Daycare Attendance is Linked to Increased Risk of Respiratory Morbidities in Children Born Preterm with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test the hypothesis that daycare attendance among children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is associated with increased chronic respiratory symptoms and/or greater health care use for respiratory illnesses during the first 3 years of life.

Study design

Daycare attendance and clinical outcomes were obtained via standardized instruments for 341 subjects recruited from 9 BPD specialty clinics in the US. All subjects were former infants born preterm (<34 weeks) with BPD (71% severe) requiring outpatient follow-up between 0 and 3 years of age. Mixed logistic regression models were used to test for associations.

Results

Children with BPD attending daycare were more likely to have emergency department visits and systemic steroid usage. Children in daycare

SUBMITTER: McGrath-Morrow SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10588550 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature