Extremely prematurely born adolescents self-report of anxiety symptoms, and the mothers' reports on their offspring

TY - JOUR

T1 - Extremely prematurely born adolescents self-report of anxiety symptoms, and the mothers' reports on their offspring

AU - Sømhovd, Mikael Julius

AU - Esbjørn, Barbara Hoff

AU - Hansen, B M

AU - Greisen, Gorm

N1 - ©2017 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

PY - 2018/3

Y1 - 2018/3

N2 - AIM: To compare anxiety symptoms in adolescents born extremely prematurely to term-born controls.METHODS: We had 96 preterm-born adolescents and 40 term-born controls from Denmark, and their mothers score the adolescents on the Revised Children Anxiety and Depression scale. We analysed group differences, cross-informant correlations and relative risks for elevated anxiety symptoms.RESULTS: Self-reported anxiety symptoms did not significantly differ, although the upper confidence limit (95% CI: -3.3 to 5.1) supported an odds ratio of 2 for the preterm-born participants. Mothers of the preterm-born participants reported higher social anxiety symptoms than did mothers of controls (51.7 versus 46.8, p = 0.001). The relative risk for being above a threshold indicating distressing anxiety was small from self-reports (1.39; p = 0.60). From mother-reports, the relative risk was noticeable but not significant (4.58; p = 0.14). Cross-informant scores correlated significant for total anxiety and social anxiety for the preterm-born (rτ = 0.2, p = 0.001; rτ = 0.3, p ≤ 0.001).CONCLUSIONS: Self-reports did not clearly indicate more anxiety in the preterm group, although confidence intervals supported a possible twofold increase. Mother- and self-reports correlated only for the preterm group, which may indicate increased sensitivity for their children's symptoms.

AB - AIM: To compare anxiety symptoms in adolescents born extremely prematurely to term-born controls.METHODS: We had 96 preterm-born adolescents and 40 term-born controls from Denmark, and their mothers score the adolescents on the Revised Children Anxiety and Depression scale. We analysed group differences, cross-informant correlations and relative risks for elevated anxiety symptoms.RESULTS: Self-reported anxiety symptoms did not significantly differ, although the upper confidence limit (95% CI: -3.3 to 5.1) supported an odds ratio of 2 for the preterm-born participants. Mothers of the preterm-born participants reported higher social anxiety symptoms than did mothers of controls (51.7 versus 46.8, p = 0.001). The relative risk for being above a threshold indicating distressing anxiety was small from self-reports (1.39; p = 0.60). From mother-reports, the relative risk was noticeable but not significant (4.58; p = 0.14). Cross-informant scores correlated significant for total anxiety and social anxiety for the preterm-born (rτ = 0.2, p = 0.001; rτ = 0.3, p ≤ 0.001).CONCLUSIONS: Self-reports did not clearly indicate more anxiety in the preterm group, although confidence intervals supported a possible twofold increase. Mother- and self-reports correlated only for the preterm group, which may indicate increased sensitivity for their children's symptoms.

KW - Anxiety

KW - Extremely preterm

KW - Long-term outcome

KW - Parent report

KW - Self-assessment

U2 - 10.1111/apa.14077

DO - 10.1111/apa.14077

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 28921657

SN - 0803-5253

VL - 107

SP - 456

EP - 461

JO - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

JF - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

IS - 3

ER -