Developmental Outcomes for Children After Elective Birth at 39 Weeks' Gestation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Elective births at 39 weeks' gestation are increasing. While this option may improve maternal and perinatal outcomes compared with expectant management, longer-term childhood developmental outcomes are uncertain.

Objective

To investigate the association between elective birth at 39 weeks' gestation and the risk of childhood developmental vulnerability.

Design, setting, and participants

For this cohort study, 2 causal inference analyses were conducted using Australian statewide, population-based data. Perinatal data from births between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2013, were linked to childhood developmental outcomes at age 4 to 6 years (assessed using multiple imputation via inverse probability-weighted regression adjustment). Data analyses were conduc

SUBMITTER: Lindquist A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086934 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature