Premature Babies More Likely To Face Anxiety Issues Later
Fakhir Rizvi Published February 15, 2017 | 07:55 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Feb, 2017 ) : Premature babies born with extremely low birth weight are not only at risk of physical problems but are also more likely to experience later in life mental health problems -- mainly involving attention, anxiety- related and social problems, a new study said.
"Our findings provide evidence that individuals born at extremely low birth weight are at higher overall risk for psychological difficulties than their normal birth weight peers," lead author Karen Mathewson from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada said.
"These difficulties most frequently involve attention, anxiety-related and social problems," Mathewson said. Mathewson and her colleagues analysed 41 studies that followed 2,712 individuals who were extremely low birth weight babies and 11,127 who were normal birth weight babies.
The studies took place over a 26-year period (1990-2016) in 12 different countries. Extremely low birth weight babies were found to be at increased risk for particular mental health problems, beginning in childhood and extending at least into their 30s, according to the study published in the journal Psychological Bulletin.
As children, they were significantly more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in almost every study included in the review. Adults born with extremely low birth weight reported significantly higher levels of anxiety, depression and shyness, as well as significantly lower levels of social functioning.
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