Positive Autism Screening Rates in Toddlers Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Stress and viral illness during pregnancy are associated with neurodevelopmental conditions in offspring. Autism screening positivity for children born during the pandemic remains unknown.

Objective

To examine associations between prenatal exposure to the pandemic milieu and maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection with rates of positive Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised (M-CHAT-R) screenings.

Design, setting, and participants

Data for this cohort study were drawn from the COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) Initiative. M-CHAT-R scores obtained from children aged 16 to 30 months during routine clinical care at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City were abstracted from electronic health records (EHRs) for children born between Ja

SUBMITTER: Firestein MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420691 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature