Gestational age at birth, chronic conditions and school outcomes: a population-based data linkage study of children born in England.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We aimed to generate evidence about child development measured through school attainment and provision of special educational needs (SEN) across the spectrum of gestational age, including for children born early term and >41 weeks of gestation, with and without chronic health conditions.

Methods

We used a national linked dataset of hospital and education records of children born in England between 1 September 2004 and 31 August 2005. We evaluated school attainment at Key Stage 1 (KS1; age 7) and Key Stage 2 (KS2; age 11) and any SEN by age 11. We stratified analyses by chronic health conditions up to age 2, and size-for-gestation, and calculated population attributable fractions (PAF).

Results

Of 306 717 children, 5.8% were born <37 weeks gestation and 7.

SUBMITTER: Libuy N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9908051 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature