ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2019
Factors affecting the catch-up growth of preterm infants after discharge in China: a multicenter study based on the health belief model.
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- The prevalence of long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm-born children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of developmental outcomes in 72 974 preterm-born children.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Growth trajectory of full-term small-for-gestational-age infants: a 3-year longitudinal study in China.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Association of maternal body composition and diet on breast milk hormones and neonatal growth during the first month of lactation.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Growth of exclusively breastfed small for gestational age term infants in the first six months of life: a prospective cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Early-life weight gain patterns of term small-for-gestational-age infants and the predictive ability for later childhood overweight/obesity: A prospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Best practices, challenges and innovations in pediatrics in 2019.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to analyze the growth status and to identify the risk factors that influence the catch-up growth of preterm infants after discharge and to provide evidence for feeding strategies and the need for further research.
methodsA descriptive correlational analysis was applied. The sample consisted of 309 preterm infants and their caregivers selected from June to August 2017 from five women's and children's hospitals. Self-designed questionnaires based on knowledge, attitude and practice and the Health Belief Model (HBM) were used to measure the catch-up growth status of preterm infants after discharge. Logistic regression was used to determine the risk factors for the catch-up growth of preterm infants.
resultsThe results showed that of 309 preterm infants, only 14 (4.5%) were underweight, and 52 (17.4%) did not meet the criteria for catch-up growth at 12 months of actual age. The logistic regression analysis showed that gestational age, regular health care, caregivers' educational background, mothers' daily contact with the baby, monthly average family income, the addition of a breast milk supplement, and daily milk volume were risk factors that affected the catch-up growth of preterm infants after discharge.
conclusionsThe rate of catch-up growth of preterm infants is still not high. We should pay much more attention to preterm infants of small gestational age and guide their child care on a regular basis to detect and correct risk factors in a timely fashion, especially those involving lower daily milk volume, lower degree of culture and family economic difficulties. Second, we suggest that the government publish relevant policy that appropriately increases the length of maternity leave for preterm mothers. Future studies should have larger sample sizes and explore other important factors influencing the catch-up growth of preterm infants.
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