Gestational age and child development at school entry.

ABSTRACT: Studies have reported a dose-dependent relationship between gestational age and poorer school readiness. The study objective was to quantify the risk of developmental vulnerability for children at school entry, associated with gestational age at birth and to understand the impact of sociodemographic and other modifiable risk factors on these relationships. Linkage of population-level birth registration, hospital, and perinatal datasets to the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC), enabled follow-up of a cohort of 64,810 singleton children, from birth to school entry in either 2009, 2012, or 2015. The study outcome was teacher-reported child development on the AEDC with developmental vulnerability defined as domain scores < 10^th percentile of the 2009 AEDC cohort. We used mo

SUBMITTER: Dhamrait GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8282628 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature