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