Individuals born preterm are at risk of later developmental problems and long‐term morbidities. There is conflicting evidence regarding musculoskeletal pain in young adulthood. We investigated the prevalence of self‐reported musculoskeletal pain in young adults born across the range of preterm birth compared with a term‐born reference group.
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Professor Dieter Wolke will be talking about “What’s Normal? Helping parents understand patterns of crying and sleeping” at the Royal Society of Medicine Maternity & Newborn Forum Conference ‘In at the deep end – early issues for new parents’ on Wednesday 21st November 2018
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Read Prof Dieter Wolke’s Commentary: Preterm birth: high vulnerability and no resiliency? Reflections on van Lieshout et al. (2018).
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The PremLife Project webpage has now launched and details of the study, which focuses on adaptation and life outcomes of preterm and low birth weight children across the lifespan, is now available.
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This study investigated if crying, sleeping or feeding problems that co‐occur (multiple regulatory problems [RPs]) or are persistent predict attention problems and diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood and adulthood.
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Emerging evidence suggests that sibling aggression is associated with the development of high‐risk behavior. This study investigated the relationship between sibling bullying perpetration and victimization in early adolescence and high‐risk behavior in early adulthood.
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Lasting volume reductions in subcortical and temporal-insular cortices after premature birth suggest altered ongoing activity in these areas. We hypothesized altered fluctuations in ongoing neural excitability and activity, as measured by slowly fluctuating blood oxygenation of resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI), in premature born adults, with altered fluctuations being linked with underlying brain volume reductions.
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Professor Dieter Wolke talks on Early crying and sleeping of infants and their consequences at the Philips Avent Scientific Symposium 2018 Perspectives on feeding and sleep; from pregnancy to playground on
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To investigate trajectories of behavior, attention, social and emotional problems to early adulthood in extremely preterm survivors compared to a term-born comparison group. Longitudinal analysis of a prospective, population-based cohort of 315 surviving infants born < 26 completed weeks of gestation recruited at birth in 1995, from the UK/Republic of Ireland, and a term-born comparison group recruited at age 6. The parent-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was completed at age 6, 11, 16 and 19 years.
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Highlights
• This study adds to evidence that early regulatory problems may mark the starting point of a trajectory of dysregulation,
• Poor parenting quality may further exacerbate poor regulation, leading to later childhood attention problems.
• The positive effect of good parenting quality on attention problems is reduced when mothers cope with mental health problems.
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