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Nourkami-Tutdibi N, Tutdibi E, Faas T, Wagenpfeil G, Draper ES, Johnson S, Cuttini M, Rafei RE, Seppänen AV, Mazela J, Maier RF, Nuytten A, Barros H, Rodrigues C, Zeitlin J, Zemlin M. Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality in Advanced Aged Mothers-Maternal Age Is Not an Independent Risk Factor for Infants Born Very Preterm. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:747203. [PMID: 34869105 PMCID: PMC8634642 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.747203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: As childbearing is postponed in developed countries, maternal age (MA) has increased over decades with an increasing number of pregnancies between age 35-39 and beyond. The aim of the study was to determine the influence of advanced (AMA) and very advanced maternal age (vAMA) on morbidity and mortality of very preterm (VPT) infants. Methods: This was a population-based cohort study including infants from the "Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe" (EPICE) cohort. The EPICE database contains data of 10329 VPT infants of 8,928 mothers, including stillbirths and terminations of pregnancy. Births occurred in 19 regions in 11 European countries. The study included 7,607 live born infants without severe congenital anomalies. The principal exposure variable was MA at delivery. Infants were divided into three groups [reference 18-34 years, AMA 35-39 years and very(v) AMA ≥40 years]. Infant mortality was defined as in-hospital death before discharge home or into long-term pediatric care. The secondary outcome included a composite of mortality and/or any one of the following major neonatal morbidities: (1) moderate-to-severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia; (2) severe brain injury defined as intraventricular hemorrhage and/or cystic periventricular leukomalacia; (3) severe retinopathy of prematurity; and (4) severe necrotizing enterocolitis. Results: There was no significant difference between MA groups regarding the use of surfactant therapy, postnatal corticosteroids, rate of neonatal sepsis or PDA that needed pharmacological or surgical intervention. Infants of AMA/vAMA mothers required significantly less mechanical ventilation during NICU stay than infants born to non-AMA mothers, but there was no significant difference in length of mechanical ventilation and after stratification by gestational age group. Adverse neonatal outcomes in VPT infants born to AMA/vAMA mothers did not differ from infants born to mothers below the age of 35. Maternal age showed no influence on mortality in live-born VPT infants. Conclusion: Although AMA/vAMA mothers encountered greater pregnancy risk, the mortality and morbidity of VPT infants was independent of maternal age.
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- Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi
- Saarland University Medical Center, Hospital for General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Homburg, Germany
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- Saarland University Medical Center, Hospital for General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Homburg, Germany
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- Saarland University Medical Center, Hospital for General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Homburg, Germany
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- Saarland University Medical Center, Institute of Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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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, CRESS, Obstetrical Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, EPOPé, INSERM, INRA, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, CRESS, Obstetrical Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, EPOPé, INSERM, INRA, Paris, France
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- Department of Neonatology and Neonatal Infectious Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Children's Hospital, University Hospital, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- EPIUnit-Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- EPIUnit-Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Université de Paris, CRESS, Obstetrical Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, EPOPé, INSERM, INRA, Paris, France
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- Saarland University Medical Center, Hospital for General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Homburg, Germany
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Cornwell B, Yan X, Carlin RF, Fu L, Wang J, Moon RY. Social network influences on new mothers' infant sleep adjustments. Soc Sci Med 2021; 269:113585. [PMID: 33333376 PMCID: PMC7794038 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Despite public awareness campaigns, some parents continue to engage in infant sleep practices that are considered risky by health experts, such as bedsharing or placing their infants on their stomachs. This study examines the role their social networks play in shaping parents' responsiveness to new information and/or suggestions about how they should place their infants for sleep, paying attention to the respective effects of health professionals and their close interpersonal ties. We collected data from a sample of 323 new mothers in Washington, D.C., who described their infant sleep practices and perceived personal social networks. We find evidence that mothers' social networks play a significant role in the likelihood that they adjust their infant sleep practices within the first few months of their infants' lives. Mothers are more likely to change sleep practices when health professionals and/or (lay) family members advise them to do so. The influence of network members is not always positive. For mothers who initially follow safe practices, their probability of change increases if their network members substantially espouse unsafe practices. Among mothers with initially unsafe practices, network members' level of support for safe sleep practices is not predictive of the likelihood of sleep practice change. Implications for potential interventions are discussed.
