Association of Neonatal Pain-Related Stress and Parent Interaction With Internalizing Behaviors Across 1.5, 3.0, 4.5, and 8.0 Years in Children Born Very Preterm.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Internalizing (anxiety and/or depressive) behaviors are prevalent in children born very preterm (24-32 weeks' gestation). Procedural pain-related stress in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is associated with long-term internalizing problems in this population; however, whether positive parenting during toddlerhood attenuates development of internalizing behaviors across childhood is unknown.

Objective

To investigate whether neonatal pain-related stress is associated with trajectories of internalizing behaviors across 1.5, 3.0, 4.5, and 8.0 years, and whether supportive parenting behaviors and lower parenting stress at 1.5 and 3.0 years attenuate this association.

Design, setting, and participants

In this prospective longitudinal cohort study, preterm

SUBMITTER: McLean MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587482 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature