Impact of preterm birth on parental separation: a French population-based longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to investigate both the effects of low gestational age and infant's neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age on the risk of parental separation within 7 years of giving birth.

Design

Prospective.

Setting

24 maternity clinics in the Pays-de-la-Loire region.

Participants

This study included 5732 infants delivered at <35 weeks of gestation born between 2005 and 2013 who were enrolled in the population-based Loire Infant Follow-up Team cohort and who had a neurodevelopmental evaluation at 2 years. This neurodevelopmental evaluation was based on a physical examination, a psychomotor evaluation and a parent-completed questionnaire.

Outcome measure

Risk of parental separation (parents living together or parents livi

SUBMITTER: Nusinovici S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701975 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature