Self-reported executive function problems in adults born very low birthweight.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Executive function difficulties are common among children born very preterm and/or very low birthweight (<1500 g; VLBW), but little is known about whether they persist into adulthood.

Objectives

Examine the nature and pattern of self-reported executive functioning at 23 and 28 years of age using data from a national cohort study of adults born VLBW and a comparison group of same-age full-term (FT) born adults. Also examined were associations between executive function difficulties and socio-economic outcomes.

Methods

All infants born VLBW in New Zealand during 1986 were prospectively included in an audit of retinopathy of prematurity (n = 413), with 250 (77% of survivors) followed to median age 28 years. A comparison group of FT adults was also recruited at

SUBMITTER: Kim HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9542013 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature