Follow-up of infants with colic into childhood: Do they develop behavioural problems?

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess whether infants with colic (IC) demonstrate persisting developmental dysregulation into childhood, manifested as behavioural problems, and to determine if these behavioural problems are associated with parenting factors.

Methods

Preschool children with a history of IC at the age of 0-3 months, as defined by the Wessel criteria, were invited to participate in an observational follow-up study, in which their caregivers completed the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL). Raw scores and clinical-range scores on the internalising, externalising and total behavioural problems scales were compared with a Dutch normative sample using independent t-tests and Chi-square tests. For the clinical-range scores, multivariable logistic regressions (odds ratios [99% confidence inte

SUBMITTER: Zeevenhooven J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9804625 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature