Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38165581›Full record

ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2025

The Relationship Between Early Term Birth and the Risk of Later Childhood Mental Disorders Within a Pregnancy Cohort.

Megan Galbally, Stuart J Watson, John Newnham, Scott White, Andrew Watkins, Andrew J Lewis

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Child psychiatry and human development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 100% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Megan GalballySchool of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia. megan.galbally@monash.edu.
Stuart J WatsonSchool of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia.
John NewnhamDivision of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Scott WhiteDivision of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Andrew WatkinsMercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Australia.
Andrew J LewisInstitute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Ballarat, Australia.
University of Western Australia · AUFederation University · AUMercy Hospital for Women · AUMurdoch University · AU

Funding

Beyond Blue 519240National Health and Medical Research Council APP1106823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines whether gestational age, birth weight, and early term birth is associated with childhood mental disorders in 342 pregnant women recruited at less than 20 weeks gestation and were then followed up until 4 years postpartum, including 93 children born at early term. Women were assessed at recruitment using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM. At 4 years of age their children were assessed using the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment (PAPA) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). This study found earlier birth predicted an increased risk for anxiety disorders and demonstrated a significant interaction between gestational age and lower birthweight. The risk for ADHD increased with lower gestational age independent of birthweight. In contrast, gestational age was not associated with Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, internalizing or externalizing symptoms. These findings highlight the important differences in the association of early term birth and vulnerability for specific mental disorders.

Indexed as

Anxiety DisordersBirth WeightGestational AgeAdultAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMalePregnancyRisk FactorsBirth weightChild mental healthDepressionEarly termPerinatal

Identifiers

PMID38165581
OpenAlexW4390511136

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.