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- Department of Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health, Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C., USA; Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health, Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C., USA; Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Center for Translational Science Children's National Health System, Washington, D.C., USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Pediatrics University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Molina-García L, Hidalgo-Ruiz M, Gálvez-Toro A, Aguilar-Puerta SC, Delgado-Rodríguez M, Martínez-Galiano JM. The Age at Which a Woman Becomes a Mother and Her Satisfaction with the Process of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium. Healthcare (Basel) 2020; 8:healthcare8020082. [PMID: 32244752 PMCID: PMC7348800 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare8020082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study assessed the effect of maternal age on satisfaction at each stage of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, and globally. An observational study was carried out in five hospitals of the Andalusian public health system with older primiparous women, from May 2016 to May 2018. Using a pre-piloted questionnaire, information was collected on pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium, newborn variables and degree of satisfaction with the care received. Crude and adjusted mean differences and the standard error of the mean were calculated. A total of 373 women participated. In total, 43.0% of the sample were very satisfied with the care received during pregnancy, and 74.2% with the care received during childbirth. During the puerperium, the highest percentage (60.4%) was found among the women who reported being quite satisfied, although the results were not significant in any of these stages (p > 0.05). No significant differences were established between women’s different age strata and maternal satisfaction. However, the average given by women regarding their satisfaction with the process, on a scale from 0 to 4, was: 3.5 ± 0.5 in general, 3.2 ± 0.8 regarding pregnancy, 3.7 ± 0.5 in childbirth and 3.1 ± 0.6 in the postpartum period. The woman’s satisfaction with the follow up and health care received during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium is independent of the mother’s age.
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital San Juan de la Cruz, 23400 Úbeda, Spain
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Jaen Hospital Complex, 23007 Jaen, Spain
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Nursing, University of Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain
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Molina-García L, Hidalgo-Ruiz M, Cocera-Ruíz EM, Conde-Puertas E, Delgado-Rodríguez M, Martínez-Galiano JM. The delay of motherhood: Reasons, determinants, time used to achieve pregnancy, and maternal anxiety level. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0227063. [PMID: 31887126 PMCID: PMC6936780 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Fertility in recent decades in European countries such as Norway, Spain or United Kingdom has declined, while in others such as Portugal, it has remained relatively constant, and in others such as Germany fertility rated have risen. The determinants of this change in reproductive pattern can be explained by the cultural, social, and economic changes that took place in our society. Objective: to identify the principal reasons and independent determinants associated with the postponement of motherhood and document any association between the time taken to achieve successful pregnancy and maternal age, as well as the level of anxiety of these women. METHODS An observational study, including 326 women, was conducted in Spain with primiparous women, in which data was collected on sociodemographic, health, and pregnancy-related factors. Comparison of means (t-test or analysis of variance) and the analysis of covariance was used to estimate adjusted means for potential confounders. RESULTS Women in stable relationships became mothers at older ages (31.83±0.29) than those who were not (28.75±0.78) (p<0.001). Women who delayed motherhood for medical reasons had a mean age of 34.15 ± 0.88 years, compared to a mean of 30.52±0.36 years for personal reasons, and 27.51±1.39 years for other reasons. Mothers with an older age had a higher level of anxiety (p<0.05). The average time required to achieve pregnancy increased as maternal age increased, with an average time of 24 months for women with a mean age of 35.23±0.71 years compared to <3 months for women with a mean age of 29.44±0.39 years. Women ≥ 35 years were more likely to need medical assistance to achieve pregnancy (aOR = 12.07, 95% CI: 1.50-97.05; p = 0.019). CONCLUSIONS Medical reasons were among those cited for delaying motherhood. The postponement of motherhood was associated with difficulty to achieve a successful pregnancy and a higher level of anxiety.
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- Leticia Molina-García
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén, Andalucia, Jaén, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital San Juan de la Cruz, Andalucia, Úbeda, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital San Agustín, Andalucia, Linares, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital San Agustín, Andalucia, Linares, Spain
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Andalucia, Jaén, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Nursing, University of Jaén, Andalucia, Jaén, Spain
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