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Seppänen AV, Barros H, Draper ES, Petrou S, Andronis L, Kim S, Maier RF, Pedersen P, Gadzinowski J, Pierrat V, Sarrechia I, Lebeer J, Ådén U, Toome L, Thiele N, van Heijst A, Cuttini M, Zeitlin J. Variation in follow-up for children born very preterm in Europe. Eur J Public Health 2024; 34:91-100. [PMID: 37978865 PMCID: PMC10843937 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Children born very preterm (<32 weeks of gestation) face high risks of neurodevelopmental and health difficulties compared with children born at term. Follow-up after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit is essential to ensure early detection and intervention, but data on policy approaches are sparse. METHODS We investigated the characteristics of follow-up policy and programmes in 11 European countries from 2011 to 2022 using healthcare informant questionnaires and the published/grey literature. We further explored how one aspect of follow-up, its recommended duration, may be reflected in the percent of parents reporting that their children are receiving follow-up services at 5 years of age in these countries using data from an area-based cohort of very preterm births in 2011/12 (N = 3635). RESULTS Between 2011/12 and 22, the number of countries with follow-up policies or programmes increased from 6 to 11. The policies and programmes were heterogeneous in eligibility criteria, duration and content. In countries that recommended longer follow-up, parent-reported follow-up rates at 5 years of age were higher, especially among the highest risk children, born <28 weeks' gestation or with birthweight <1000 g: between 42.1% and 70.1%, vs. <20% in most countries without recommendations. CONCLUSIONS Large variations exist in follow-up policies and programmes for children born very preterm in Europe; differences in recommended duration translate into cross-country disparities in reported follow-up at 5 years of age.
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- Anna-Veera Seppänen
- Université de Paris Cité, Inserm, INRAE, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Obstetrical Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology Research Team (EPOPé), Paris, France
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- EPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Clinical Trials, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neonatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Université de Paris Cité, Inserm, INRAE, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Obstetrical Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology Research Team (EPOPé), Paris, France
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- Department of Family Medicine & Population Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Family Medicine & Population Health, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Neonatal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neonatal and Infant Medicine, Tallinn Children's Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neonatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Neonatology, Erasmus MC—Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Care and Management Innovation Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Université de Paris Cité, Inserm, INRAE, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Obstetrical Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology Research Team (EPOPé), Paris, France
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Risk factors for cerebral palsy and movement difficulties in 5-year-old children born extremely preterm. Pediatr Res 2023:10.1038/s41390-022-02437-6. [PMID: 36694025 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-02437-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Motor impairment is common after extremely preterm (EPT, <28 weeks' gestational age (GA)) birth, with cerebral palsy (CP) affecting about 10% of children and non-CP movement difficulties (MD) up to 50%. This study investigated the sociodemographic, perinatal and neonatal risk factors for CP and non-CP MD. METHODS Data come from a European population-based cohort of children born EPT in 2011-2012 in 11 countries. We used multinomial logistic regression to assess risk factors for CP and non-CP MD (Movement Assessment Battery for Children - 2nd edition ≤5th percentile) compared to no MD (>15th percentile) among 5-year-old children. RESULTS Compared to children without MD (n = 366), young maternal age, male sex and bronchopulmonary dysplasia were similarly associated with CP (n = 100) and non-CP MD (n = 224) with relative risk ratios (RRR) ranging from 2.3 to 3.6. CP was strongly related to severe brain lesions (RRR >10), other neonatal morbidities, congenital anomalies and low Apgar score (RRR: 2.4-3.3), while non-CP MD was associated with primiparity, maternal education, small for GA (RRR: 1.6-2.6) and severe brain lesions, but at a much lower order of magnitude. CONCLUSION CP and non-CP MD have different risk factor profiles, with fewer clinical but more sociodemographic risk factors for non-CP MD. IMPACT Young maternal age, male sex and bronchopulmonary dysplasia similarly increased risks of both cerebral palsy and non-cerebral palsy movement difficulties. Cerebral palsy was strongly related to clinical risk factors including severe brain lesions and other neonatal morbidities, while non-cerebral palsy movement difficulties were more associated with sociodemographic risk factors. These results on the similarities and differences in risk profiles of children with cerebral palsy and non-cerebral palsy movement difficulties raise questions for etiological research and provide a basis for improving the identification of children who may benefit from follow-up and early intervention.
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Cameron KL. Low rates of motor-related healthcare for 5-year children born extremely preterm with movement difficulty: Where to next? Dev Med Child Neurol 2022; 64:1055-1056. [PMID: 35383915 PMCID: PMC9546264 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This commentary is on the original article by Costa et al. on pages 1131–1144 of this issue.
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- Kate L. Cameron
- Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research InstituteMelbourneAustralia
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